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…
Month: September 2011
Demonstrations nationwide in support of the TIPNIS
La Paz leads demonstrations nationwide in support of the TIPNIS; Cochabamba follows and Santa Cruz is preparing to show its support by tonite in Central Plaza. http://www.la-razon.com/version.php?ArticleId=138286&EditionId=2667 Potosi is more severe: Miguel Mamani, a leader of the COD (Regional Workers’ Union) said that both president and vice-president should face an Impeachment Referendum, as times goes by…
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…
Bolivia: scape goats for hire… look for the government
Ministers Sacha Llorenti and Carlos Romero are the “Pilates” of the day, they claim they were not responsible for the violent police brutality against the TIPNIS protest-walk group. They also said current Bolivian president is not responsible… and blamed vice-minister for Interior Regime and Police, Marcos Farfan, who was let go today. The Central Union of…
Bolivian briefs: mining; fires; fexpocruz; Potosi demands
Mining: Bolivia lost the opportunity to produce more when international prices for tin, silver, zinc et al were high. As Pagina Siete reports by comparing the first semester of 2011 with 2010. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-09-27/Economia/NoticiaPrincipal/12Pla00127-09-11-P720110927MAR.aspx Uncontrolled fires: Two new fire sources add to the uncontrolled fire that has been burning for the last 15 days in the Sararenda mountain….
Current Bolivian president is loosing credibility: TIPNIS
This cartoon is from El Dia, it portrays a typical hat from the lowlands of Bolivia (indigenous), being stomped by coca. Violent police repression generated large number of demonstrations in support of the TIPNIS people across the country. This picture is from El Deber (9/27/11), it shows how citizens from Rurrenabaque stopped the intention of transporting over…
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