Today Sunday, July 31, 2011, current Bolivian president stated that the road between Cochabamba and Beni will be concluded by 2014. He said that Chapare (a coca growing area) inhabitants should convince TIPNIS population that the road will bring development and will improve their quality of life. He also said that the government will comply with its duty and…
Category: Drug war – narcotraffick
Bolivian important web site: Carlos Valverde
Carlos Valverde is a succesful, well documented journalist. Valverde has radio and TV programs. Current government has exerted some pressure on two TV channels, so he was “asked” to abandon those networks. He currently broadcast his programs from the internet/cable services. His daily radio broadcast from Santa Cruz can also be heard on the net. Valverde’s best…
Bolivian coca chewing is an excuse that helps narcotrafficking
British Foreign Affairs Minister for LAC, Jeremy Browne was very harsh but also very clear, he said Bolivia’s coca chewing practice is a pretext to grow more coca; which ends up in cocaine that goes as far as Europe (this week, Greece seized cocaine from Bolivia). Bolivia has an estimated 30,900 hectares; 20,000 hectares are…
Bolivian briefs: cocaine; takeovers; TIPNIS; phone interventions
Cocaine: The US Government expressed their concern over the “growing cocaine trade” in Bolivia, such view is part of the new American strategy against transnational criminal organizations. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-07-26/Nacional/Destacados/37Aldia01-260711.aspx It is frightening to see Bolivia becoming not only coca leaf producers but also being immersed more and more in violent cocaine trafficking. While Colombia is beginning to…
UN contradictory statements about Bolivia and marijuana
UN rep Cesar Guedes spoke today about marijuana crop being grown in Bolivia. At 20:01 in PAT, news program read a letter from the UN saying that there is no such statement (about marijuana); the letter said there is no program nor report about marijuana crop being grown in Bolivia. So, PAT reproduced both news. The…
Today: New road blockade between La Paz – Oruro
Today, citizens from Calamarca (famous for its colonial beautiful paintings) have decided to blockade the road between La Paz and Oruro. They are demanding that their mayor Yesin Luin Mamani, be freed. Mamani faces trial since January this year. He was found with two kilograms of cocaine and charged for that alleged felony. Blockaders affirm it was a setup and demand…
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