By Marianela Curi, Brujula Digital: I want to think and trust that the gap between rhetoric and practice that prevailed over the past 20 years will finally be eliminated, and that coherence and strategic vision will prevail on this issue of great importance for the country. Volunteers try to extinguish a forest fire. ABI photo….
Tag: land-grabbing
Land Grabbing Threatens Lives, the Economy, and Food Production | Avasallamientos amenazan la vida, economía y producción alimentaria
By El Diario: The Eastern Agricultural Chamber (CAO) denounced that land grabbing continues to escalate in violence and poses a direct threat to life, the economy, and the country’s food production. “We hope the law is enforced, that they arrest whoever needs to be arrested so this doesn’t continue. Because if the land seizures go…
Illegal mining takes hold after land seizures in the Monte Verde Indigenous Territory | Minería ilegal se afianza tras avasallamientos en el Territorio Indígena Monte Verde
By CEJIS-ODPIB, La Region: Indigenous leaders from the Paiconeka Central of San Javier denounced that the land seizures reported in March have facilitated the entry of heavy machinery for the illegal extraction of gold, without prior consultation and causing visible damage to the forest. Illegal gold mining is advancing in the Monte Verde Indigenous Territory,…
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…
The Negative Legacy of National-Popular Ideology | La herencia negativa de lo nacional-popular
By H. C. F. Mansilla, Brújula Digital: Being generous, we can estimate that about 10,000 people read Brújula Digital and similar newspapers daily. Stretching generosity further, perhaps 100,000 readers across the country share the core ideas these media outlets propagate. This is less than 1% of Bolivia’s population of over 11 million. Though seemingly insignificant, this figure…
Anapo says that the properties invaded in Santa Cruz exceed 40 | Anapo dice que los predios avasallados en Santa Cruz superan los 40
By Vision 360: Insecurity Recently, the Santa Rita and San Fernando properties in Guarayos were invaded when people with weapons and hooded men entered the properties. Property invaded. Photo: Unitel (referential) More than 40 properties have been invaded in the department of Santa Cruz, reported this Monday Jaime Hernández, general manager of the Association of…
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