The website http://www.hoybolivia.com reports about Potosi and one of our most important emblems: The Deputy Minister for productive development mining, Freddy Beltrán, reported that the Government was awaiting an economic contribution from Unesco, to start the full rehabilitation of the cusp of the Cerro Rico in the Potosí Department. “Is hoping that Unesco can contribute…
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A good recall of events since the time of zero coca crops in Bolivia
An excellent article written by Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, directly from his Facebook page: The Soul of the Bolivians Eleven years ago, in December 2000, President Hugo Banzer was attending a conference organized by the United Nations in Palermo, Sicily. He had been summoned to receive the recognition from the international community for having finished with the…
Who governs Bolivia? Quo Vadis Bolivian central government?
There is an ongoing border problem between Potosi and Oruro, people who normally are amicable are at the verge of a violent and probably deadly confrontation. Remember when this government let miners on opposing sides fight in Huanuni? At least 16 people died, and at that time, the vice president dared to only offer the…
Potosi roads blocked this Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The Advisory Council of the Potosi Civic Committee (Comcipo) declared a strike for Tuesday, November 22, in demand for the implementation of the agreements signed more than one year ago with the Government, and by the lack of settlement of the border conflict that keeps with the Department of Oruro, as reported by radio Fides. …
TIPNIS in between scape goats and intangibility
These two cartoons pretty much outline what is going on in the lives of the TIPNIS people, after their 66-day-walk ordeal. From El Diario (11/14/11), a government official is pointing the “suspects” to the Attorney General and is saying: “Here Mr. Attorney..! One of these is the one who gave the order for the repression…
Potosi: 201 years of freedom!!
Today is a very special day, Potosi celebrates 201 years of freedom, since the time it started its independence quest from Spaniard rule. When I was a child, I used to hear the following: “Potosi had electricity long before Paris” “Potosi was twice the size of New York” and so on… there is even a…
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