Pagina Siete reports on a very important element for the economics of Bolivian households who have part of their families working outside our country: A total of 89 business that generated at the same time 254 jobs are the result of the implementation of the migratory model of voluntary people coming back; an initiative made…
Category: La Paz
Sculptures: Nayanquiwa, a lithic museum hidden in Laja
An idea and passion were enough for the sculptor Rolando Narvaez, who decided to set up a unique repository of sculptures in his home town in the highlands of La Paz. In the picture to the right, taken by Alejandra Pau, who also wrote this article for Pagina Siete, Rolando Narvaez shows one of its stone pieces…
TIPNIS will meet current Bolivian president tonite!
The Bolivian government has finally come to its sense, so I believe as I read Pagina Siete’s website this afternoon: Ivan Canelas, minister of communication has said that the president has agreed to meet with 20 TIPNIS leaders at 18:00 in the executive government palace. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-10-20/Nacional/Destacados/dialogo.aspx 19:00 PAT news program reports that indigenous people are…
La Paz is owned by TIPNIS!
La Paz recovered its status as the center of Bolivia, in terms of the XX century “melting pot” condition, Bolivian citizenship and respect to one another. The TIPNIS protest-walk group stopped by the Cathedral in Plaza Murillo, despite initial governmental signals to keep marchers out of what current government felt as “their” plaza. TV showed lots of people,…
La Paz greets TIPNIS’ marchers who will meet Gov tomorrow
It is noon, Wednesday, October 19, 2011. La Paz is greeting the marchers as they finally arrived La Paz. Insults, bad-mouthing, tear gas, gagged, beaten, broken ribs could not stop the proud indigenous people of the Bolivian lowlands. La Paz population is showing their real face, welcoming the TIPNIS group like heroes, offering them not…
TIPNIS as the major headache of current Bolivian government
This cartoon is from La Prensa (10/15/11), it illustrates the frustration, desperation and belligerence of current government, regarding the rightful and legal claim of the TIPNIS population. Here, you can see a tunnel to La Paz, and the government saying “My last attempt, few days for their arrival” The legal advisor for APG (Guarani People Association)…
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