Bolivian president has issued an statement that reflects the way Bolivia is handling its economic policies. Is it demagogue? lack of know-how? I don’t know but one thing is certain, social sectors’ pressures are turning our economic policies non-viable. From the website of hoybolivia.com, La Razon article: Evo reveals that contract signed with Jindal was…
Month: August 2012
Santa Cruz again! in the front lines defending BOLIVIA democracy rights!
Santa Cruz has demonstrated once more why this beautiful region and people is constantly attacked by current political party in power. Freddy Lacio Fernandez writes for El Deber: They call for referendum to change law of autonomy The first citizen Assembly in the history of the plurinational State provided a boost to Santa Cruz Governor…
UN worried on conflicts being generated due to the TIPNIS consultation process
Los Tiempos reports on the TIPNIS struggle with a relentless government decision to cut in half the indigenous territory and our National Park: United Nations concerned that the query is generating conflicts Coordinator resident of the United Nations system in Bolivia, Yoriko Yasukawa, expressed yesterday the concern about the course of the consultation in the…
Current Bolivian diplomacy through the humor lens
The following cartoons reflect how current Bolivian government mismanage our foreign affairs policy: This is from El Diario, June 22, 2012: We see the ruler of Venezuela, who has a great influence over our president, opening the Bolivian door to Iran’s president and the opposition flees… I’d say not only opposition but anyone in the…
Bolivian presidential silences…
I have to thank Humberto Vacaflor for writing in such a clear way about last presidential speech, it is so embarrassing, at all levels, the message the world receives from the one who is in charge of our beloved country. From El Deber: Presidential silences by Humberto Vacaflor Apart from the new demonstration of the…
Bolivian identity versus current gov denial for who we are: proud mestizo!
Jorge Lazarte, a reputable Bolivian writes a wonderful article regarding our struggle to be recognized [most Bolivians] as mestizos and not as part of the indigenous ‘nations’ that this government stubbornly wishes to encapsulate us. This cartoon portrays a Senator from the MAS with dark glasses and a cane. It reads “we are all indigenous”…
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