A necessary Editorial from El Diario: Indigenous peoples living in the Isiboro Sécure Indigenous Territory and National Park (Tipnis) are concerned that the construction of the San Ignacio de Moxos-Villa Tunari highway continues, including with the construction of bridges; they add that these works seriously harm them and that 65 populations will be affected not…
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Tribunal warns about the negative effects of Polygon 7 for the TIPNIS
Los Tiempos reports: The former president of the Constituent Assembly of Ecuador and current member of the Court of Defense of the Rights of Nature, Alberto Acosta, warned from Quito that the Polygon 7, inhabited by colonizing peasants, constitutes a worrisome threat for the indigenous people and for the conservation of the Indigenous Territory and…
Chepete and El Bala dams outline evo’s character: he is NOT pro environment NOR indigenous rights!
From the Ecologist: Development and duplicity in the case of the Chepete and El Bala dams Two proposed hydroelectric dams in Bolivia are set to create a serious socio-ecological calamity. They are emblematic of the injustices that have been a consistent feature of the Morales government. JONATHAN ELWELL investigates The decades-old developmental fantasy of using…
This is evo!
Throughout these 12 years as president of Bolivia, after clarifying he is first the president of the six federations of coca growers of the Chapare, so that his loyalties be known first. He not only destroyed our economy, he wasted over $160 billion dollars, but made narcotrafficking, and smuggling of goods to bloom during his…
Thanks, But Goodbye: Why Many of Evo Morales’ Supporters Want Him to Move On
As you read the article below, please remember that over 700 Bolivians fled Bolivia due to political persecution over the last twelve years. Same time in which corruption and narcotrafficking bloomed under the coca caudillo leadership. Over $160 billion dollars were wasted and our foreign debt is reaching $10 billion dollars. There are many journalist…
Resurrection in Ñaurenda, Bolivia
Just a note regarding the Chaco: peanuts originated in this area, did you know? Opinion made by Bolivian Thoughts. Maura McCarthy writes for the Global Sisters Report: Resurrection in Ñaurenda, Bolivia Guaraní people from 36 communities in Bolivia came together for a fiesta. Here they are dancing the atiku. (Maura McCarthy) The Guaraní called today’s…
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