Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Although the MAS government is the one that allocates the largest fortunes to propaganda, which would make one believe that it appreciates the dissemination of information, at the same time it prohibits the release of news. It is a vocation that began in 2006, when it ordered YPFB to discontinue monthly…
Tag: uncontrolled fires
The arsonists 👎🏽 Los incendiarios
Renzo Abruzzese, Los Tiempos: Until last week, the fires of the last two months have devastated more than 3.5 million hectares. The Government reports daily how many heat sources exist, but maintains a suspicious silence regarding the magnitude of the devastated hectares and their location. Something like this had not been seen before in our…
Bolivia registers the highest environmental pollution | Bolivia registra la mayor contaminación ambiental
El Diario: Fire devastates national parks Large areas of protected areas were devastated by forest fires that affected fauna and flora in a catastrophic way. The uncontrollable fire that different regions endure places Bolivia as one of the countries with the greatest environmental pollution globally, due to the dense smoke caused by uncontrolled fires and…
In the face of arson, the government’s response is ridiculous and almost non-existent! | Ante los incendios provocados, ¡la respuesta del gobierno es ridícula y casi nula!
Editorial, Los Tiempos: “We are burning” The fire is devastating the territories of five national parks and other unprotected areas, there are so many that the smoke from the fires reaches the cities, obscuring the sky, while the Government’s response to this catastrophe that it does not want to recognize is minuscule compared to the…
Park rangers request an audience with Arce to report attacks, processes and extortion | Guardaparques piden audiencia con Arce para denunciar agresiones, procesos y extorsiones
Erbol, Correo del Sur: In the letter sent to the President they cite the case of two park rangers prosecuted for a criminal action brought about by a cooperative miner who was prevented from entering a protected area to exploit gold In a letter addressed to President Luis Arce, the park rangers of protected areas…
Record levels in deforestation | Niveles récord de deforestación
Jonathan Reynolds, Mongabay: Why has deforestation reached record levels in Bolivia? (commentary) In both national and multilateral fora, Bolivia is increasingly showing its reluctance to curb deforestation. President Luis Arce, soon to be entering the penultimate year of his term, has built up a poor environmental record, supporting the unbridled growth of a largely extractive economy,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 