At least three main nationwide conflicts and a very visible ongoing TIPNIS saga are the frustrating Bolivian showcase during the last six weeks or so:
This is from Los Tiempos, April 25, 2012:
kid: “in Chile, president Piñera has inaugurated a program called ‘one story per day’, to boost ‘lecture among children, preferably to be read next to the parent, how do you see it?”
avernoy: “here the politicians tell us more than a ‘story’, so we are better than in Chile, kid!”
dog ‘thinking’: “they must have copied from us!”
This is from El Diario, May 5, 2012:
man: “the government of ‘evo’ has nationalized the ‘REE’! the Spanish transportation network…!” [electricity]
woman: “don’t be surprised, that could be like the ‘short’ law of the ‘TIPNIS’! he can change his mind …!”
[the ‘consistency’ of current government is overwhelming, to say the least…]
This is from El Diario, May 7, 2012:
woman 1: “…this time, I am not claiming nor supporting anything… but I already got accustomed to march every say…!”
woman 2: “… if there would be no marches and blockades, we wouldn’t know what to do… unless.. dance…!”
[In more than one occasion I’ve watched on TV, marchers who were interviewed and had no clue of why they were marching…]
Also from El Diario, May 8, 2012:
reporter: “Mrs. what is that you demand from the government?…”
woman: “… human rights!… I am tired for forcefully marching, under sanction by the leaders of the social movements!!”
[The so-called social movements have become during this government, as just an operating arm to exert control on riots, blockades and strikes]
Finally, this one from Los Tiempos, May 8, 2012:
By order, from left to right:
1: “what do we medics want?”
2: “what do we drivers want?”
3: “what do we teachers want?”
4: “what do we indigenous want?”
5: “what does the government want?”
6: “until when, dammit?”
[…and so Bolivian citizens have to either cope with these hectic life and endure or move elsewhere…]