Gold Mining: A State-Sanctioned Scourge in Bolivia
Bolivia is in the midst of a gold rush caused by record gold prices and growing international demand. This gold…
Drug Trafficking Creeps into Bolivia’s Amazon National Parks
Bolivia is the world’s third-largest producer of coca, after Colombia and Peru, and a key crossroads for cocaine and other…
Protected Areas: Illegal Timber Strongholds in the Bolivian Amazon
For years in Bolivia, high-value woods like cedar and the mara variety of mahogany have been felled to feed domestic…
Vanishing Trees and Lakes: Deforestation in Bolivia’s Amazon
Deforestation has reached alarming levels in Bolivia. The main driver of tree cover loss – loss of the canopy –…
Bolivian Amazon Faces Threats From All Sides
In Bolivia, prospectors are digging craters and poisoning rivers in Madidi National Park. This natural treasure stretches from the Andes…
Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua: A Phantom or a Reality?
In early April, police officers in Oruro, eastern Bolivia, received a tip that a group of men were going to…
Flood of Cocaine Spreads Beyond Europe’s Cities, Wastewater Shows
A wastewater analysis has indicated that in Europe, cocaine from South America is now being consumed in smaller towns, as…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Cocaine Seizure Round-Up
Record cocaine production and high demand for the drug contributed to criminal violence across Latin America and the Caribbean in…
InSight Crime’s 2023 Homicide Round-Up
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Record Seizures in Bolivia Suggest Growing Role in Cocaine Exports
Bolivia seized a record amount of cocaine in 2023, suggesting that its role as both a cocaine producer and exporter…