La Razon, Willy Chipana reports how inflation has hit harder the Bolivian poor: The Jubileo Foundation reported that inflation in 2011 affected more the poor because it became 7,04% due to the rise in food prices. The figure is slightly higher than announced by the National Institute of statistics (INE). “The accumulated variation in the consumer…
Month: January 2012
TIPNIS fight for their rights continues, January 12, 2012
El Diario issued ANF’s report on an emergency meeting called by CIDOB, regarding the relentless intention to have a road cut the TIPNIS, today’s cartoon from El Diario also portrays the open support to those ‘questioned’ protesters (many have coca plantations and have absolutely nothing to do with the ownership of a national park that…
Bolivia’s biggest problem!
This cartoon is from El Diario, January 11, 2012. It shows how our current government does not do their work, for which they were elected: there is a big fight going on between members of the ruling party (MAS) at the summit, that is the meeting where they decided to take over the functions of…
Current Bolivia vice-president’s: struggle or simple guilt regarding NGOs?
We see in the cartoon by El Dia, January 11, 2012, current vice-president’s doing his best… shooting himself on the foot!! The title above reads: “Government versus NGOs…” Current vice-president published recently a “book,” well not a book under international standards, it is a Bolivian one, his’ is less than 170 pages… In any case…
Bolivia’s president communicational style…
This cartoon is self-evident, it portrays how current president feels about his audience and “his wisdom”… need say no more… that is the way things are going on in Bolivian government’s politics. It is not only related to the “anti march” that refers to the groups who are trying to push for the road to…
Today earthquake in Bolivian southwest, 4.9 Richter scale
El Deber reports in its website, today January 10, 2012 around 14:50: An earthquake of 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale occurred today in the region of Potosí, Chile border, so far there are no reported casualties or material damage, stated the Seismological Observatory of Saint Calixtus in La Paz. The entity said in a…
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