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Entel deploys Amino to power Bolivias first nationwide IPTV rollout

2019-05-30 09:00:51| Digital TV News

Entel, the national telecommunications operator in Bolivia, has begun a major deployment of AminoVU set-top boxes running on AminoOS to deliver IPTV services across its newly deployed fiber network, which covers almost 100% of the country.

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This barren desert was once Bolivia's second-largest lake

2016-01-25 04:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mashable: Overturned fishing skiffs lie abandoned on the shores of what was once Bolivia's second-largest lake. Beetles dine on bird carcasses and gulls fight for scraps under a glaring sun in what marshes remain. Lake Poopó was officially declared evaporated last month. Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have lost their livelihoods and left the area. High on Bolivia's semi-arid Andean plains at 3,700 meters (more than 12,000 feet) and long subject to climatic whims, the shallow saline lake has essentially...

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Lake Poopo: Bolivia's second largest lake dries up due to climate change

2016-01-23 00:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Independent: Bolivias second largest lake has disappeared, displacing hundreds if not thousands of people who depend on it for their livelihoods. Lake Poopo was officially declared evaporated last month in what scientists have said serves as a warning about climate change. The lake - which is situated more than 12,000 feet above sea level on the countrys Andean plains - has all but dried up before due to El Nino, but had rebounded to twice the size of Los Angeles. But scientists say this time recovery...

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Bolivia's aggressive agricultural development plans threaten forests

2015-06-08 22:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: Bolivia's government, supported by some small and most large producers, pushes to expand agricultural lands at the expense of the nation's environment. In April 2015, small-scale Bolivian farmers who painstakingly work the land as their ancestors did clearing small plots, planting and waiting for rain gathered for a summit with stakeholders from a very different part of the agricultural sector: commercial farmers who oversee vast farms and watch international exchange markets just as closely...

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