After the violent police aggression to the TIPNIS protest-walk group, current government decisions and prestige are going down the hill, at a very fast rate… this time the government is trying to undo the law that protects the TIPNIS park and indigenous territory from a road. Well, the indigenous groups of the lowlands have decided…
Tag: bad politics
Coca production benefits…
Coca and cocaine production revenues benefits a few of the of the ruling government and much less the former “allies” of the social movements and workers who supported current president at the time of the overthrown of previous presidents. Much of those former allies took part in strikes and blockades who made this government successful…
Bolivian presidential doubts…
A fine article written by Humberto Vacaflor G. and published in HoyBolivia.com: President Evo Morales speaks in public every day, more than once, but hates journalism. Like that, there are other conflicting attitudes of his excellency that should concern everyone, because supposedly he rules for everyone, not just for the coca growers. On Monday he met…
Why current Bolivian president travels so much??!
This attitude has become evident for years, every time there were problems, demonstrations and even casualties this president was away from country. In this cartoon, El Diario, January 15, 2012. The vice-president greets current president: “..how lucky you are “evito” [little Evo] you just got here from abroad and other trips are waiting for you…!”…
Freedom of the press in Bolivia under fire!!
This is from El Diario, January 14, 2012; it shows how the media is been surrounded by the government and their “social movement” groups… there is the press being “captured.” freedom of expression is under fire while the “authority” is just watching complacently. After the “show” that current government set up in a meeting of their…
Bolivian presidential peculiarities…
The newspapers El Dia and La Razon portrayed some presidential peculiarities in their editions of January 13, 2012 In El Dia’s we see him on top of his loyal party members receiving reprimands of their actions… or joust taking punishment because he just felt like doing so. On his back you can see the word…
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