Humberto Vacaflor wonderfully describes current Bolivian economic and political reality, El Diario: Crude reality To find out that there are crises you have two options: to see the real statistics or to listen to the whistles and the repudiation of the people. The government has had both signals this week: the Minister of Economy revealed…
Category: Social Unrest
Blooming narcotrafficking under 11 years of government of the coca grower caudillo …
Pagina Siete reports: 29 kg of pure cocaine found in Cobija The Special Force Against Drug Trafficking (FELCN) seized 29.5 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride under the Virtudes operation, which was carried out in the border town of Cobija, in Pando, said national director Santiago Delgadillo. “FELCN, through the personnel of the Group of Intelligence of…
Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road?
Emily Achtenberg writes for NACLA: Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road? Six years after massive protests halted plans for a proposed highway through the TIPNIS, Bolivian President Evo Morales has promulgated a new law “de-protecting” the reserve and allowing construction of the road. On August 13, President Evo Morales promulgated a new…
Reigns anarchy and chaos under the “leadership” of the coca grower caudillo … WTH?!
El Diario reports: Despite the atmosphere of protest and blockade Police leave Achacachi In spite of the climate of conflict in Achacachi, the Bolivian police deployed their troops to this population in the face of the fear of violent actions in that population, while social organizations installed blockade points on the way to Copacabana, Huarina…
Opposing Transgenic Foods in Bolivia
Maria Julia Jimenez reports for Slow Food: Opposing Transgenic Foods in Bolivia Like the rest of the continent and the world, Bolivia has not escaped the process of globalization that has shortened distances, brought information to the masses and turned local populations into consumers, imposing a global culture that marginalizes local identities. In tandem with…
Bolivian government doesn’t listen to the people, especially not indigenous people!
Catholic News Service reports for Catholic Herald: Bishops clash with Evo Morales over protection of indigenous land Bolivian bishop says: ‘The government doesn’t listen to the people, especially not indigenous people’ Church leaders in Bolivia are opposing a controversial new law that strips protection from a national park and indigenous territory. The measure, signed into…
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