๐ง๐ด This is what Bolivia's highways look like at the moment.
Each town and village blocks their stretch, and the union members in each community take turns at the barricades.
This is part of the general strike against Bolivia's neoliberalist government, now entering its third week.
In The Devil's Picnic, I travelled the world in a quest for forbidden substances, from coca leaves in #Bolivia to clandestine absinthe in the canton of Jura in #Switzerland.
This critically-acclaimed travelogue, a deep dive into the psychology of prohibition, now available as an e-book:
Advance of the far right threatens the Amazon
"The far right is moving in on the Amazon. Outsider and attorney Abelardo de la Espriella's win in Colombia, Keiko Fujimori's triumph in Peru, and the state of emergency in Bolivia point to an increasingly hostile future for the planet's largest rainforest.
Added to this scenario is the alarming fact that Venezuela is a ward of the United States.
If Flรกvio Bolsonaro comes out on top in Brazilโs October elections, nearly the entire Amazon will be held hostage to a project based on the limitless exploration of Nature, along with most of the countries in Latin America."
#farright #environment #climate #climatecrisis #rainforest #Amazon #Colombia #Peru #Bolivia #Venezuela #Brazil #LatinAmerica #Latam #elections
https://sumauma.com/en/o-avanco-da-extrema-direita-nas-americas-ameaca-a-amazonia-e-reduz-as-chances-de-sobrevivencia/
