Current Bolivian government continues to show it cares very little of laws and manipulates them at will. Estefany Claros Aldana reports for El Dia: Adriana Gil prepares an injunction to avoid suspension The opposition Deputy, from National Convergence (CN), Adriana Gil, announced that she is preparing a Constitutional Protection [Amparo Constitucional] to avoid being suspended,…
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TIPNIS: Chaparina without justice!!
This is an Editorial from El Deber: Chaparina without Justice A year after having happened, it is still present in the collective memory, the brutal repression in Chaparina against hundreds of men, women and children marching in defense of their territory against the construction of a road through the heart of the TIPNIS. In that…
Are road/street blockades an ‘acceptable’ political action?
Of course not, however, our beautiful Bolivia had to endure this nuisance for more than we care to remember… Mamfredo Kempff writes a very well descriptive article in El Diario: Blocked! The signs of admiration in the heading of this note, does not correspond, they are in excess. They would be needed if the blockades…
Bolivian coca and cocaine: Obama laments drug war failures
The following report is from “iol news” which reflects Bolivian poor fight against cocaine illegal trade. Further below, there are a few cartoons which portray this pernicious malady which triggers corruption, violence and drug addiction. Obama laments drug war failures September 14 2012 at 11:57pm By SAPA Washington – US President Barack Obama Friday accused…
Bolivia: stories of an “inter-cultural” flight
This fine article, written by Monica Olmos and published in Los Tiempos, shows the tip of the iceberg, it happens all over our beautiful Bolivia… and certainly does not help to ease the antagonism and intolerance that continues to build-up ever since current government assumed power… Stories of an “inter-cultural” flight Boarding an airplane becomes…
Major Bolivian Union (COB) calls for a strike, today!
Bolivians seem not to understand that there are other mechanism for negotiation and dialogue… This government continues to lead, through history, with the government with more strikes and blockades in Bolivian history. Bad public policies, lack of enforcing private property rights, and some ‘allies’ to current political party in power use road blockades and strikes…
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