Current government really needs great minds to redo their negotiation and policy implementation. It is highly questionable that a long, hard walk from Beni to La Paz, has to end in this type of minutia. El Deber reports: Government questioned leaders of the 9th March and ruled out dialogue with them The Government today asked…
Category: Social Unrest
TIPNIS protest-walk arrived La Paz city!!
Despite the logistics and threats by central government, the brave TIPNIS marchers arrived destination. Kudos for those brave Bolivians, for fighting and defending their territories and also for fighting to protect OUR National Parks!! ANF reports and appears in El Deber’s website: Indigenous Peoples arrived in the city of La Paz and call for dialogue…
Six days with Bolivian police under mutiny… an agreement reached early today
The sergeants and police guards along with their wives continued to exert instability across Bolivia until early today. They wanted higher pay, similar to those of the military. Current government has finally accepted to give Bs100 to the salary and Bs200 as a bonus. Here, how it happened as illustrated in cartoons, humor reflects our…
TIPNIS Indigenous March announced to arrive La Paz city on Wednesday
The brave protest-walk composed of TIPNIS, CIDOB, CONAMAQ and other Bolivians, is closer to their goal. They wisely decided not to enter La Paz city earlier than Wednesday. Current government’s lack of negotiation skills has caused Bolivia great distress with the police mutiny. The marchers do not want to be involved around that issue. ANF…
Soy derivatives’ smuggled to Peru
Eduardo Quintela writes for El Dia: Grows the smuggling on the border of Desaguadero Soy derivatives ‘escape’ to Peru Special report. El Dia notes the increase in petty-smuggling with little control. The ton is worth $161 in Peru Monday, June 25, 2012 It only took a couple of hours so that hundreds of quintals of…
Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto’s whereabouts, June 25, 2012
The sixth economic world power and largest international border we share with is Brazil. As such, we also depend a lot on their natural gas demand, they are our biggest, most important neighbor. Current Bolivian government still fails to respond Brazil on the political asylum granted to Senator Pinto. This past week was filled with…
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