Like “big mouth” Venezuelan presidents (existing and previous one), Bolivian president has the tendency to believe he is the messiah and just speaks out whatever happens in his mind… this time threatens the NGO world… is it a sign of a democratically elected government that turned into an authoritarian regime? is it a sign of…
Category: TIPNIS
Environment and National Parks under peril due to intended oil exploration!
El Diario reports: Jubileo warns conflicts due to oil exploration Specialist argues that for exploration and exploitation it is necessary that the Government conducts a prior consultation to the communities and indigenous peoples, before being declared as [oil, gas] reserves in favor of YPFB. The search for new hydrocarbon resources by Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos…
Bolivia under growing anarchy… thanks to existing ruling ochlocracy!
A description of how anarchy is taking over our nation! Maggy Talavera writes in El Deber: A ‘pest’ consent There was a stir five years ago when President Evo Morales said: “when the lawyers tell me that it is illegal, I say just do it, and then legalized it; for that, they have studied”. But…
Bolivian coca conundrum and international politics…
Over 15 years ago, it was common practice that the European countries and the UNDP were critics to the Bolivian government but did nothing about it, they just let the Americans be the “bad guys” (I know about this as I used to work in an international bilateral organization) … well it is long while…
Governmental lies regarding coca crop expansion…
Humberto Vacaflor’s analysis regarding how current ochlocracy is destroying our beautiful Bolivia, Humberto writes in El Deber: Coca simulations The Government says that coca’s 2010 report was wrong. The EU says that it has waited “too long” for that report. And Juan del Granado says that, according to the document, it only takes 6,000 hectares…
Bolivian ochlocratic central government through the humor lens!
Here a few cartoons from Bolivian newspapers that portray our daily ordeal under this ochlocracy: From La Razon, June 26, 2013: Portrays how current central government relentlessly and in complete disrespect of mother nature and indigenous communities, which they say were to respect, still persists on cutting the TIPNIS in half, right through the middle…
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