Tag: Bolivia wildfires

• Thursday, September 5th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolivia admits forest fires has destroyed 1.7 million hectares

  

  Wildfires raging in Bolivia's forests and grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares, officials said on Wednesday, amid a US$11 million effort by the government to contain them.

• Monday, August 26th 2019 - 18:18 UTC

  Morales suspends re-election campaigning and calls for aid to fight blazes in the Bolivian Amazon

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday he is open to international aid to fight the blazes that have engulfed rural villages and doubled in size since Thursday. Morales is also suspending his campaign for re-election for at least a week, just two months from election day, to focus on the wildfires.