This Editorial is from Los Tiempos: THE PRIDE, A BAD COUNSELOR The decision of the authorities of the Government does not meet the demand for dialogue raised by the members of the indigenous 9th March in defense of the indigenous territory of the Isiboro Sécure National Park (TIPNIS), joins a series of posturing that, since…
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Two proud healthy TWIN marchers join TIPNIS protest-walk group in Chaparina, Altamira!!
Pablo Ortiz reports for El Deber: Two babies are born where there was repression It rains and the news has spread in the three huts of Altamira: a woman has come with birth pangs and may give birth at anytime. It rains and Carolina Moye is lying on a double bed, the unique space of…
TIPNIS protest-walk ordeal update, May 21, 2012
Pablo Ortiz writes for El Deber: Weak, small, vulnerable, isolated from the help of cities by the bad condition of the roads, but firm in its intention to reach La Paz and fulfil the mandate to give their message to the world: the TIPNIS is not split apart. Thus it is the indigenous March after 23…
TIPNIS facing “dirty war” lets show our support!!
Current government continues to put pressure against the 9th protest-walk in defense of the TIPNIS, this cartoon is from El Dia, May 10, 2012: Title “how it costs to defend nature…” As you see the TIPNIS’ defenders uphill struggle (literally) while the police is restraining them; right behind them the coca growers with their relentless…
Remember the saying… “as stubborn as a …”?
Bolivia continues to face strikes, blockades and this behavior is chaotic, anarchic and damaging to our economy and daily lives; an excerpt follows of what was published by Pagina Siete: President Evo Morales insisted Thursday the construction of the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos road that will cross by the TIPNIS; and that professionals and…
Hectic politics during May 2012…
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…
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