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…
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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…
Not like that Mennonites, not like that! – ¡Así no menonitas, así no!
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…
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…
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