This cartoon is from La Razon, September 26, 2012, illustrates how violent (dynamite in their mouths) the miners became… Ivan Arias makes an excellent description of how mining cooperatives function in Bolivia, so we can try to understand the violence, anarchy and “pay-back” from these supporters of current government. Article appeared in Pagina Siete: Colquiri:…
Tag: bad politics
TIPNIS under fire!! government signed contract to re-start phase I of the road…
Unfortunately, our TIPNIS’ national park and Isiboro Secure indigenous territory, continues to be in jeopardy! so much for the self-named protectors of mother earth… Juan Carlos Veliz writes for Pagina Siete: Indigenous people say the Government seeks to fulfill a campaign promise Evo resumes construction of the section I of the route through the TIPNIS…
Wheat: lesser production and more imports’ taking place, why!!??
Bolivia is dangerously threatening its food security, here an Editorial from El Diario: Lesser production and more imports of wheat From about six years ago, government agencies were insisting on the issues of food security and sovereignty and offering, at the same time, large increases in agricultural production, price cuts, suspension of imports, modernization of…
Are your savings (remittances) safe? Is the TIPNIS safe? Is ‘evo cumple’ safe?
Today I want to share three main issues that we must be aware of: Remittances – Savings: Most Bolivians working abroad, do have a serious commitment, to send their income to their families back home. To cover loans, build up a house and for daily expenses. Hard labor, working stressed with the phantom of deportation,…
Is Bolivia going on the right foot??!
Certainly NOT!!! So far, not good at all… we continue to strive, to survive, despite the lack of clear public policies, incentive to private investing, creation of employment. On the other hand, narcotrafficking, smuggling, violent take overs and chaos and anarchy seem to rule, even more when the one elected abandons the country on some…
Tailored Laws and the need of Power
Carlos Valverde‘s interesting analysis, from El Deber: Tailored Laws and the need of Power Those who understand that discrimination and racism, as well as gender-based violence, must be eradicated from the country and, at the same time, sentence and punish those who incurred in it; we never think that laws on these subjects have been…
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