Current Bolivian president’s press conference, tonite

Tonight, around prime time Bolivian TV (20:15 hours), current Bolivian president spoke again about the violent repression the TIPNIS protest-walk group had to endure. His speech and body language did not seem honest. Arrogance and finger-pointing continued to be a large part of his speech. He also asked for dialogue with the TIPNIS and again…

Smoke in the most beautiful and pure sky of the Americas

Unfortunately, retrograde slush and burn practices continue to damage our clean air. Thousands of hectares are lost to uncontrolled fires that delinquents provoke in Santa Cruz. El Chore is a forestry reserve, the lungs of beautiful Santa Cruz de la Sierra, this reserve is 160 kilometers away from the city; agricultural settlers and campesinos inside…

Score: Tipnis 2 – Central Government 0

One minister quit office on Monday as a result of the violent police aggression to the TIPNIS protest-walk group; today another minister (Sacha Llorenti) was “forced” to resign due to public opinion against his role in the unfortunate events of this past weekend. Wilfredo Chavez replaced Llorenti as Ministry of Government and Ruben Saavedra is the…