Day: April 5, 2014
BRAZILIAN HYDRO BEHIND BOLIVIAN FLOODING?
by Emily Achtenberg, NACLA In recent months, Bolivia’s Amazonian region has experienced the most disastrous flooding of the past 100 years. In the Beni department, seven of eight provinces and 16 of 19 municipalities are under water, with 75,000 people (more… Read moreBRAZILIAN HYDRO BEHIND BOLIVIAN FLOODING?
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Bolivia: three dead in miners’ protests
Three were killed as thousands of independent miners blocked highways across Bolivia to protest a pending law that would impose restrictions on their cooperatives.