AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoBolivia labor crisis deepens: Bolivia’s largest union federation (COB) launched a nationwide indefinite strike Tuesday, with road and street blockades spreading as teachers, farmers and Indigenous groups expand protests over fuel shortages, wages, and economic reforms—some leaders now openly calling for President Rodrigo Paz’s resignation. Glacier loss in the Andes: In Colombia, European satellite data confirm the definitive disappearance of the Cerros de la Plaza glacier, a blow to high-mountain water regulation and ecosystem balance. Health watch: A new model warns rodent-borne viruses could spread as warming shifts where virus-carrying rodents live; the hantavirus cruise outbreak has kept attention on the risk of spillover. Conservation push: A new Jaguar Rivers Initiative is forming across the Paraná Basin to reconnect fragmented habitat and protect jaguars and other threatened species. Bolivia land reform backlash: A new law letting small farmers reclassify land as collateral is sparking protests, with critics warning it could weaken protections and accelerate land grabbing and deforestation.
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