This cartoon is from La Prensa (10/15/11), it illustrates the frustration, desperation and belligerence of current government, regarding the rightful and legal claim of the TIPNIS population. Here, you can see a tunnel to La Paz, and the government saying “My last attempt, few days for their arrival” The legal advisor for APG (Guarani People Association)…
Category: TIPNIS
TIPNIS update as of October 14, 2011
The TIPNIS protest-walk has started walking up, to the highlands. The group started walking today around 6am, they are marching from Yolosa (69 kilometers away from La Paz city) and intend to reach Sacramento town. A leader from the Beni Indigenous People (CPIB), Wilma Mendoza is asking for solidarity to the organizations that are supporting this…
TIPNIS succeeded rejecting “short law” and will continue to walk
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…
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…
Briefs: strikes, blockades; agriculture; blackouts; TIPNIS
Strikes and blockades: Roads in Tarija are blocked today; the major Workers Union (COB) is calling for a 48 hour strike, starting this Thursday (pending issues with the government); yesterday Cochabamba – La Paz road was blocked near kilometer 7 in Cochabamba as the population did not want a water treatment plant there. Agriculture: Prices for soy;…
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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