Day: July 22, 2011

UN contradictory statements about Bolivia and marijuana

UN rep Cesar Guedes spoke today about marijuana crop being grown in Bolivia. At 20:01 in PAT, news program read a letter from the UN saying that there is no such statement (about marijuana); the letter said there is no program nor report about marijuana crop being grown in Bolivia. So, PAT reproduced both news. The…

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Failed negotiation TIPNIS – Bolivian government, MARCH is on!

Three newspapers report that as a result of the failed negotiations, TIPNIS indigenous groups will start marching towards La Paz on August 2, 2011. Cidob’s President Adolfo Chávez, said they couldn’t get an agreement with public officials from The Bolivian Roads Administrator (ABC) and the Vice-ministry of the Environment and Water, as reported by El Deber. http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-07-22/vernotaahora.php?id=110722181552 La…

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Today: New road blockade between La Paz – Oruro

Today, citizens from Calamarca (famous for its colonial beautiful paintings) have decided to blockade the road between La Paz and Oruro. They are demanding that their mayor Yesin Luin Mamani, be freed. Mamani faces trial since January this year. He was found with two kilograms of cocaine and charged for that alleged felony. Blockaders affirm it was a setup and demand…

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Bolivia: Sugar shortage?… not again!!

Around 1,500 tons of sugar are being imported by the government from Brazil and Colombia for the state-owned company “Insumos Bolivia” (Bolivia Inputs). Produce is in Arica, Chile; waiting to be transported to Bolivia. Brazilian sugar transport results more expensive this way (around the continent), rather than coming through Santa Cruz, directly from Brazil. In…

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Cocaine or marijuana? Bolivia has both…

This cartoon appeared in La Razon on July 20, 2011. A proud smiling female coca grower is seen with a hat full of coca leaves. The hat has a label “Sacred Leaf”. Then, a wind blow lifts away the hat and you see bags of cocaine; her face says it all… Unfortunately, cocaine is not the only…

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