Los Tiempos reports: The TIPNIS sub-central delivered yesterday in La Paz a memorial to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) to request the suspension of the “prior” consultation that the Government prepares to achieve for the construction of the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos road through the protected area. The Organization denounced the Executive sent commissions…
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Bolivian presidential’s priorities… coca yes, seacoast claim & others… not for now, they can just wait
Over this week, news reported of the intention’s of current Bolivian president to travel to either push the agenda related to our seacoast claim against Chile in the international forum or to advocate for the coca chewing… well, it was not a hard dilemma, as expected the current leader of the coca growers from the…
TIPNIS update, February 23, 2012
TIPNIS continues to struggle against governmental manipulation; yesterday the government has promoted the prosecution of women who “allegedly” are said to be guilty for keeping hostage the Foreign Affairs Minister, David Choquehuanca, days prior to the brutal aggression of the police force to the marchers. That is blunt intimidation said CIDOB’s President to Unitel on…
Bolivian government loses ground and international media is beginning to notice…
The Associated Press published the following article: Bolivian loses core backers Fellow Indians are feeling betrayed by President Evo Morales’ policies. February 19, 2012|By Carlos Valdez, Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia – Bolivia’s long-downtrodden indigenous majority adored President Evo Morales as he championed a new constitution that promised the nation’s 36 ethnicities unprecedented autonomy. But…
Let’s show support to TIPNIS, February 16, 2012
Stakeholders must show support to the indigenous owner’s of the TIPNIS territory as well as to the integrity of this and ALL National Parks! Current Bolivian government is literally playing with the Constitution, laws and other forms of tampering and jeopardizing the self-determination and indigenous rights, let alone the preservation we must keep of our…
TIPNIS: …and the charade is complete! and we are not even in carnival, yet…
The damage to our country is done!! with this approval, not only the TIPNIS will suffer, the indigenous groups are being played and will lose their privacy, their way of living…while the rest of us will see how one of our national parks gets destroyed! Not only does this government praise to erase a Law…
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