By ANF, Eju.tv: Comcipo and peasant communities reject miners’ request to enter the Uyuni Salt Flat The Minister of Environment and Water, Álvaro Ruiz, clarified that the cooperative miners’ aspiration is not to enter the Uyuni Salt Flat to carry out exploitation work, but rather to operate in the surrounding areas. The Potosinista Civic Committee…
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Glaciares con tiempo prestado: Capturando datos del hielo que desaparece | Glaciers on Borrowed Time: Capturing Data from Vanishing Ice
Por International Atomic Energy Agency: Glaciares con tiempo prestado: Capturando datos del hielo que desaparece en Bolivia Cada año, el glaciar Huayna Potosí en Bolivia continúa adelgazándose y retrocediendo cuesta arriba. Con el apoyo de la FAO y el OIEA a través del Centro Conjunto FAO/OIEA y el programa de cooperación técnica del OIEA, los…
Lithium contracts: a desperate bet | Los contratos del litio: una apuesta desesperada
By Francesco Zaratti: It is indisputable that Bolivia has missed several trains of the industrial development of lithium from salt pans. This blameworthy delay is due to two reasons: the amateurism of those in charge of conducting this process in the government of Evo Morales and the straitjackets of the Constitution and the mining and…
Women Irrigators of Challapata Put a Stop to Gold Mining | Mujeres regantes de Challapata le ponen freno a la minería del oro
By Mabel Franco, Opinion: This municipality in Oruro is the leading dairy producer in the western region of the country, and women play a vital role in securing food in these highland areas increasingly affected by drought. Last year, the Interinstitutional Committee for the Defense of the Environment of Challapata celebrated a significant victory: they…
The Silala: Unutilized Waters Flowing Towards Chile | El Silala: Aguas sin aprovechamiento que fluyen hacia Chile
By Javier Viscarra, Brujula Digital: Two years after the ruling in The Hague, negligence and ineffectiveness define Bolivian diplomacy and its technical management. Diremar has proposed three strategies, but Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa remains unresponsive. The Silala: Waters Without Use Flowing Towards Chile This December 1 marks two years since the International Court of Justice…
Inspection in the Kari Kari Basin, in Potosí, reveals illegal mining activity | Inspección en la cuenca de Kari Kari, en Potosí, evidencia actividad minera ilegal
By Marisol Alvarado, Vision 360: Denouncement The inspection was carried out in coordination with the Mother Earth Secretariat of the Potosí Governor’s Office. A view of the surroundings of the Kari Kari basin. Photo: screenshot from Azucena Fuertes’ video. An inspection by Potosí departmental assembly member Azucena Fuertes at the Kari Kari basin, where the…
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