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Santa Cruz, Oct 14 (EFE).- The Bolivian government of Luis Arce determined Thursday to withdraw the controversial bill against the legitimization of illicit profits so it would not lead to "destabilization", following protests and statements by various sectors demanding the annulment of the bills.(Camera: JUAN PABLO ROCA).SHOT LIST: FAMERS GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTROVERSIAL BILLS IN SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA.
La Paz, Aug 31 (EFE).- The Bolivian government promised Tuesday to resume the control of coca cultivation to prevent their expansion, after the United Nations reported an increase in these plantations in 2020, a situation in which the national authorities blamed the temporary administration of Jeanine Áñez. Coca cultivation in Bolivia increased 15 percent in 2020, going from 25,500 hectares in 2019 to 29,400 hectares last year, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reported. (Camera: CESAR GONZALES).B-ROLL OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE 'REPORT ON THE MONITORING OF COCA CULTIVATION IN BOLIVIA 2020' BY THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME (UNODC) IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
Georgians take to the streets of Tbilisi to protest government plans to introduce a "foreign agent" law reminiscent of Russian legislation used to silence critics. Riot police and protesters clashed the day before after ruling party lawmakers approved the draft law on "foreign agents" in its first reading. IMAGES
Cochabamba / Santa Cruz / La Paz, Oct 11 (EFE).- Bolivia's civic movements called for a national strike Monday to demand that the Government annul the draft bill against the legitimization of illicit profits and financing of terrorism, amid blockades and clashes between protesters, police forces and supporters of the Movement to Socialism (MAS). The main demonstrations were centered in Santa Cruz, the most populous city and the stronghold of the opposition, together with La Paz and Cochabamba, while other smaller protests also took place in cities such as Oruro, Potosí, Tarija and Sucre, the capital of Bolivia. (Camera: CLAUDIO ÁBREGO / JUAN PABLO ROCA / CÉSAR GONZALES). SHOT LIST: PEOLE GATHER TO PROTEST AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT'S DRAFT BILL IN COCHABAMBA, SANTA CRUZ AND LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.
Tegucigalpa, Sep 30 (EFE).- Honduras will restore 295,000 hectares of protected land with an almost $10-million project financed by the Global Environment Facility and supported by the United Nations.An agreement was signed Thursday in Tegucigalpa by the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MiAmbiente), Liliam Rivera, and the resident representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Richard Barathe.The document was also signed by Honduran Vice Foreign Minister for International Cooperation and Promotion, Karen Najarro, and the representative of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dennis Latimer. (Camera: URIEL GUDIEL). SHOT LIST: THE MEETING BETWEEN GUATEMALAN AUTHORITIES AND THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATIONS TO AGREE ON THE RESTORATION OF 295,000 PROTECTED LANDS, IN TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS. SOUND BITES: THE RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP), RICHARD BARATHE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), DENNIS LATIMER (IN SPANISH). TRANSLATION: 1.THE RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP), RICHARD BARATHE.- The project aims to restore, protect and conserve over the next seven years 295,000 hectares of the ecosystem, of the forest at the national level. (01.37-01.51). 2. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UN'S FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO), DENNIS LATIMER.- It is very big, very ambitious project that tries to conserve the biodiversity of this beautiful country, in the northern part of the Atlantida Department. (01.51-02.05).
La Paz, Sep 28 (EFE).- A new day of confrontations between police and coca producers who are trying to retake the control of the leaf's main market in La Paz ended on Tuesday with violent clashes in the streets with slingshots and tear gas, new arrests and destructions in parts of the Bolivian capital. (Camera: GABRIEL ROMANO). SHOT LIST: COCA GROWERS AND BOLIVIAN POLICE CLASH IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA.
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