By El Diario: The Andean cat, found in the wild in Bolivia, is at high risk of extinction in the Apolobamba National Integrated Management Natural Area, as gold mining, habitat fragmentation, and extensive llama and alpaca ranching—which encroach on wetlands and bodies of water vital to the small feline—could lead to its disappearance. In response…
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Use yours, not ours | Usen lo suyo, no lo nuestro
By Andrés Gómez, Visión 360: It is immoral to pay taxes so that they are used in the campaign of a politician who does not represent the thinking or feelings of all citizens. In May 2021, the Finnish Tax Administration commissioned a survey to understand its citizens’ perception of paying taxes. Ninety-five percent of Finns…
The Popularity of “Social Justice” | La popularidad de la “justicia social”
By Antonio Saravia, Vision360: Feelings matter, they are real, and they cannot be dismissed in the process of social construction. Ignoring them, especially in the political process and the development of economic policies, can be fatal for the building of a society that grants increasing freedoms to the individual. I have often criticized in this…
Documentary on Illegal Gold Mining in Yanacachi Narrates Violence and Criminalization Behind Extractivism | Documental sobre la minería ilegal del oro en Yanacachi narra la violencia y criminalización tras el extractivismo
By Erbol: AGENCIA DE NOTICIAS AMBIENTALES Under the title Illegal Gold Mining in Yanacachi: From Attacks on Environmental Defenders to the Criminalization of Flower Producers, the documentary by Jimena Mercado and Adriana Gutiérrez narrates, in 45 minutes, the multiple socio-environmental impacts of extractive activities in the pre-Columbian municipality, as well as the systematic attacks on defenders…
Repression and manipulation take the place of truth in the country | Represión y manipulación suplen a la verdad en el país
By El Diario: In the face of irregular arrests In light of irregularities denounced in the arrests of lawyer Jorge Valda and others implicated in an alleged coup conspiracy, the citizen group Sovereignty and Freedom (Sol.bo), through an official statement, warns that “Bolivia is heading down a dangerous path of democratic regression” in which repression…
Jorge Valda embraced his wife after being declared free | Jorge Valda se fundió en un abrazo con su esposa tras declararse su libertad
By Unitel Digital: Valda’s release was ordered this Saturday following a virtual hearing held in the city of La Paz, in accordance with the court’s ruling Jorge Valda was taken to La Paz for his hearing In a virtual hearing, Judge Eddy Junior Flores ordered the release of lawyer Jorge Valda, who had been apprehended…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 