The TIPNIS protest-walk group has met with some assembly (congress) representatives and rejected the law that current government tried to enforce. Over 1,000 indigenous people are marching and their resolve is stronger than ever. The so-called “short law” wanted to expedite a law that would authorize a referendum to take place, to decide whether or…
Category: Environment
Briefs: drought; death count; A H1N1
Drought: The Chaco region in Santa Cruz is experiencing severe drought, cattle are the most hurting. So far 46 animals died because of lack of food and water, as reported by Fegasacruz (cattle grower’s association) to La Razon. There is an estimated half a million bovine cattle in the region that are in jeopardy. The local demand for…
Bolivia’s worker union on strike for 48 hours
The Bolivian Workers’ Union (COB) said that the 48 hour strike nationwide will commence this Thursday and end by COB Friday, October 7th. There are two reasons for such strike, the first one is related to the additional 1% salary increase that the government should have authorized by September, now there are some groups (public…
Briefs: strikes, blockades; agriculture; blackouts; TIPNIS
Strikes and blockades: Roads in Tarija are blocked today; the major Workers Union (COB) is calling for a 48 hour strike, starting this Thursday (pending issues with the government); yesterday Cochabamba – La Paz road was blocked near kilometer 7 in Cochabamba as the population did not want a water treatment plant there. Agriculture: Prices for soy;…
Bolivian hearts of palm for export!
Time for positive news! we deserve them, right? Bolivia has exported 20,400 boxes of hearts of palm to Venezuela, totalling a little over half a million dollars! This produce comes from the alternative development efforts that started in late 80’s in the Chapare, when this produce started to be “transferred to agriculturalists in the region….
Bolivia continues to import more food supplies
The Bolivian Institute for Foreign Trade (IBCE), has been kind enough to send us an important chart that shows Bolivia continues to import more and more food supplies. The green bars are the value in millions of dollars. The red line shows the volume in thousands of tons. The yellow box reads: “503 thousand tons of…
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