There is ongoing debate over pros and cons of autonomy. For the last five years, autonomy in Bolivia is synonym of trouble, separatism, solution, opportunity, sedition, way of life and many more. It has become a problem on top of poverty, drugs, pollution and still there is no light seen, the tunnel is tortuous. This…
Category: Santa Cruz
Good news for Bolivia!!
Finally a piece of good news for Bolivia! The company that operates a larger portion of El Mutun mine (iron mineral, border Santa Cruz with Brazil), Jindal Steel & Power reported the first shipment of 260 thousand metric tons of iron concentrates to China. For centuries Bolivia was known as a highland mining country who…
Blockade or Produce? That is the question!
Yesterday, coca growing farmers were gathering around noon at the main plaza in Cochabamba city, to show support to the president and his government. During the last hectic days, few groups that used to riot remained calm this time, namely coca growers from both Yungas and Chapare; hydrocarbon workers who remained aside of the protests,…
Vice President accusations
Bolivian Vice President, who wasn’t seen during the harsh hectic violent days, has called for a press conference. He tried to describe the motives of such protests and attributed them to the right-wing opposition in country. A more detailed explanation can be seen at El Deber website.
Bolivian numb3rs… 36, 11, 9 – 11 and 0
These figures summarize the status of Bolivian problems. Unions and government met over the weekend for 36 hours in a row, as union reps were leaving the Vice-presidency building around 21 hours, several loud firecrackers announced their presence; the president did not attend those meetings. The government after those long hours offered 11% salary increase….
Opinions about this week’s social unrest in Bolivia
The following articles’ links are from today’s newspapers. They are in Spanish, a short paragraph summarizes content. Sorry for not being able to translate them all. 1. Susana Seleme Antelo (El Deber, Santa Cruz) writes about the way the “terrorism” allegations have been handled judicially. There is mention that the judicial and executive powers are overlapped. Brazil’s lawyers…
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