New forestry regulations stipulate that all timber producers need to certify the wood they extract from the forest. So far, only 50% of the 1,300 companies in the timber business have their Origin Forestry Certificates (CEFO). Deadline to obtain this certificate was this Monday, August 22, 2011. Now, the Forest and Territory Authority (ABT) has to…
Bolivia accuses USA of violating Vienna Convention, art 41
Los Tiempos reports in its website at 18:50, August 23, 2011: Bolivia accuses USA of violating Vienna Convention, art 41. Minister Carlos Romero is said to express Bolivia’s “malaise and profound preoccupation” because some American Embassy officials have contacted over the phone indigenous leaders who are participating in the TIPNIS protest walk. http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/economia/20110823/gobierno-acusa-a-la-embajada-de-eeuu-de-vulnerar-articulo-41-de-la_138906_284485.html Article 41 of…
Bolivian government accuses some TIPNIS leaders…
Today the Minister of the Presidency, Carlos Romero accused some TIPNIS leaders for “land and wood trafficking.” As reported by Los Tiempos in its website at 14:21 hours today. In his analysis, Romero believes that it is because of those issues that some leaders do not want to engage in full dialogue with the government….
Lack of energy in Bolivia: day-light savings during summer…
As a result of electricity blackouts in major Bolivian cities. The government has determined to implemented day-light savings for the summer time, September 11, 2011 to March 18, 2012 (see El Deber link below, in its first part the article mentions dates as being 9/1/2011 to 3/31/2012). There are mixed opinions: some energy experts say it…
TIPNISgate continued; where the walk is; different reactions
This cartoon appeared in El Dia, August 23, 2011. Many Bolivian organizations, including the Human Rights office in Bolivia questioned how the government obtained evidence of phone calls between indigenous leaders marching in protest for the TIPNIS and the US Embassy. Government officials said it was done under existing law, a prosecutor asked a judge…
Bolivian TIPNISgate?
Bolivian Foreign Affairs Ministry is asking the US Embassy officials to attend a meeting tomorrow Tuesday, August 23, 2011 in order to clarify the reasons why officials from the American Embassy had phone conversations with some of the leaders of the protest walk regarding the TIPNIS road. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-08-22/Nacional/Destacados/cancilleria.aspx A press release from the US Embassy reports that…
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