This cartoon is from La Prensa (10/15/11), it illustrates the frustration, desperation and belligerence of current government, regarding the rightful and legal claim of the TIPNIS population. Here, you can see a tunnel to La Paz, and the government saying “My last attempt, few days for their arrival” The legal advisor for APG (Guarani People Association)…
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Bolivian society’s perception about Judicial “elections”
This cartoon is from El Diario, it shows this Friday how Bolivian society feels about the so-called “elections” for the Judicial System. People (blind) are going to take a dive into the Judicial elections, they do not know exactly who to vote for, as most of us do not know the candidates. On top of…
TIPNIS update as of October 14, 2011
The TIPNIS protest-walk has started walking up, to the highlands. The group started walking today around 6am, they are marching from Yolosa (69 kilometers away from La Paz city) and intend to reach Sacramento town. A leader from the Beni Indigenous People (CPIB), Wilma Mendoza is asking for solidarity to the organizations that are supporting this…
Government passed the “short” law against TIPNIS’ rights
Despite all the national feedback, current government political party, has exerted their numeral superiority to pass the law in the lower and upper chambers of the National Assembly (former Congress). Now current president will have to sign it to start enforcement. This law approves some sort of “consultation” (referendum) that still needs to be clarified…
About the judicial “election” and their candidates in Santa Cruz
El Deber website posted this article last night: Today (10/12/11) was the day that the 74 aspiring candidates had to introduce themselves to the cruceno population. The setting was the Gilberto Parada Coliseum; to start at 11am. By noon only 20 of the 74 showed up; the public was also scarce which shows little interest on this…
Bolivian government’s: Prebends, Bribery, Payoff; Subsidies, Bonuses or plain naiveté?
The following link is from an article that was written by Julio H. Linares C. and published by Los Tiempos, 10/12/11. Linares lists all the unrestricted, unplanned, highly questioned disbursements current Bolivian president has made since he assumed office and in special under this week’s “extraordinary” circumstances. Yes, too close to the so-called Judicial “elections”…
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