As you can see on yesterday’s Santa Cruz city photo; smoke threatens our health, it damages the environment and is a cause of accidents (an Aerocon flight to Trinidad is still missing, search was impaired because of the smoke). Yesterday, 34 out of 36 airports in intermediate cities have been closed, until weather conditions improve. Hope for…
Day: September 8, 2011
Prestigious Bolivian economist was arrested in La Paz
Juan Antonio Morales, PhD who served 11 years as President of the Central Bank of Bolivia was sent to jail yesterday, as a result of a trial that questions bonuses paid out of “reserved expenses” in previous governments. Another 15 former public officials are also being scrutinized. Morales, one of the best economists Bolivia has,…
Bolivian TIPNIS protest walk to continue, despite threats and insults!
Negotiations with the government reached a point where there were no results for the indigenous group; the vice-president of the TIPNIS Marching Committee, Jenny Suarez said she did not understand why current Bolivian president does not come to talk where the group is, but goes to talk with coca growers. The 1,890 people who are…
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