El Deber reports today that the rural organizations that supported current political party in government, that access to/from Santa Cruz will be blocked. They want the Rural Development and Agriculture Minister, Nemesia Achacollo quits or is removed from office. Felix Vera, press secretary for the Unique Federation of Campesino workers from Santa Cruz, announced blockade would start Thursday…
Category: Environment
TIPNIS and probable outcome…
This cartoon is from La Prensa (8/10/2011), it shows TIPNIS without most of its forest, two houses appear, one is the “Brazilian Government” and the other belongs to the coca growers. Up in one branch, wildlife observes in disbelief. This is no longer a bad joke, could turn into an ugly reality. Once a forest is degraded,…
TIPNIS and YAPACANI road blockade. Update, August 9, 2011
The Bolivian government said they will wait to meet with the indigenous groups prior to decide on the road construction that intends to cut in half the TIPNIS. Indigenous leaders did not go today to the meeting called by the government. (Los Tiempos) http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/economia/20110809/tipnis-gobierno-no-fijara-plazos-para-construir-carretera-hasta-lograr-el_137083_280130.html Yapacani: the road between Santa Cruz and Cochabamba was blocked since last…
TIPNIS final battle of survival approaching…
This cartoon appeared in El Diario (8/9/2011). You can see the “Mother Earth”, “environment” as “Pachamama” (the name that identifies Mother Nature in Quechua and/or Aymara). She is trying to stop current Bolivian president who is at its bottom with a chainsaw (labeled as road) and is in front of a large pushing coca growing…
Road blockade: Yapacani – Santa Cruz; and TIPNIS UPDATE
Today, PAT TV channel around 6:50am reported a road blockade that started around 21:00 hours (8/8/2011) in Yapacani. So, Santa Cruz is blocked on the road to Chapare, Cochabamba, La Paz and harbor ports in Chile and Peru. The only alternative is the old road (poor condition) to Cochabamba through a region called Siberia (rough…
Bolivian government lost the compass…
This statement summarizes what former elected Vice-President Victor Hugo Cardenas said, in a radio program –Panamericana- on Sunday August 7, 2011: Governmental messages leave a feeling of uncertainty and confrontation. Cardenas said that the messages from the authorities during the National festivities and the Army anniversary leave a sensation of uncertainty and confrontation, and also…
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