In the words of current Bolivian Foreign Minister, David Choquehuanca, Bolivia would never embark in a Free Trade Agreement with the USA. He compared Bolivia riding a horse and the USA flying an airplane if such FTA would be signed. Choquehuanca is famous for recommending children to drink coca instead of milk; and another opinion:…
Day: November 18, 2011
Briefs: Margarita gas field; crafts; electricity prices
Margarita gas field: Yesterday in La Paz, Chuquisaca and Tarija walked out the meeting without solution. For details, see link: https://bolivianthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/campo-margarita-royalties-issue-between-chuquisaca-and-tarija/ La Razon reports: After a lengthy meeting with energy sector officials, representatives of both departments left the central office facilities of YPFB in the city of La Paz, but not before ratifying and insisting on their…
Unusual tornado hits Cochabamba??!
I lived in the midwest, USA where tornadoes are a part of their lives; unlike people from Cochabamba who were surprised by a micro tornado. La Razon reports today, for more photographs and full Spanish article, please go to the link below: Wednesday’s (11/16/11) event was the first phenomenon of this kind recorded in the valley, but chances…
TIPNIS in between scape goats and intangibility
These two cartoons pretty much outline what is going on in the lives of the TIPNIS people, after their 66-day-walk ordeal. From El Diario (11/14/11), a government official is pointing the “suspects” to the Attorney General and is saying: “Here Mr. Attorney..! One of these is the one who gave the order for the repression…
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