Heavy rain and cold weather prevented the TIPNIS marching group to continue yesterday. Today, they intend to walk 25 kilometers and reach La Embocada. Government officials went back to La Paz, they say they will come back whenever the indigenous people reconvenes them. In Yucumo, there are still some settlers (colonos) who sympathize with the…
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Bolivia may suffer more blackouts… very soon!
The electricity reserves approached zero this week, private sector fears more blackouts over the short run. In September 7, the demand in the Wholesale Electric Market (MEM) reported 1,043 MW, when the historical maximum data reached 1,050 MW, in August 18. According to the information provided by the National Committee of Charge Dispatch (CNDC) in its website, as of…
Smoke forces to close down 34 airports in Bolivia
As you can see on yesterday’s Santa Cruz city photo; smoke threatens our health, it damages the environment and is a cause of accidents (an Aerocon flight to Trinidad is still missing, search was impaired because of the smoke). Yesterday, 34 out of 36 airports in intermediate cities have been closed, until weather conditions improve. Hope for…
Prestigious Bolivian economist was arrested in La Paz
Juan Antonio Morales, PhD who served 11 years as President of the Central Bank of Bolivia was sent to jail yesterday, as a result of a trial that questions bonuses paid out of “reserved expenses” in previous governments. Another 15 former public officials are also being scrutinized. Morales, one of the best economists Bolivia has,…
Bolivian TIPNIS protest walk to continue, despite threats and insults!
Negotiations with the government reached a point where there were no results for the indigenous group; the vice-president of the TIPNIS Marching Committee, Jenny Suarez said she did not understand why current Bolivian president does not come to talk where the group is, but goes to talk with coca growers. The 1,890 people who are…
TIPNIS seeks dialogue with president and others…
This cartoon is from El Diario, the marching group (CIDOB, TIPNIS, CONAMAQ) is knocking at the door of current president; an inside voice says “I’m not here!…” The indigenous group has been consistently asking for the president’s presence in the site where the protest walk group was resting. So far, government officials and some congressmen…
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