This cartoon is from El Diario, December 13, 2011. It shows how current government is handling the meeting where most of the players and real stakeholders were left out of it. You see two of the ruling party talking in front of an entrance door with the label: Social Summit, Cochabamba, And a chart that reads:…
Category: Social Unrest
Odd couple?! nazi symbol and cocaine??!!
El Deber, Guider Arancibia Guillen reports something really odd… In the trunk of a station wagon, a man was carrying 204 kilos of cocaine in mold type bricks, all wore the nazi logo. The report was confirmed by the head of the special force of fight against the drug trafficking (FELCN), Fernando Amurrio; after some…
What happened with TIPNIS?
This cartoon is from La Prensa, December 13, 2011. It portrays what happened with TiPNIS as of today: road was stopped and indigenous group was stripped out of their economic activities. Coca growers and other groups interested in the use of TIPNIS’ resources became more visible: illegal settlers (coca growers) and illegal activities (narcotraffick) were…
Government’s self admiring club of friends…
Current Bolivian government will have a self admiring gathering between December 12 and 14. Most of the actors and stakeholders of Bolivian public policy will not be present unfortunately. This cartoon was published by La Razon, December 9, 2011. You can an annoyed and disgusted president, at a party where many of their “old-time” supporters…
What worries us Bolivians?
Pagina Siete reports on a recent poll about what worries the citizens of Bolivia: The lack of public safety, the family economy and the growth of corruption are the main concerns of Bolivians, according to the latest IPSOS poll. The opinion study prepared for Pagina Siete reveals that 23% of the country is concerned about…
Beautiful Titicaca lake and pollution
El Deber reports on an Erbol news regarding pollution in lake Titicaca: The “small” lake, also called Wiñaymarka, in Titicaca [please visualize the size of the whole and you will notice a larger and a smaller part of it.] It is contaminated every day with millions of gallons of untreated sewage from the cities of…
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