Yoriko Yasukawa, UN Resident Coordinator in Bolivia, and PNUD Rep asks violence should stop immediately http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-09-25/vernotaahora.php?id=110925200003 El Deber reports the reaction against this violence: twitter gets busy! http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-09-25/vernotaahora.php?id=110925200003
Day: September 25, 2011
URGENT: TIPNIS’ leaders have been arrested by Bolivian police!
Pagina Siete reports in its website: early this afternoon (9/25/11), police in light vehicles took a number of the TIPNIS leaders. Police threw tear gas and a number of indigenous people were arrested, among others, Celso Padilla and Fernando Vargas. Because of the gas, reporters could not see who else was arrested. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-09-25/Nacional/Destacados/tipnis.aspx
Undesirable friendship: Bolivia does not need Iran
This Sunday, September 25, 2011, Los Tiempos newspaper from Cochabamba writes about a questionable friendship/alliance that current Bolivian government persists with Iran. Not so long ago, a criminal terrorist that took part in the Argentina bomb attack, who is now Iran’s minister of defense, was invited officially to attend the creation of a military unit “created” by…
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