This report from El Dia, and it is also worth remembering that the Acre used to be Bolivian soil. Two members of the Congress of the State of Acre, Brazil, blamed the Government of Evo Morales by the increase in drug trafficking in the region. Statements made following the first demonstration against the crack and…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
Current Bolivian economic and political struggle
The following recent cartoons portray our current frustrating reality: This is from La Prensa, April 11, 2012. A big ship emulating the Titanic, is going to crash with an iceberg who has “blockades, marches, strikes” all over. A person in the Bolivian ship says “let not happen like 100 years ago, we have time to…
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…
A tale of two failures: EvoNOMICS and political INvoLUTION
Current government started saying they were going to give academic lectures on economics, they keep pushing with the de-dollarization of our economy, thus generating worst opportunities to our industry and welcoming smuggled goods (used and new) into our markets. This cartoon is from El Diario, March 12, 2012. You can see how Chinese merchandise is threatening the…
An old and ongoing relationship between the USA and Bolivia
Current Bolivian government is one day attacking the USG and the next signs agreements… is it politically correct or does it led to anything? Is Bolivia better off with or without the aid of the USA? In any case, our Bolivia humor portrayed this cartoon: It is from El Diario, April 2, 2012. While the…
Bolivian government’s pathetic politics…
Bolivian humor is used to diffuse frustration and impotence regarding how laws are not enforced, how public safety is almost nonexistent, how current political party in government wants to erase our past, as if our parents and their grandparents before had nothing to contribute to being a Bolivian citizen: This is from El Diario, March…
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