TIPNIS update, February 23, 2012

TIPNIS continues to struggle against governmental manipulation; yesterday the government has promoted the prosecution of women who “allegedly” are said to be guilty for keeping hostage the Foreign Affairs Minister, David Choquehuanca, days prior to the brutal aggression of the police force to the marchers. That is blunt intimidation said CIDOB’s President to Unitel on…

Bolivian government loses ground and international media is beginning to notice…

The Associated Press published the following article: Bolivian loses core backers Fellow Indians are feeling betrayed by President Evo Morales’ policies. February 19, 2012|By Carlos Valdez, Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia – Bolivia’s long-downtrodden indigenous majority adored President Evo Morales as he championed a new constitution that promised the nation’s 36 ethnicities unprecedented autonomy. But…

Bolivian carnival pranks?? NO! just ongoing governmental policy making…

This cartoon is from El Diario, February 17, 2012. There is current Bolivian president’s scavenging in the oil barrel (our gas exports) labelled “Treasury, monetary reserves” as he says “a billion, a billion!..” is clear reference to this government’s intention to use that amount of our reserves on state-owned enterprises and support to specific production…

What do we have in common with Cuba, Iran and North Korea? take a guess!

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF and in Spanish GAFI) is a very reputable institution and has been monitoring our fairly new “economy,” El Deber reports: Bolivia and Cuba remain without complying with the norms against money-laundering Bolivia and Cuba are on the list of countries that do not meet international standards against money laundering…

Let’s show support to TIPNIS, February 16, 2012

Stakeholders must show support to the indigenous owner’s of the TIPNIS territory as well as to the integrity of this and ALL National Parks! Current Bolivian government is literally playing with the Constitution, laws and other forms of tampering and jeopardizing the self-determination and indigenous rights, let alone the preservation we must keep of our…