Bolivian sins by Humberto Vacaflor G., appeared in http://www.hoybolivia.com For those who do not believe that the situation of Bolivia looks like Somalia, that State was dissolved in 1991 and has ceased to exist, here are some facts. Before making this list, it’s worth remembering that Somalia is a territory without a State, is a…
Category: Social Unrest
7th year in a row: Bolivian police on top of human rights violation!
Human Rights got very strong in Bolivia, as we went from military rule to democratic governments. The people who served under HR got a lot of prestige and political power, and many ended up in public office; unfortunately some of them like former Minister of Government/Interior was questioned for the police using excessive and brutal…
Yellow mediocre media and poor police performance in Bolivia
This cartoon is from El Dia, December 6, 2011; it portrays how local/national media who cover these type of news, has deteriorated over time. There are many journalists that question this behavior but at the end of the day, everything remains the same. Yellow journalism is grouse and doesn’t show respect to the people involved,…
Government perceived as weak regarding escalating conflicts…
This cartoon is from El Diario, December 6, 2011. It shows a citizen chained around blockades, marches, bottlenecks, lost time, traffic cuts, dance rehearsals, strikes. An Angry frustrated Bolivian saying: “..Aren’t there human rights for people who honestly have to work to be able to survive in the country!!” In addition, El Deber captured the…
Briefs: inflation; TIPNIS a sof December 6, 2011
From El Deber and Los Tiempos, respectively: Inflation The price of the onion, household beer consumption, housing rent and lunch, according to the Statistics National Institute of (INE), were the more inflationary. In November the consumer price index (CPI and IPC in Spanish) closed with 0.32%, but in October, was 0.47%. Since the beginning of the…
Coca growers against the TIPNIS intangible condition…
This cartoon appeared in El Dia, December 3, 2011. The “intangibility” concept has resulted a headache to the indigenous people of the TIPNIS; who already lost the contracts with the tourism agencies and the controlled logging activities. The coca growers group who support current government, wanted to enter the TIPNIS, so they could expand their…
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