Big thanks to all of you that have been reading these lines. Our initial purpose was accomplished, to make more public the events that shape Bolivia in this flat world. There is no more power to those who just withhold information, we can and will continue to communicate, to echo our mistakes, our successes. We’ve been issuing at least two posts every day and monitoring our readers, it may be too much for now. So, as of today we will limit ourselves to a post per day. Had you see the need for more, please let us know and we will be happy to do so. For the time being, here are some updates on earlier topics.

San Vicente, Bolivar, Colquiri and Porco are currently mines being operated privately. The mining productive development vice-minister Hector Cordova, reported yesterday that those mines who were going to be reverted to the state (mentioned in an earlier post; union miners of the first three had rejected this transfer) will no longer take place. (Pagina Siete, La Paz newspaper, 4/20/11)). Though, a word of caution, in the past, not only this government but other Bolivian governments as well, said one thing and ended up doing differently.

Land titling is being questioned by indigenous group. Celso Padilla, president of the Guarani People Assembly, had stated that rural development minister Nemesia Achacollo and land vice-minister Jose Manuel Pinto are taking away their land (indigenous communal land, TCO in Spanish). Padilla stated that over 100 families from outside this region have been settling in the Guarani TCO, near Charagua Norte. According to Padilla, those families have settled with the knowledge and acceptance of those government officials. Padilla said the Guarani People will ask Bolivian president to stop this incursion and will ask for the destitution of Achacollo and Pinto (El Dia, Santa Cruz newspaper, 4/20/11).

Two different concepts for governance: this government had launched a campaign where the president was portrayed as “Governing by obeying the people.” Last ten days developments reflected the opposite. During Palm Sunday celebrations, Cardinal Julio Terrazas stated that any government should “Govern by serving the people.” We leave you with those two views, so you can reflect and decide which should be the best governance style for Bolivia. As analyst Carlos Cordero says, governance towards common good is service to the people with humility, justice and work.