Bolivian government and TIPNIS leaders have decided to go ahead with the dialogue! The indigenous groups do expect that more ministers (9) join the talks to lead the discussion tables that were created (6) to discuss/evaluate the 16 points the groups are asking the government. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-08-25/Nacional/Destacados/Destacados_019.aspx The indigenous group does want current Bolivian president to come to the dialogue,…
Bolivian TIPNIS negotiation with the government UPDATE, 13:22 hrs
UNITEL and PAT news reported on their midday programs that the TIPNIS indigenous group and other indigenous organizations are waiting a reply from the government to their demands. TIPNIS leaders said they do not want the government to continue with their accusations; they want eight more ministers to come to meet with them along with…
Bolivia’s poor fiscal budget execution during 2010
As you can see in Pagina Siete’s report (Aug 25, 2011), Bolivian public sector lack of expenditures is growing over the years, as the red columns show for 2008 to 2010. The chart above that graph lists: central government (36.6%), departmental governments (20.7%), municipalities (30.6%) and other public institutions (percentages in parenthesis represent current budget execution). Between 2008…
Bolivian TIPNIS protest walk, avatar and cell phones…
This cartoon portrays the protest walk of the TIPNIS indigenous people, La Prensa, August 25, 2011. The “government” says: “beware, almost all of them are heavily armed with cell phones!!” in reference to the phone calls that the government said took place between some of those marching leaders and officials of the US Embassy in…
Bolivian TIPNIS update, August 24, 2011, 22:12 hrs
Bolivian government has decided to send for the fourth time, a high level negotiation team to meet with the TIPNIS protest march in Puerto San Borja. The minister of Public Works, Wálter delgadillo; the minister for Productive Development and Plural Economy, Teresa Morales; along with vice-ministers for Rural Development and Environment. http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/economia/20110824/gobierno-envia-nueva-comision-ministerial-para-iniciar-el-dialogo-con_139007_284728.html The government intends to discuss…
Standard & Poor’s gave Bolivia a B, B+ grade, BUT…
Standard & Poor’s qualified the perspectives for Bolivia as “positive” and had given a B+ and a B, which are highly dependent on expected investments in the mining and gas sectors, as also on future “political tensions”, according to ANF. Standard & Poor’s warns that “if political tensions were to resurrect and would cause economic uncertainty,…
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