As a result of nationwide repudiation on how current government is handling the TIPNIS intended road construction, the judicial “elections” [in quotes as there is no opportunity to really elect as all those candidates have been pre-selected already by current political party in government] may be postponed if the TIPNIS protest-walk continues close to the…
Category: Social Unrest
Current Bolivian president’s press conference, tonite
Tonight, around prime time Bolivian TV (20:15 hours), current Bolivian president spoke again about the violent repression the TIPNIS protest-walk group had to endure. His speech and body language did not seem honest. Arrogance and finger-pointing continued to be a large part of his speech. He also asked for dialogue with the TIPNIS and again…
Smoke in the most beautiful and pure sky of the Americas
Unfortunately, retrograde slush and burn practices continue to damage our clean air. Thousands of hectares are lost to uncontrolled fires that delinquents provoke in Santa Cruz. El Chore is a forestry reserve, the lungs of beautiful Santa Cruz de la Sierra, this reserve is 160 kilometers away from the city; agricultural settlers and campesinos inside…
Demonstrations nationwide in support of the TIPNIS
La Paz leads demonstrations nationwide in support of the TIPNIS; Cochabamba follows and Santa Cruz is preparing to show its support by tonite in Central Plaza. http://www.la-razon.com/version.php?ArticleId=138286&EditionId=2667 Potosi is more severe: Miguel Mamani, a leader of the COD (Regional Workers’ Union) said that both president and vice-president should face an Impeachment Referendum, as times goes by…
Score: Tipnis 2 – Central Government 0
One minister quit office on Monday as a result of the violent police aggression to the TIPNIS protest-walk group; today another minister (Sacha Llorenti) was “forced” to resign due to public opinion against his role in the unfortunate events of this past weekend. Wilfredo Chavez replaced Llorenti as Ministry of Government and Ruben Saavedra is the…
Bolivia: scape goats for hire… look for the government
Ministers Sacha Llorenti and Carlos Romero are the “Pilates” of the day, they claim they were not responsible for the violent police brutality against the TIPNIS protest-walk group. They also said current Bolivian president is not responsible… and blamed vice-minister for Interior Regime and Police, Marcos Farfan, who was let go today. The Central Union of…
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