Life expectancy in Bolivia – the impact of war and other disasters

Today, I would like to share an interesting “visualization”: “Nelson Davis of The Vizioneer blog looks at life expectancy by country and highlights the impact war and other disasters have. Click on the screenshot to view the viz. Filter by country and step through the story points for more information on some of the worst…

Bolivian gov’s leading to cruel, insane anarchy!

An Editorial from El Diario: Atrocities of community justice Since our country ‘s current regime institutionalized some eight years ago what is called “community justice”, there have been dozens of unbelievably horrific murder of individuals who were not subjected to the ordinary courts and then victimized without being recognized any right to defense, presumption of…

Briefs: drought; death count; A H1N1

Drought: The Chaco region in Santa Cruz is experiencing severe drought, cattle are the most hurting. So far 46 animals died because of lack of food and water, as reported by Fegasacruz (cattle grower’s association) to La Razon. There is an estimated half a million bovine cattle in the region that are in jeopardy. The local demand for…