October environmental economics 101 about “intangible”

After the turmoil of the TIPNIS road to be or not to be built, finally incumbent parties have sat and now the Assembly will be cleaning up the mess… However, they are arguing over what is intangible or not. Indigenous people say it would refer to large projects, apparently made by and/or approved by the…

Final Balance over the Bolivian TIPNIS struggle

This cartoon is from El Diario, October 23, 2011; current Bolivian president trapped! He is weaving a white flag in an act of surrender. On one end a huge crowd representing not only the TIPNIS and other indigenous people, but most of Bolivian citizens in support of the indigenous territory and the national park. At…