TIPNIS update: August 30, 2011

Bolivian government expressed their interest to meet but not within the marching group, they requested a different place and smaller group to start the dialogue; government does not want to negotiate in between an angry group shouting at them (long gone are the days when current government officials used the same type of actions…) The indigenous group waited…

Bolivia’s diesel imports are growing!

Bolivian diesel import went up by 58%, La Razon reports today. The chart above shows that there was an increase of diesel imports over the years (2005-2011); the 58% ($592.94 million) increase is from the Jan-Jul periods of 2010 and 2011. $2,151 billion dollars represents diesel import over the last six years. To date, natural…