El Deber website reported the latest agreement between TIPNIS leaders and the government regarding the regulations for the “short law” and the ‘intangible’ concept: The document was signed approximately at 10:30 AM this Sunday, informed the President of the sub-central Sécure, Fernando Vargas, now the regulation must be endorsed by presidential decree. The Act establishes that…
Category: Social Unrest
Money laundering & inflation against Bolivian society
This cartoon is from El Diario, November 30, 2011. It portrays how much money laundering, and narco-traffick are becoming a real nuisance and are also more widely perceived by Bolivian society; out there for anyone to see… In the cartoon the person is pointing and saying: “these buildings are known as ‘washing buildings’ they whiten…
A good recall of events since the time of zero coca crops in Bolivia
An excellent article written by Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, directly from his Facebook page: The Soul of the Bolivians Eleven years ago, in December 2000, President Hugo Banzer was attending a conference organized by the United Nations in Palermo, Sicily. He had been summoned to receive the recognition from the international community for having finished with the…
Who governs Bolivia? Quo Vadis Bolivian central government?
There is an ongoing border problem between Potosi and Oruro, people who normally are amicable are at the verge of a violent and probably deadly confrontation. Remember when this government let miners on opposing sides fight in Huanuni? At least 16 people died, and at that time, the vice president dared to only offer the…
Briefs: sugar export and heavy load transport
Both news reported by La Razon, if you want to read the full Spanish articles, please use the links provided below, thank you. Sugar export The Government authorized the export of 650 thousand quintals (qq) of sugar. The measure falls short to the Bolivian sugar industry; sugar cane growers and sugar mills planned to…
TIPNIS regulation under fire and Criticism at Durbam Summit
Excerpts from today’s El Deber follows: The Cabinet (executive government ministers) vetoed the signing of the agreement with the TIPNIS indigenous people; they want to make a viable regulation of the law 180 that protects the Isiboro-Sécure Park and requested that the text establishes clearly that all commercial activity of their resources is prohibited. This…
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