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Current Bolivian president’s duality

The conflict regarding a road that intends to cut in half a protected area, the TIPNIS, has generated a lot of discomfort among environmentalists, and indigenous groups that feel misrepresented and mislead. Current Constitution that gives indigenous people the rights over their own management of their land, is not being honored. This cartoon is from El Diario, portrays…

Bolivian government failed to reach dialogue with TIPNIS protest walk group

El Deber reports in its website, as it was announced the night of August 30, 2011, three ministers flew on August 31, 2011 from La Paz city to San Borja, town which is 22 kilometers away from the place the TIPNIS protest walking group was “waiting.” Government officials failed to convince the indigenous leaders to have the…

How Bolivian political speeches change over time…

This cartoon appeared today in Los Tiempos. The citizens of Bolivia are on the left staring at two dates and they say “How a speech can change in so little time” Before 2006: “…in this protest walk, farmers and indigenous people do not curtail sacrifices. There we see women marching with their children… even the elderly,…

Bolivia’s diesel imports are growing!

Bolivian diesel import went up by 58%, La Razon reports today. The chart above shows that there was an increase of diesel imports over the years (2005-2011); the 58% ($592.94 million) increase is from the Jan-Jul periods of 2010 and 2011. $2,151 billion dollars represents diesel import over the last six years. To date, natural…