Bolivian politics amid escalating violence

These cartoons reflect what Bolivian society has been forced to endure for many years already; but we are reaching the limit, it is inconceivable that well into this century our way of coexistence has deteriorated exponentially. We must sit and reflect: This is from El Dia, April 18, 2012: The government (MAS) tries to force…

Amid the chaos, there is light and hope in Bolivia

There are at least three major violent struggles in Bolivia this week. The health strike fighting the eight-hour day-work that current government stubbornly advocates, as if that would be the main cause to improve health attention. The TIPNIS march that had to postpone one day the start of their protest-walk, starting from Trinidad as the…

Bolivian humor or sad reality?

In Bolivia we use cartoon humor to portray our failures and frustrations, let’s see some: This is from El Diario, March 17, 2012. It shows the increasing levels of crime and certainly those wonderful tourists who choose our country, are almost defenseless. The police section who is responsible for tourism protection has very little resources,…

For the last 41 years, a conflict per day

This cartoon appeared in Los Tiempos, April 11, 2012. The first person, portraying someone from current government, saying “blockade…strike…blockade…blockade…” a man says “the government is committed to prevent that marches and blockades continue!” ‘avernoy’ replies “and you think they will succeed, bro?” the dog thinks “doctor Frankenstein trying to stop their creation work” SO let’s…

Bolivian unfortunate public transport reality

In general we can say we have a very poor public transport system, the buses, mini-buses and taxis of all kinds in general are old, used, and are considered junk in the countries of origin, on top of that, most of them come smuggled and sometimes the ‘conversion’ from the wheel to the left causes…