Sputnik
La Jornada Newspaper
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, p. 32
Santa Cruz, The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, canceled his trip to Mexico to participate in the inauguration of the elected president, Claudia Sheinbaum, due to the emergency due to forest fires in his country. Foreign Minister Celinda Sosa will attend in her place, reported the state channel Bolivia Tv. The government declared a national disaster on Monday in the eastern part of the country, with the aim of channeling greater economic resources and international aid to put out the fire. Bolivia registers 40 fires in the departments of Santa Cruz, Beni and Pando, in the east of the country, where the fire has already consumed almost 3 million hectares of grasslands and natural forests.
