Feliz día de Reyes!! Happy King’s – Wise King’s Day!!

In Bolivia and most of Latin America, this is the day we celebrate the arrival of the Three King’s (Tres Reyes Magos), Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar to Bethlehem. Little Jesus was offered gifts: Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. Over 40 years ago in Bolivia, this was the day that children received their Christmas gifts, unfortunately a tradition that is…

Bolivian salary increase levels during 2012

El Deber, Juan Carlos Salinas Cortez writes about an upcoming conflict, salary increase levels for 2012: The first graph shows the consumer price index (CPI) for the last two years, the monthly variation; and the second shows the cumulative variation: The COB calls for no less than 20% improvement or a basic salary of Bs…

TIPNIS under siege, January 2012

This cartoon is from El Diario, January 5, 2012. It shows an interview on the current “walk” by those people who want the road to cross over the TIPNIS. People who are no longer advocating the road between Beni and Cochabamba but to cross the TIPNIS! The press asks: “…Mr. Cacique (chief, boss)! tell us,…