His name is Elmar Stellnberger, entered Bolivia on September 18th, from Peru. Bolivian police is searching for his whereabouts, as well as the Austrian Embassy. A photo of Stellnberger appears in the link below. This post is for tourists in Bolivia that may know anything about this unfortunate event, to call to the Austrian Embassy in…
Month: October 2011
TIPNIS group from Plaza Murillo to Coliseo Cerrado
Pagina Siete website reports at 19:02 that dialogue between TIPNIS leaders and current Bolivian president will continue defining the procedures to tackle the 16 points of the indigenous demand. Rest of the indigenous marchers will be allowed to enter the plaza and at some point in time they will meet the president. The indigenous small group that had to…
14:00 TIPNIS starts dialogue with Bolivian government 10/21/11
If you read my tweets, you know indigenous leaders as they walked out of the governmental palace, after 90 minutes, said they will reconvene and meet around 17:00 this afternoon. Indigenous leaders would like current Bolivian president to greet all the marchers. They also want more TIPNIS people to be able to go inside Plaza…
11:03 TIPNIS & Gov recap of events, NO road inside #TIPNIS today 10/21/11
09:50 Minister Canelas said (Panamerica radio), rejected the idea of installing a large TV screen: “is like having a politics’ show;” this rejection could impair the dialogue. 10:05: There are 20 TIPNIS leaders waiting for permission to go inside the palace. 10:57 current Bolivian president gave a press conference: is adding the “intangible” characteristic to the TIPNIS; he…
Ana-Maria Vera, best Bolivian pianist is back!!
Kudos and lots of respect to Ana-Maria Vera, who at age 3 started dazzlingly playing the piano. Vera has a very nice web page (there you could listen to her absolutely extraordinary performance): http://ana-mariavera.com/ La Prensa publishes today that she is back to Bolivia, for a year where she will engage in many activities, welcome…
Bolivia – USA diplomatic relations, update as of 10/21/11
La Razon: Vice-chancellor of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Juan Carlos Alurralde has reported that the terms of the document to restore diplomaric relations with the USA is long done. Alurralde, after three years of back and forth drafts, said it is because of the American bureaucracy. Bolivian Chancellor, David Choquehuanca back in August 27th said…
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