Around 280 indigenous people were captured by the police yesterday afternoon and night. They were forced to embark in buses and other vehicles. They were held captive in the Rurrenabaque airport, waiting for a military plane to arrive, a plane with a 40 seat capacity was there (indigenous people were going to be sent to an unknown location) and…
Category: Social Unrest
Are we ready? Rain will bring floods in Beni, Bolivia
This cartoon is from El Diario (9/22/11), Beni is the department who “receives” most of the rain waters from the highlands and valleys of Bolivia. Every year there is flooding and cattle and housing is lost. In the cartoon, the son says: “…dad! why don’t we take the cattle to higher lands, before the flooding…
UN asks violence to stop immediately: TIPNIS
Yoriko Yasukawa, UN Resident Coordinator in Bolivia, and PNUD Rep asks violence should stop immediately http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-09-25/vernotaahora.php?id=110925200003 El Deber reports the reaction against this violence: twitter gets busy! http://www.eldeber.com.bo/2011/2011-09-25/vernotaahora.php?id=110925200003
URGENT: TIPNIS’ leaders have been arrested by Bolivian police!
Pagina Siete reports in its website: early this afternoon (9/25/11), police in light vehicles took a number of the TIPNIS leaders. Police threw tear gas and a number of indigenous people were arrested, among others, Celso Padilla and Fernando Vargas. Because of the gas, reporters could not see who else was arrested. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-09-25/Nacional/Destacados/tipnis.aspx
TIPNIS: Foreign Affairs minister Choquehuanca released…
This morning a group of women from the TIPNIS protest-walk group, took Foreign Affairs minister, David Choquehuanca and vice-minister for Social Movements, Cesar Navarro as “shields” in an attempt to break the police fence. Group has released (13:15 hours) government officials (after three hours) and is now around 500 meters away from Yucumo. A kilometer away…
Bolivian real problem: hydrocarbons’ industry failure 9/23/11
The following article is from Rodolfo Mier Luzio, published by Pagina Siete today. It is extremely informative regarding how bad Bolivia is handling its hydrocarbon industry. Mier says that TIPNIS and even the October Judicial elections are just cover ups for a major problem of current government. Argentina is about to demand, per signed contract, 27.7 million cubit meters per…
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