La Paz was the melting pot of Bolivia and economic center for many, many years. Its beautiful, despite the chaos that their citizens have to endure, mainly because of the political protests, strikes and blockades as it is the political center of our beloved country. In the turmoil of 2003 and 2005, La Paz consolidated…
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Bolivian nurse beaten by the police continues her ordeal
News reported in El Deber and some cartoons that show what happened under democracy: Legal action of the nurse Leonor Boyan’s freedom began Monday with the first sentence of the District Court, reported his lawyer Juan Carlos Revollo. “We have already submitted the constitutional action of freedom, and subtraction established audience and time to achieve…
Remember the saying… “as stubborn as a …”?
Bolivia continues to face strikes, blockades and this behavior is chaotic, anarchic and damaging to our economy and daily lives; an excerpt follows of what was published by Pagina Siete: President Evo Morales insisted Thursday the construction of the Villa Tunari-San Ignacio de Moxos road that will cross by the TIPNIS; and that professionals and…
Hectic politics during May 2012…
At least three main nationwide conflicts and a very visible ongoing TIPNIS saga are the frustrating Bolivian showcase during the last six weeks or so: This is from Los Tiempos, April 25, 2012: kid: “in Chile, president Piñera has inaugurated a program called ‘one story per day’, to boost ‘lecture among children, preferably to be…
Former ally accuses current government of generating the social conflicts
Pagina Siete reports: [The former ally of current government, the political party] Without Fear Movement [MSM] issued a statement on the recent social developments, which points out that conflicts are caused and promoted by the Government of President Evo Morales. The document – entitled “the origin of social conflicts is the plan of repositioning the…
May 7, 2012: a week full of conflict and potential escalating violence
TIPNIS protest-walk group is facing today a blockade in San Ignacio de Moxos, TV news showing people with brand new rolls of barbed wire “fencing” the road where the marchers are supposed to be passing-by today (whose financing?), marchers’ group is around 11 km away of this conflicting town. Some inhabitants of that town do…
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