Today the Minister of the Presidency, Carlos Romero accused some TIPNIS leaders for “land and wood trafficking.” As reported by Los Tiempos in its website at 14:21 hours today. In his analysis, Romero believes that it is because of those issues that some leaders do not want to engage in full dialogue with the government….
Day: August 23, 2011
Lack of energy in Bolivia: day-light savings during summer…
As a result of electricity blackouts in major Bolivian cities. The government has determined to implemented day-light savings for the summer time, September 11, 2011 to March 18, 2012 (see El Deber link below, in its first part the article mentions dates as being 9/1/2011 to 3/31/2012). There are mixed opinions: some energy experts say it…
TIPNISgate continued; where the walk is; different reactions
This cartoon appeared in El Dia, August 23, 2011. Many Bolivian organizations, including the Human Rights office in Bolivia questioned how the government obtained evidence of phone calls between indigenous leaders marching in protest for the TIPNIS and the US Embassy. Government officials said it was done under existing law, a prosecutor asked a judge…
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