Mongabay Latam – Ivan Alejandro Paredes, El Deber: Bolivia: indigenous territories cornered by the agricultural expansion of a Mennonite community The incursion of Mennonites is reaching an intangible indigenous territory, which is San Antonio de Lomerío, the first indigenous municipality in Bolivia. The Global Forest Watch platform has detected more than 42 thousand deforestation alerts…
Tag: public policy failures
The last eight fish of Lake Poopó – Los últimos ocho pescados del lago Poopó
Jose Pablo Criales, Opinion: The second largest lake in Bolivia made headlines in 2015 because it completely dried up. A good rainy season has returned the water to their basins, but rising temperatures, mining pollution and the diversion of their rivers threaten the lives of their people forever. Brake! –Cristina Mamani suddenly shouts– Stop, we…
Deforestation, drug trafficking and land seizure | Deforestación, narcotráfico y toma de tierras
Mauricio Quiroz Terán, El Deber: 83% OF THE AFFECTED AREAS ARE IN SANTA CRUZ Deforestation is accelerating and they see the hand of drug trafficking in the land grab Felcn agents and businessmen affirm that there are “territorial enclaves” in Guarayos and Bajo Paraguá in San Ignacio de Velasco. A report from Fundación Tierra indicates…
No coup – 2019 – No golpe
El Diario: They see forcefulness in response from the European Union to Arce’s speech After the response of the High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Common Security Policy, Josep Borell, rejecting the Government’s accusations about the participation of this body in the alleged coup of 2019, analysts agree in pointing…
Chinese Highway to Cause Environmental Damage | Autopista china causará daño ambiental
Julieta Pelcastre, DialogoAmericas: Quechua women walk in the outskirts of Potosí on June 24, 2014. The China Railway Group Limited will begin construction of a highway to link Potosí to Cochabamba in 2023, a project that may threaten nature and several archeological zones. | Mujeres quechuas caminan en las afueras de Potosí el 24 de…
Local narratives – Chaco – Narrativas locales
Jessica Peñaloza Cladera, Translated byTeodora C. Hasegan, Global Voices: Creating new, local narratives on climate change in the Bolivian Chaco Young Indigenous journalists propose more representative coverage on climate change The group of workshop participants in Charagua. Photo by Jessica Peñaloza for Rising Voices. When the Bolivian media covers climate change in the Gran Chaco…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 