This Sunday (day of our Lord), seemed appropriate to show this interesting and enlightening article, written by Tuffi Are for El Deber: The Cardinal, to the TIPNIS Among the contradictions of the Government, they stand out those made by some of its figures regarding the role of the Catholic Church. Since it assumed power, the…
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TIPNIS protest-walk in defense of indigenous rights and a National Park, has started!!
Lily Soruco reports for El Deber’s website: More than 400 indigenous people departed from Trinidad in route to the city of La Paz. Indigenous people trying to prevent the construction of a road through the indigenous territory and the Isiboro-Sécure National Park (TIPNIS), today they marched around the main square before embarking on the journey…
Blockades and threats of violence against TIPNIS’ defenders and the Ninth protest-walk, April 2012
TIPNIS’ 9th protest-walk is under fire, this cartoon is from El Dia, March 27, 2012. It reads “Beating without responsible ones” and below that: “the chain of command was broken!” so that the cruel, unnecessary beating from the police force to the 8th protest-walk of last year’s. No one takes the responsibility for that atrocious…
TIPNIS protest-walk update, as of April 18, 2012
As reported in El Deber’s website: The indigenous leader lamented that a week away from the mobilization, the President Evo Morales along with the Acting Governor of Beni Haisen Rivera, continue giving “gifts” to the villagers that inhabit the Isiboro Sécure National Park; looking after “splitting” the indigenous people and promote the failure of the…
An update: TIPNIS April 25, 2012 protest-walk is well underway, nothing will stop it!!
Pagina Siete reports about the struggle of the TIPNIS and CIDOB rights against current government’s policies: Yesterday, the IV National Commission of the CIDOB ratified the realization of the IX indigenous march from April 25th, despite the fact that the Brazilian company OAS will cease construction of the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos road through…
Give support to Cochabamba airport: The World Travel Awards
This is an opportunity to cast a vote in support of Bolivian tourism and travel infrastructure: For the fourth consecutive year, the Jorge Chavez international airport has been nominated for the The World Travel Awards as the leading airport in South America. Jorge Chávez competes with the air terminals of Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro,…
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