Pagina Siete reported yesterday about a demonstration in France, regarding the disappearance of two of their nationals in Bolivia over a year and half ago; an unfortunate event that needs to be clarified ASAP: About 300 people participated yesterday in a demonstration in Nantes (Northwest) convened by families and loved ones of a young couple…
Category: Crime and Violence
And the Bolivia coca/cocaine keeps flowing…
It is almost impossible not to refer to how coca/cocaine is news, everyday, every week in Bolivia. This cartoon is from El Dia, January 25, 2012. As a result of the try-lateral accord between the USA, Bolivia and Brazil, this cartoon portrays that not only the governments have signed memos of understanding but also the…
Finally! corruption begins to be punished in Bolivia!!
Javier Quiroz from La Prensa reports about the former second strong politician in the ruling party: MAS The former President of YPFB was found guilty of corruption by the Catler’s case. Santos Ramírez, former President of Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB, hydrocarbon state-owned enterprise), was sentenced by a court presided by Judge José Luis Rivero…
What will this year bring us Bolivians, politically??
With the new ministers’ cabinet, many people coincide its is a political and conflict-prone one, in preparation for the 2014 elections and in a desperate move to regain control and acceptance. El Dia’s cartoon from January 24, 2012 shows power/force displayed, the sign reads “applause” and the banner “second anniversary of the pluri-national state of…
The Bolivian permissive, highly questioned and repudiated coca/cocaine boom!
The coca/cocaine violent and illegal business no longer damages the health and lives of people abroad but also inside our beloved country. It does not only damage our labor force and families but also has reinforced the overseas stereotype that all Bolivians traveling are smuggling cocaine. The following cartoons show how society perceives not only…
Bolivian government to lose control of the Congress/Assembly…
After the violent police aggression to the TIPNIS protest-walk group, current government decisions and prestige are going down the hill, at a very fast rate… this time the government is trying to undo the law that protects the TIPNIS park and indigenous territory from a road. Well, the indigenous groups of the lowlands have decided…
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