El Deber website reports over a recent press conference that current president of Bolivia has said that the construction of the road is paralyzed, he indicated that there will be a debate among the departments involved. http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-09-26/vernotaahora.php?id=110926205435 While this long-awaited reaction, finally happened, I don’t understand why this or any government needs to debate anything. Please…
Month: September 2011
TIPNIS: sorrow and pain among its families
After the violent police intervention, families are beginning to reunite, tears, sorrow and frustration have cluttered Bolivia. There are still some children wondering out there… this picture was taken by Max Toranzos and appeared tonite in El Deber’s website. This picture (Pagina Siete) shows how La Paz citizens expressed their support with the TIPNIS people and repudiated…
Rurrenabaque forced TIPNIS people’s freedom!
Around 280 indigenous people were captured by the police yesterday afternoon and night. They were forced to embark in buses and other vehicles. They were held captive in the Rurrenabaque airport, waiting for a military plane to arrive, a plane with a 40 seat capacity was there (indigenous people were going to be sent to an unknown location) and…
Are we ready? Rain will bring floods in Beni, Bolivia
This cartoon is from El Diario (9/22/11), Beni is the department who “receives” most of the rain waters from the highlands and valleys of Bolivia. Every year there is flooding and cattle and housing is lost. In the cartoon, the son says: “…dad! why don’t we take the cattle to higher lands, before the flooding…
UN asks violence to stop immediately: TIPNIS
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
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
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