There is an ongoing border problem between Potosi and Oruro, people who normally are amicable are at the verge of a violent and probably deadly confrontation. Remember when this government let miners on opposing sides fight in Huanuni? At least 16 people died, and at that time, the vice president dared to only offer the…
Transparency International ranks Bolivia’s corruption
I made this collage from Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2011. On the left, there is the scale by color and numbers from the very clean to the highly corrupt perception for 2011. Below the title in black, Bolivia’s map with its “corruption’s color and those of our neighbors. To the right, the list of…
Briefs: sugar export and heavy load transport
Both news reported by La Razon, if you want to read the full Spanish articles, please use the links provided below, thank you. Sugar export The Government authorized the export of 650 thousand quintals (qq) of sugar. The measure falls short to the Bolivian sugar industry; sugar cane growers and sugar mills planned to…
TIPNIS regulation under fire and Criticism at Durbam Summit
Excerpts from today’s El Deber follows: The Cabinet (executive government ministers) vetoed the signing of the agreement with the TIPNIS indigenous people; they want to make a viable regulation of the law 180 that protects the Isiboro-Sécure Park and requested that the text establishes clearly that all commercial activity of their resources is prohibited. This…
Pending issues related to the TIPNIS struggle, as of Dec 1, 2011
After the 66 days of struggle and the end of year approaching very fast, the indigenous people and stakeholders of the TIPNIS right to remain as is, are still struggling with two important issues: This cartoon is from El Diario, November 29, 2011. The brutal police aggression to the TIPNIS marchers goes still unpunished. Human…
Bolivian negotiation 101 = blockades
What is the intention to live year around with strikes and blockades? this is not the times of getting out of a dictatorship; nor is it the attempts to grow politically like current president and his political party did before assuming power six years ago. Today’s editorial from Los Tiempos excerpts follow: Blockades, a collective…
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