TIPNIS road: UPDATE, August 1, 2011

Panamericana radio reported today, around 17:45 hours, that the march in protest of the indigenous people will start on August 15. Earlier posts here, quoted some newspapers who had the August 2nd date as the time the march would start; only one newspaper had at that time the 15th date, as the day which will replicate the…

Bolivia is hurting from subsidies…

This cartoon appeared in La Razon on August 1, 2011. It shows current government’s economic policies. The Bolivian Treasury  is giving subsidies to hydrocarbons (gasoline, diesel) which leave our country at some points on our international borders. Bolivia is not producing enough of these fuels and are importing at higher prices and are selling to the…