Minor Vidal Huerta is back home, he arrived in Cochabamba and was taken to Los Olivos Health Clinic on Saturday afternoon; as you can see the graph from La Razon today, there is a detail of his injuries. Medics reported that fly larvae were taken out of the wound in Minor’s face. He will remain in that…
Month: September 2011
TIPNIS group to face trouble in Yucumo
This cartoon is from El Diario, Sep 11, 2011. It shows how the TIPNIS protest walking group continues its march towards La Paz. As they reach Yucumo, a group of sympathizers from current government, like coca growers and settlers have dug ditches and are blockading the road, hoping to stop the TIPNIS group. The Permanent Human…
Bolivian Roads: TIPNIS is just the tip of the iceberg…
La Razon’s article today has an interesting analysis that involved the TIPNIS road and the trans-oceanic corridors that cross Bolivia, as shown in the map above. Two development “visions” exist these days in Bolivia, one “traditional” as envisioned by the indigenous groups; and a “modern” one by current government. Former head of CEJIS and current Presidency…
Jalasoft, a proud Bolivian software company!!
Bolivia should be proud to house a company like Jalasoft in Cochabamba. It intends to compete with other software creators worldwide, it has special incentive packages to recruit personnel, its location has different settings that provide a nice environment for their employees. The mind behind this is from a person who worked for Adobe Systems back in the USA,…
Bolivian TIPNIS protest UPDATE Sep 10, 2011
Heavy rain and cold weather prevented the TIPNIS marching group to continue yesterday. Today, they intend to walk 25 kilometers and reach La Embocada. Government officials went back to La Paz, they say they will come back whenever the indigenous people reconvenes them. In Yucumo, there are still some settlers (colonos) who sympathize with the…
Bolivia, Aerocon: Minor Vidal Huerta is ALIVE!!
This is the latest news El Deber had in its website: Minor Vidal Huerta, born in Cochabamba, age 38 and father of two daughters survived the plane crash; he said” – “I wanted to talk to them and tell them to have faith in God” – “I wanted to tell them, God will help us but…
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