I visited the Kaa-Iya (this article writes Caa Iya, but i changed it to Kaa-Iya as that was the way the Izoceno leaders taught me) at least three times and was always amazed with the ecosystem and the people, the Izocenos are friendly, proud individuals. Kaa-Iya is located in the Chaco region, which we share with Paraguay and Argentina; this beautiful park…
Category: Social Unrest
How to handle inflation, subsidies? November Bolivian Economics 101
Certainly not the way current Bolivian government is doing, if you don’t believe, just take a look at these: This cartoon is from El Diario (11/09/11). Two of the most powerful and yet visible for now political leaders of the MAS, are engaged in a conversation: “…We have allowed entry of 100 thousand vehicles to the country..!…
TIPNIS in between scape goats and intangibility
These two cartoons pretty much outline what is going on in the lives of the TIPNIS people, after their 66-day-walk ordeal. From El Diario (11/14/11), a government official is pointing the “suspects” to the Attorney General and is saying: “Here Mr. Attorney..! One of these is the one who gave the order for the repression…
Blame the infiltrates… says current president
“They were the infiltrates” is Humberto Vacaflor’s article in El Deber today [inside brackets like this go some clarifications and my opinion]: President Evo Morales has just revealed the deeper truth about their government: the infiltrates are guilty of everything. This was the explanation that the Bolivians were waiting, because they could not understand how all these…
Some road blockades suspended temporarily
The trucking industry [heavy load transport association] said on Tuesday afternoon, a recess is in effect, after agreeing with the Government to install a working group to discuss the payment of taxes and fines for the legalization of undocumented trailers or ‘flat’ units. “We determined to make a recess in our pressure measurements while analyzing this…
TIPNIS jailers, an editorial from Los Tiempos
Today’s editorial from Los Tiempos, regarding TIPNIS jailers: In order to obtain first-hand information, Los Tiempos organized the trip of a reporting team (a journalist, a photographer and a driver) to confirm, or otherwise, several reports on the construction of a road within the Indigenous Territory Isiboro Secure (TIPNIS), which would be underway by the indigenous sympathizers of the political…
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