Huanuni mine affects four municipalities with pollution

El Diario reports: According to the Defense Coordinator Huanuni mine affects four municipalities with pollution Oruro (El Diario) .- The Huanuni mine, the first state-owned tin production from Bolivia, polluting four municipalities in the department of Oruro, by dumping its wastewater into the river that leads to the lake Uru Uru and Lake Poopó currently…

Bringing a little Bolivia to Dunedin

O David Loughrey reports for Otago Daily Times: Bringing a little Bolivia to Dunedin A Dunedin man has brought his Bolivian heritage and photographic skills back to the city after visiting the birthplace of his parents. Carlos Biggemann yesterday officially opened his exhibition ‘‘Carnaval de Oruro” – at the Dunedin Railway Station – with striking…

Affected people from dried Poopo Lake, give alternatives to the drought

Pagina Siete reports: To the Governor of Oruro Affected people from the Poopó give alternatives to the drought The communities affected by the drought of Lake Poopo raised alternative projects to the governor of Oruro, Victor Hugo Vásquez, and technicians. The lack of water in the second mirror of the country’s largest water affects a…

Will Bolivia’s Lifeless Lake Poopo Ever Return?

Dimitri O’Donnell reports for teleSUR: Will Bolivia’s Lifeless Lake Poopo Ever Return? It was once Bolivia’s second biggest lake but climate change and industrial negligence has left it desertified. Bolivian’s fear this latest setback could be permanent. A two-hour drive from the western Bolivian city of Oruro takes you to a series of beaten off-road…

Lake Poopo, Bolivia’s 2nd-largest lake, dries up

From Reuters for CBC news: Lake Poopo, Bolivia’s 2nd-largest lake, dries up Climate change has boosted temperatures, tripling evaporation Thomson Reuters Posted: Dec 18, 2015 10:24 AM ET Last Updated: Dec 18, 2015 1:27 PM ET [To watch the video, please use the link at the bottom, thank you.] What happens when a lake dries…

This is the legacy of the Bolivian coca-grower president

The self-appointed defender of Mother Nature and total ruler of all State powers in Bolivia, for the last ten years has done NOTHING to mitigate the horrendous crime with the Poopo Lake. The following cartoons published on 12/16/2015 explain our frustration and outrage! This is from Pagina Siete: This is from El Deber: And this…