Destruction of world’s pristine rainforests soared in 2022 despite Cop26 pledge
An area of primary rainforest the size of Switzerland was felled last year suggesting world leaders’ commitment to halt and reverse deforestation by 2030 is...
Category : Bolivia
Man lost in Amazon for a month says he ate worms and drank own urine to survive
Bolivian man says it helped that he knew survival techniques after becoming separated from friends on hunting trip in January A Bolivian man who claimed...
‘People were enraged’: civil strike called in Bolivia after arrest of opposition leader
Strike announced in Santa Cruz on Friday as Luis Fernando Camacho detained on ‘terrorism’ charge Outside the office of the Civic Committee of Santa Cruz,...
Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho arrested on ‘terrorism’ charges
Santa Cruz governor and former presidential candidate flown to La Paz after what his supporters called a ‘kidnapping’ Bolivian police have detained prominent opposition leader...
Bolivian gold miners push into national park despite country’s green rhetoric
Mining co-ops – with oversize influence in the government – are moving into the Amazon’s Madidi national park The footage is jerky, perhaps shot covertly....
Bolivia’s Morales keeps up comeback hopes as Copa Evo kicks off
Some see youth football tournament as former president’s latest attempt to remain in running for 2025 elections Politics and football have long mixed in South...
Bolivia’s perennial student leader clung to post for decades without graduating
Max Mendoza has been arrested after a judge said his 32-year enrollment at university on a government salary may be a crime Max Mendoza has...
‘Relentless’ destruction of rainforest continuing despite Cop26 pledge
Tropics lost 11.1m hectares of tree cover in 2021, including forest critical to limiting global heating and biodiversity loss, finds World Resources Institute Pristine rainforests...
