By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Social Conflict While Argollo tries to distance himself from Morales and the road blockades, logistical and financial support continues to arrive from Lauca Ñ Despite efforts by the top leader of the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB), Mario Argollo, to portray the road blockades as being sustained solely by the resources…
Category: Cochabamba
Drug trafficking linked to the protests | Narcotráfico vinculado a las protestas
By LHP, Eju.tv: Carlos Toranzo points to drug trafficking as a financier of the blockades and mobilizations The analyst stated that behind the mobilizations there are structures that benefit from illegal economies and from privileges accumulated over two decades. He maintains that part of the blockaders act due to economic pressure or fear of reprisals…
Evo Morales Has Surpassed Us | Evo Morales nos ha sobrepasado
Editorial, El Dia: It is surprising that, after nearly two decades in power, there are still people who describe Evo Morales merely as a union leader or as the protagonist of a conventional political administration. Even more surprising is that many continue to interpret Bolivia’s current events as simple social conflicts disconnected from his legacy….
Chapare Defies the State | El Chapare Desafía al Estado
By Baldwin Montero, Vision 360: Tension Focuses on the Chapare: Government Points to a Narcoterrorist Movement and Coca Growers Announce Civil Disobedience “The Tropics region will organize itself, we will defend ourselves, we have no other choice. If the government truly wants to subdue us, it will have to kill the more than 250,000 members…
Chicken Shortage Looms | Se avecina escasez de pollo
By Bolivia Tv, Eju.Tv: Impact of road blockades will be felt until July with reduced chicken meat supply, poultry farmers warn Cochabamba “received around 500,000 fewer baby chicks, when the department normally receives approximately 1.3 million baby chicks per week,” revealed the vice president of the Cochabamba Poultry Farmers Association (ADA), Iván Carreón. The road…
Demonstrations in Five Bolivian Cities Demanded an End to the Road Blockades | Movilizaciones en cinco ciudades de Bolivia exigieron el fin de los bloqueos de carreteras
By EFE, Unitel: The marches took place in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, the central city of Cochabamba, as well as Trinidad, Oruro, and Sucre, with slogans against the blockades and “in defense of democracy” [Photo: APG] / A person holds the Bolivian flag during a march for democracy. Citizens from different sectors in…
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