The TIPNIS protest-walk group has met with some assembly (congress) representatives and rejected the law that current government tried to enforce. Over 1,000 indigenous people are marching and their resolve is stronger than ever. The so-called “short law” wanted to expedite a law that would authorize a referendum to take place, to decide whether or…
Category: Social Unrest
Bolivian tin, lead, zinc price variations
Mineral prices at the London Metal exchange have slightly gone up for tin. However, lead and zinc remain low. For Bolivia, these three minerals represent: employment and income for a large portion of the most organized union in Bolivia. The mining workers at the state-owned mines, private and coops are a labor force in the Bolivian…
Bolivia’s worker union on strike for 48 hours
The Bolivian Workers’ Union (COB) said that the 48 hour strike nationwide will commence this Thursday and end by COB Friday, October 7th. There are two reasons for such strike, the first one is related to the additional 1% salary increase that the government should have authorized by September, now there are some groups (public…
Bolivian society perception regarding TIPNIS struggle…
Today, Bolivian Thoughts in an Emerging World has picked three cartoons that appeared on 10/4/11; they best represent current state of play regarding the TIPNIS protest-walk towards La Paz, and the awkward and changing discourse of current Bolivian government. This cartoon is from El Diario, it portrays how the Chapare region where coca leafs is…
Update: A H1N1 Influenza virus in Bolivia
Today, El Deber reports that two more people died as a result of complications with the A (H1N1) influenza virus in Bolivia. In Santa Cruz city, a 35-year-old man died in San Juan de Dios hospital, as a result of a pulmonary complication, tuberculosis and the flu virus. In Tarija city, a woman age 52 died after being…
TIPNIS protest-walk will continue; most of Beni under strike
The protest-walk group will continue its way to La Paz. Many of the indigenous people have left San Borja and Rurrenabaque en route to the point of gathering along the road to continue marching; this point is past Yucumo where last week there was a settlers’ blockade. Past president for TIPNIS sub-central, Adolfo Moye said that between 20 and 50…
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