Myles McCormick reports for The Guardian: ‘They lied’: Bolivia’s untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more Locals blame coca interests for the state’s broken promise on protecting Tipnis national park, biodiversity hotspot and home to thousands of indigenous people. When Ovidio Teco’s Amazon homeland was declared “untouchable” by the Bolivian government in 2011, his war…
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Anarchy, chaos as a result of an incompetent, non-democratic government!
This cartoon is from El Diario, 08:29/2017: It portrays current excuse of a president and his “priorities” … During these eleven years he reacted the same way, fleeing away from solving issues with the population. In this case there is the issue of destroying a national park, the TIPNIS; and corruption of a mayor of…
About evo’s double-standard and loyalty … WTF?!
This is from El Diario, August 28, 2017: This cartoon reflects the double-standard of evo who showed himself to the world as Mother Earth’s defender and champion of indigenous people … From day one when he became president of Bolivia, he acknowledged he was continue to remain as the coca grower’s supreme leader. This cartoon…
Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road?
Emily Achtenberg writes for NACLA: Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road? Six years after massive protests halted plans for a proposed highway through the TIPNIS, Bolivian President Evo Morales has promulgated a new law “de-protecting” the reserve and allowing construction of the road. On August 13, President Evo Morales promulgated a new…
Bolivian government doesn’t listen to the people, especially not indigenous people!
Catholic News Service reports for Catholic Herald: Bishops clash with Evo Morales over protection of indigenous land Bolivian bishop says: ‘The government doesn’t listen to the people, especially not indigenous people’ Church leaders in Bolivia are opposing a controversial new law that strips protection from a national park and indigenous territory. The measure, signed into…
Bolivia’s Morales Goes Down an Ugly Road
Mac Margolis reports for Bloomberg View: Bolivia’s Morales Goes Down an Ugly Road A superhighway linking the Andes with the Amazon may hurt indigenous groups and help coca growers. President Evo Morales is a Bolivarian success story. While Latin America’s marquee populist brand has lost its charm in much of the region, Bolivia’s caudillo soldiers…
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