For better or worse, today is the day Bolivia will try to make its claim regarding a sea-coast in the Pacific. The OAS will hear both countries and hopefully will make a statement. Bolivia wants to gain support from most of LA countries while Chile wants to keep this issue as bilateral. As a Bolivian,…
Month: June 2011
Environmental damage in Bolivia
Current government spent a lot of energy and resources to picture themselves as environmentally responsible. However, its actions differ and the most recent threat to the environment is going to be irreversible in the border between the departments of Cochabamba and Beni. This cartoon appeared yesterday in El Dia newspaper. A person is back stabbing…
Peruvian elections and Bolivia
We share a common past. A brief history of our past follows: long before the Incas, in Tiahuanaco, Bolivia there was a large and important civilization. From them the Incas learned the engineering skills that allowed them to construct their empire. Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and northern Chile and Argentina are now what it was then,…
Bolivian updates
1. Iran’s Defense Minister visit to Bolivia is still in the news and controversy. The visit of this individual, wanted by Interpol for terrorism attack in Argentina, was known and published the day before in an Argentinian newspaper, denouncing all Ahmad Vahidi’s violent behavior. As such, it is unbelievable the sorry remarks by government officials saying they…
Road blockade between Santa Cruz and Cochabamba
Located in El Sajta, the paved road that crosses the cocalero fields in the Chapare region. There is a conflict between the community and the Cochabamba State University (UMSS). Will report on this as development occurs, so far government said they intend to send both police and the army to expedite the route. A line…
Bolivia, Argentina, Iran, part II
New information came to me: six Bolivians were in the 85 casualties during that terrorist attack sponsored by Ahmad Vahidi, the Irani minister of Defense that visited Bolivia. This cartoon appeared in La Razon yesterday. It shows how the red carpet is being pulled of, remember he was a formal guest of current government. Another new…
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