Pagina Siete reports in its website that the indigenous marching group expects the government meets them in Totaizal town, otherwise they will continue to walk to La Paz. The government says they were ready to talk in San Borja; current president says he is sorry the indigenous group hasn’t established contact with the ministers to continue with the dialogue….
Month: August 2011
Cochabamba’s perception on corruption
Los Tiempos published today results of a survey regarding how citizens perceive corruption in their municipalities. 1,200 citizens were interviewed in 14 disctrict of the city and 3 other municipalities. Bribery heads the polls by 39.28%; 21.74% agreed that all reasons were cause for corruption; 18.24% political friendship; 8.32% family related; ad 4.81% said none…
Land titles given away in Santa Cruz had no value…
El Dia reports today that the land titles given by the central government over two months ago are of no value. ANAPO (vegetable oil) organization hosted an event where current president gave 1,046 of those titles to the members of this organization. It was an important event that the government used to show that central…
TIPNIS and USA relations? Protest Walk UPDATE 8/27/11
This cartoon is from La Razon, August 27, 2011. You can see Quintana, carving a “Gringo go Home” in the TIPNIS. Quintana is a public official who criticized indigenous TIPNIS leaders talking with US Embassy personnel and advocating that USAID should be expelled from Bolivia. This protest walk is in its 13th day; yesterday the group walked 17 kilometers and…
Potosi and Oruro with border conflicts = violence and strikes
Potosi and Oruro have a territory dispute, Coroma and Quillacas are “ayllus” (communities) for both departments, respectively. Last year a group of Potosi farmers planted quinoa in the conflicting region, at the time of the harvest, they were outnumbered by the Quillacas people and could do nothing to protect their harvest and lost it to the Oruro people. Planting season…
Will USA – Bolivia, restore diplomatic relations?
According to the Bolivian government, the diplomatic relations with the USA can be restored soon, Foreign Affairs Minister said it only needs to set up a date and the place to do it…; provided the US Embassy clarifies their role regarding the TIPNIS leaders phone calls… which are viewed by this Bolivian government as something that…
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