A picture is worth more than words, in this case I decided to use cartoons to summarize a very difficult month for Bolivia. Strikes, protest marches, road and street blockades, trials, corruption, narcotrafficking, crime and violence have clouted our lives. This is from El Diario, June 2, 2012: “hate” “social resentment” and “racism” are being…
Tag: anarchy
Lynching and gangs are sprouting in Bolivia… beware!!
El Deber reports: Church condemns mob killings and regrets the proliferation of gangs The Cardinal [Julio Terrazas, Catholic] at the time to send a greeting on mother’s day in Bolivia, he reflected that children should take care of the one who gave us life, throughout the year and not only this day with a few…
Potosi, Mallku Khota: blunt anarchy and/or government failure to deal with crisis?!
Miguel Lazcano reports for La Razon: The Governor’s Office of the Potosí Department yesterday requested the Executive Body [central government] to analyze the possibility of militarizing the area surrounding the Mallku Khota mine, whose concession is held by the Canadian company South American Silver. The order was made yesterday by Governor Felix Gonzales Bernal, who…
Hectic Bolivian times and humor, May 2012
We have been experiencing blockades, strikes, riots. University students against police; community people in Potosi fighting against each other (Mallku Khota). In sum, a total anarchical chaos. The following cartoons serve to deflate stress and bring humor to our reality: This is from El Diario, May 9, 2012: At a crossroad that signals chaos and…
Is this anarchy or what?
Unfortunately and progressively, we have become witnesses of the deterioration of our way of life, Los Tiempos reports: The rescue of three people taken hostage by herders of Mallku Khota is difficult; the villagers want Government authorities and the Bolivian Mining Corporation (Comibol) to be present in the site and also want the rescission of…
Hectic politics during May 2012…
At least three main nationwide conflicts and a very visible ongoing TIPNIS saga are the frustrating Bolivian showcase during the last six weeks or so: This is from Los Tiempos, April 25, 2012: kid: “in Chile, president Piñera has inaugurated a program called ‘one story per day’, to boost ‘lecture among children, preferably to be…
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