The decree published Tuesday cites the “critical drought situation” affecting the region since late 2023 due to the sharp drop in rainfall. The lack of rainfall is likely to persist for at least another three months.
The river's level drop is due to below-average rainfall from November last year to April this year, which is typically the rainy season for the region.
The new structure will be built over the Mamoré river, between the municipality of Guajará-Mirim, in Rondônia, and Guayaramerin, in the Department of Beni, in Bolivia. The bridge will be 1.22 km long.
Known as “the Man of the Hole,” he was the last member of an unidentified ethnic group massacred in the 90s. He had been monitored by authorities for 26 years.
After monitoring two people probed under Operation Car Wash, the Federal Police (PF) has discovered that they had been funding the resumption of activities of a mining, known as Roosevelt Mining, where there are some of the world's most abundant deposits of diamonds.