With 95.41% of the tally sheets counted by the Preliminary Results System (Sirepre), Paz secures first place with 32.14%, followed by Tuto with 26.8% | Al 95,41% de las actas computadas por el Sirepre, Paz consolida el primer lugar con 32,14% seguido por Tuto con 26,8%

By Brújula Digital: Null votes reached 19.29% and blank votes 2.45%. With these results, Paz and Quiroga will face each other in a runoff scheduled for October 19 of this year. Image from Sirepre at 95.41% of the quick vote count. Photo: Screenshot. With 95.41% of the tally sheets processed by the Preliminary Results System…

¿Qué está en juego para el medioambiente en las próximas elecciones de Bolivia? | What’s at stake for the environment in Bolivia’s upcoming elections?

Por Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: El 17 de agosto, los bolivianos elegirán presidente, vicepresidente y 166 parlamentarios. En cuanto a políticas ambientales, el país encara decisiones cruciales sobre compromisos climáticos, desarrollo del litio, minería ilegal de oro y deforestación en la Amazonía y la Chiquitanía. La mayoría de los candidatos son ambiguos o silencian estos temas,…

The Great Lithium Foul Play | La gran cochinada del litio

By Juan José Toro, Visión 360: Such shamelessness has only been seen before in the disgraceful parliamentary approval of the 1904 Treaty of Friendship and Boundaries with Chile, through which Bolivia renounced its rights over the Litoral. Luis Arce and his circle are on their way out and, despite already having their pockets full, they…