Thank you dear reader for choosing Bolivian Thoughts in an Emerging World in this 186th BIRTHDAY! To help me celebrate this Special Day, I thought pictures are better than words, this one portrays Bolivian innocence in Rancho Nuevo, rural Santa Cruz. From El Deber, August 6, 2011. I also decided music helps connect better. So, if you…
Month: August 2011
Increasing violence and crime, Bolivia 2011
This cartoon appeared in El Diario, August 4, 2011. It shows two smiling thieves, a frightened citizen and two policemen passing by with filing folders under their arms. One of the thieves says: “shss, don’t yell, they will not notice you, can’t you see they are desk police?” Crime and violence have been scalating in Bolivia….
Bolivian GNP, a comparison from 2008 to 2010
The Bolivian Gross National Product – GNP (PIB in Spanish) shows that La Paz is still above Santa Cruz department, in economic terms. The graph is self-explanatory (Pagina Siete, August 5, 2011), shows in three different colors for three years the GNP per department. In the upper right corner, there is a “reference” box and colored the…
In Bolivia: Hectic month during June 2011!!
127 social conflicts in Bolivia, were recorded in June 2011!!! UNIR Foundation registered those social unrest clashes. Their report notices the “significant” participation of women. Many of the June conflicts share a common element: “existence of social demands for access to resources and means of subsistence; as evidenced by the controversies for the control over…
Unbelievable Bolivian president’s remarks about women!!!…TIPNIS
A letter was published in Pagina Siete on August 4, 2011, regarding unfortunate statements issued by current president on August 1, 2011. He was in the coca growing area of the Chapare; he made reference to the opposition that yuracare-trinitarias women made to the TIPNIS road construction. While the letter commends some of the support this government…
Brazil conditions the funding for the AVATAR TIPNIS road
Only when the environmental study is completed, TIPNIS road portion will be authorized said the Brazilian Ambassador. For now, only disbursements will be done for the I and III portions of the road; the II part remains questioned. The road through the TIPNIS, will have to wait until the consultation process determines what to do. Such is the condition of the…
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