Bolivia’s hectic week 8/15/2011: TIPNIS; El Alto; Potosi

TIPNIS: the protest walk from Trinidad to La Paz (Aug 15), demanding road between Villa Tunari (Cochabamba) to San Ignacio de Moxos (Beni) does not cut in half the TIPNIS protected area. Potosi: the Civic Committee will start “mobilizations” (Aug 15) as a result of last year’s 19 day strike which resulted in a series of…

Bolivian indigenous TIPNIS “protest walk” route

This is the route of the protest, from Beni to La Paz; they estimate a walk between 30 to 35 days; it is scheduled to start on August 15, 2011. Pedro Nuni, a National Assembly (former Congress) member (who was elected under the auspices of current political party in government, from whom he is taking distance as…