Agustín Zambrana: “We Are Not Ruling Out Any Measures; Many Want Us to Stop Everything” | Agustín Zambrana: “No descartamos ninguna medida, muchos quieren que paremos todos”

By Esmir Cortez Becerra, El Deber: Agustín Zambrana, First Vice President of the Comité Pro Santa Cruz. Photo: Ricardo Montero The First Vice President of the Comité Pro Santa Cruz, Agustín Zambrana, has confirmed a protest march scheduled for Monday, March 24, in response to Bolivia’s ongoing crisis. “Bolivia has collapsed economically and politically,” Zambrana…

Community members contaminated with arsenic, lead, and mercury will make their voices heard in the Legislature | Comunarios contaminados con arsénico, plomo y mercurio se harán escuchar en el Legislativo

By Vision 360: Mining contamination Three Indigenous organizations from Oruro, La Paz, and Potosí will arrive in La Paz this Friday to participate in a public hearing at the ALP. They will denounce the contamination affecting their residents as a consequence of mining. A highland resident undergoes an analysis to measure mercury damage. PHOTO: Cenda…

Gov did not address the core issues | Gob no atacó temas centrales

By Unitel: Economist Chávez: “Meeting convened by the government was merely symbolic, it did not address the core issues” For economist Gonzalo Chávez, the 12 agreed-upon points only reaffirm what the laws already state, but there is no additional element to resolve the crisis the country is facing For Chávez, the 12 points amount to…

Bankrupt Country | País quebrado

By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brújula Digital: They began with rhetoric about transparency and the advent of the “new man.” However, within months—amid an assassination—Santos Ramírez, MAS’s second-in-command, fell due to corruption. Soon after, the murders of police officers in Chapare were covered up, with Evo’s girlfriend, Margarita Terán, as one of the instigators. From the…

Madidi: Denouncement that interest in land and gold encourages usurpers to harass indigenous people | Denuncian que el interés por la tierra y el oro promueven que avasalladores acosen a indígenas

By Erbol: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Bolivian Commission for the Defense of Protected Areas (COPDEAPBO) denounced that the long-standing interest in acquiring large tracts of land and the recent incursion of illegal gold mining in the Madidi National Park and Integrated Natural Management Area have led to the formation of groups of usurpers who seize land…