Máximo Liberman, Página Siete: Yareta, the extraordinary survivor of the Andes Its resin is used in traditional cough medicines and as an antimicrobial; its overexploitation marks it as an endangered species in the Red Book of Endangered Flora of Bolivia. The yareta or llareta, whose scientific name is Azorella compacta, belongs to the Apiaceae family;…
Tag: public policy failures
MAS: Callous delay | Retraso insensible
Editorial, El Deber: More callous procrastination with Santa Cruz There is a double standard that the national government is now showing by shortening, at least in appearance, the deadlines for delivery of the census results while the ruling party delays and hinders the treatment of the law in the Legislative Assembly. Yes, we already know…
The strike continues, the Census Law is expected | Sigue el paro, se espera la Ley del Censo
Diego Seas, El Deber: Calvo: “We maintain the indefinite strike and remain alert to what happens in Parliament regarding the law for the census” After the 72-hour deadline given by the last plebiscite, the civic president Rómulo Calvo went out to speak to the people of Santa Cruz The president of the Santa Cruz Civic…
Redistribution of economic resources and Congress seats | Redistribución de recursos económicos y escaños
Diego Seas, El Deber: Interinstitutional Committee will present a bill to guarantee redistribution of economic resources and seats until 2024 The adviser José Luis Santistevan maintained that it will be the Executive and the Legislative Assembly who define the date of the Population and Housing Census The Inter-institutional Committee of Santa Cruz spoke this Monday…
Madidi mining invasion! – ¡Invasión minera al Madidi!
Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: A dredge boat at work outside of Madidi National Park. Photo by Maxwell Radwin Un barco de dragado en el trabajo fuera del Parque Nacional Madidi. Foto de Maxwell Radwin Shady contracts, backdoor deals spur illegal gold mining in Bolivian Amazon LA PAZ — Gold is Bolivia’s second-biggest export, valued at more than $1…
Masista contempt for our environment – El desprecio masista para nuestro medioambiente
Editorial, Página Siete: Un-protected areas The government of Luis Arce has recently signed a controversial agreement with the Regional Federation of Gold Mining Cooperatives of the North of La Paz (Fecoman), in which both agree to continue the procedures for the exploitation of gold in the protected areas of Madidi, Cotapata and Apolobamba. The agreement…
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