Bolivian government expressed their interest to meet but not within the marching group, they requested a different place and smaller group to start the dialogue; government does not want to negotiate in between an angry group shouting at them (long gone are the days when current government officials used the same type of actions…) The indigenous group waited…
Bolivia’s diesel imports are growing!
Bolivian diesel import went up by 58%, La Razon reports today. The chart above shows that there was an increase of diesel imports over the years (2005-2011); the 58% ($592.94 million) increase is from the Jan-Jul periods of 2010 and 2011. $2,151 billion dollars represents diesel import over the last six years. To date, natural…
Former Brazilian President Lula visits Bolivia: TIPNIS?
Former Brazilian President, Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva came to beautiful Santa Cruz de la Sierra to attend an international economics forum. “Lula” as he is commonly known approved the loan that would serve to construct the road that was thought to go through TIPNIS. Some years ago he attended a meeting in the coca growing area…
TIPNIS protest walk, UPDATE Monday, August 29, 2011
Pagina Siete reports in its website that the indigenous marching group expects the government meets them in Totaizal town, otherwise they will continue to walk to La Paz. The government says they were ready to talk in San Borja; current president says he is sorry the indigenous group hasn’t established contact with the ministers to continue with the dialogue….
Cochabamba’s perception on corruption
Los Tiempos published today results of a survey regarding how citizens perceive corruption in their municipalities. 1,200 citizens were interviewed in 14 disctrict of the city and 3 other municipalities. Bribery heads the polls by 39.28%; 21.74% agreed that all reasons were cause for corruption; 18.24% political friendship; 8.32% family related; ad 4.81% said none…
Land titles given away in Santa Cruz had no value…
El Dia reports today that the land titles given by the central government over two months ago are of no value. ANAPO (vegetable oil) organization hosted an event where current president gave 1,046 of those titles to the members of this organization. It was an important event that the government used to show that central…
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