TIPNIS protest-walk group is facing today a blockade in San Ignacio de Moxos, TV news showing people with brand new rolls of barbed wire “fencing” the road where the marchers are supposed to be passing-by today (whose financing?), marchers’ group is around 11 km away of this conflicting town. Some inhabitants of that town do…
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Reflecting on our imposed? political style with some humor…
April was a hectic month and this one appears to be following that trend… here a few cartoons that illustrate our ordeal: This is from Los Tiempos, April 24, 2012: Press news: “A radio that reported about the 9th march was attacked” and “start blockade against the protest-walk” dog: “what kind of fool are we…
Bolivian politics amid escalating violence
These cartoons reflect what Bolivian society has been forced to endure for many years already; but we are reaching the limit, it is inconceivable that well into this century our way of coexistence has deteriorated exponentially. We must sit and reflect: This is from El Dia, April 18, 2012: The government (MAS) tries to force…
Blockades and threats of violence against TIPNIS’ defenders and the Ninth protest-walk, April 2012
TIPNIS’ 9th protest-walk is under fire, this cartoon is from El Dia, March 27, 2012. It reads “Beating without responsible ones” and below that: “the chain of command was broken!” so that the cruel, unnecessary beating from the police force to the 8th protest-walk of last year’s. No one takes the responsibility for that atrocious…
Bolivian humor or sad reality?
In Bolivia we use cartoon humor to portray our failures and frustrations, let’s see some: This is from El Diario, March 17, 2012. It shows the increasing levels of crime and certainly those wonderful tourists who choose our country, are almost defenseless. The police section who is responsible for tourism protection has very little resources,…
For the last 41 years, a conflict per day
This cartoon appeared in Los Tiempos, April 11, 2012. The first person, portraying someone from current government, saying “blockade…strike…blockade…blockade…” a man says “the government is committed to prevent that marches and blockades continue!” ‘avernoy’ replies “and you think they will succeed, bro?” the dog thinks “doctor Frankenstein trying to stop their creation work” SO let’s…
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