Follow a few but significant signals that continue to damage the Bolivian citizens’ development. Current government, relentlessly and blind-minded continues to either enforce existing laws, neglect to take appropriate action or use plain common sense: Iron – Mutun: Supposedly the largest iron concentration, at least in this hemisphere, hired an Indian company, Jindal, the intention…
Category: Social Unrest
Update on TIPNIS indigenous people whereabouts
As indigenous people are going back home, yesterday a group of them were beaten and assaulted, they lost the gifts that they received from the people during their protest walk, especially during their stay in La Paz city. With tears in their eyes, they accused people they believe were coca growers. I hope those alleged…
Bolivian political winners in October 2011
During October 2011, two main political issues happened: the Judicial “elections” and the TIPNIS fight against a road that would cut the national park and indigenous territory. In both instances, current Bolivian president and his political coalition lost credibility and appeared as the losing party. This cartoon, published today in La Razon, shows the envy…
Final Balance over the Bolivian TIPNIS struggle
This cartoon is from El Diario, October 23, 2011; current Bolivian president trapped! He is weaving a white flag in an act of surrender. On one end a huge crowd representing not only the TIPNIS and other indigenous people, but most of Bolivian citizens in support of the indigenous territory and the national park. At…
TIPNIS group from Plaza Murillo to Coliseo Cerrado
Pagina Siete website reports at 19:02 that dialogue between TIPNIS leaders and current Bolivian president will continue defining the procedures to tackle the 16 points of the indigenous demand. Rest of the indigenous marchers will be allowed to enter the plaza and at some point in time they will meet the president. The indigenous small group that had to…
14:00 TIPNIS starts dialogue with Bolivian government 10/21/11
If you read my tweets, you know indigenous leaders as they walked out of the governmental palace, after 90 minutes, said they will reconvene and meet around 17:00 this afternoon. Indigenous leaders would like current Bolivian president to greet all the marchers. They also want more TIPNIS people to be able to go inside Plaza…
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