An excellent article written by Humberto Vacaflor Ganam, directly from his Facebook page: The Soul of the Bolivians Eleven years ago, in December 2000, President Hugo Banzer was attending a conference organized by the United Nations in Palermo, Sicily. He had been summoned to receive the recognition from the international community for having finished with the…
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Relentless coca… cocaine production???
These two cartoons portray the way coca crop and its “processed products” have an impact on our lives… This is from El Dia (11/24/11), and it also relates to the TIPNIS struggle for survival: the defeated (no road through TIPNIS) powerful coca-grower/intercultural person (new “marketing” sociological name to brand some of the supporters of this…
UNASUR’s anti narcotics commitment
This cartoon is from El Diario, Nov 23, 2011. While it is commendable any effort to combat narco-trafficking in this hemisphere, UNASUR’s intentions and will are perceived as been like this cartoon portrays. The fight against drugs cannot be just a political discourse. The intent of UNASUR to fight this billionaire business needs to align…
Money laundering in Bolivia has a deadline
This article was written by Humberto Vacaflor, in El Deber 11/23/11, please look at the link below for full-original Spanish article. Laundering has a deadline by Humberto Vacaflor “In three and a half months from now, which is February 13, 2012, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF, GAFI in Spanish) will analyze the situation of Bolivia with respect…
To DEa or not to BE, cocaine is the question
This cartoon is from El Diario, November 13, 2011. You can see current Bolivian vice-president, in a James Bond posture saying: “The DEA will not return to this country… we don’t need them…! Our security organizations are sufficient!” That is how current Bolivian government perceives the narcotraffick cartels: as children’s play. Pagina Siete reports: “Bolivia is the…
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