Climate & Disaster Response: Western Bolivia is reeling from an unusual polar cold front and heavy snowfall, affecting 26,220 families across 323 Andean communities, with Potosí hit hardest; roads, airports, and freight routes were disrupted, livestock grazing areas were buried, and officials report tens of thousands of camelids affected and hundreds dead, while tourism and the Eduardo Abaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve also took a hit. Energy Reliability: La Paz residents faced another round of widespread blackouts after a technical failure at the city’s main electrical substation, leaving 33,000+ users without power and marking the second major outage in less than a week. Environment Governance & Rights: A Colorado opinion piece highlights how “Rights of Nature” legal approaches—treating rivers and ecosystems as legal persons—could reshape climate action by changing the rules that enable extraction and deforestation. Mining & Livelihoods: Coverage on Bolivia’s lithium debate underscores fears that expanding Salar de Uyuni extraction could threaten groundwater, aquifers, and local livelihoods tied to llamas, alpacas, and quinoa, even as the government seeks economic revival. Indigenous Voices & Land: Reports from development-pressured Indigenous communities emphasize how land loss from plantations and dams (and the lack of meaningful consultation) is pushing youth-led media efforts to defend forests, sacred sites, and cultural survival. Health & Environment Link: Research on Indigenous Tsimane and Moseten in Bolivia finds menopause-related blood pressure shifts, adding to growing evidence that health impacts can vary across lifestyles and disease burdens. Policy & Economy (Context): Bolivia’s president removed the economy minister after legislative censure, appointing the environment minister as interim—an important backdrop for how environmental priorities may intersect with economic crisis decisions.