Thursday, September 2nd, 2010
In the upcoming 16th United Nations Summit on Climate Change in Cancún, Mexico, Bolivia will present a legal framework detailing the rights of Mother Nature…
Read More..>>Tuesday, August 31st, 2010
After weeks of raging forest fires in many areas of the country, firefighters finally made headway when rainstorms last weekend and yesterday brought much-needed moisture…
Read More..>>Thursday, August 19th, 2010
The Bolivian government admitted today that they had been overwhelmed by forest fires raging in Pando, Beni, Santi Cruz, Cochabamba, and Tarija departments…
Read More..>>Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
In the wake of unusually cold weather felt around the country last weekend, three departments have been experiencing a dramatic die-off of local fish populations…
Read More..>>Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Today in Entre Rios, in the Chapare region of Cochabamba, officials inaugurated a new thermoelectric plant which will have an output capacity of 100 megawatts…
Read More..>>Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
An influx of cold polar air in the last week has produced record low temperatures throughout Bolivia and severely damaged crops…
Read More..>>Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
In a press conference today in Japan, President Evo Morales responded to threats from the United States of cutting $1.5 million in aid if Bolivia does not sign the Copenhagen Accord…
Read More..>>Monday, July 5th, 2010
In Bolivia, short distances often go a long way. The 166 kilometer (100 mile) trip from Cocabamba to Villa Tunari is a worthy example, descending 8,000 feet
Read More..>>Sunday, July 4th, 2010
As extreme drought conditions stress agriculture in many areas of Bolivia, rural farming families are having to choose between the prospect of starvation or relocation…
Read More..>>Thursday, May 6th, 2010
On the morning of Wednesday, May 5th a small earthquake shook La Paz measuring less than 4 on the Richter scale. There…
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