El Diario issued ANF’s report on an emergency meeting called by CIDOB, regarding the relentless intention to have a road cut the TIPNIS, today’s cartoon from El Diario also portrays the open support to those ‘questioned’ protesters (many have coca plantations and have absolutely nothing to do with the ownership of a national park that…
Tag: indigenous rights
Current Bolivian Government management style
This cartoon is from El Diario, January 8, 2012. It portrays both current president and vice-president. The latter is placing a big eraser in the elbow of the former. The vice says: “with this heavy-duty eraser you will be able to erase [with the elbow] all the short laws you will sanction..” [with the hand]…
TIPNIS under siege, January 2012
This cartoon is from El Diario, January 5, 2012. It shows an interview on the current “walk” by those people who want the road to cross over the TIPNIS. People who are no longer advocating the road between Beni and Cochabamba but to cross the TIPNIS! The press asks: “…Mr. Cacique (chief, boss)! tell us,…
TIPNIS and CIDOB start a trial against current Bolivian president
El deber reports about the TIPNIS ongoing fight to protect their territory and to protect a national park which belongs to all of us; for full Spanish article, please use link below: The Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Bolivia (CIDOB) yesterday announced the start of a responsibility trial to President Evo Morales: for violation of…
What happened with TIPNIS?
This cartoon is from La Prensa, December 13, 2011. It portrays what happened with TiPNIS as of today: road was stopped and indigenous group was stripped out of their economic activities. Coca growers and other groups interested in the use of TIPNIS’ resources became more visible: illegal settlers (coca growers) and illegal activities (narcotraffick) were…
Briefs: inflation; TIPNIS a sof December 6, 2011
From El Deber and Los Tiempos, respectively: Inflation The price of the onion, household beer consumption, housing rent and lunch, according to the Statistics National Institute of (INE), were the more inflationary. In November the consumer price index (CPI and IPC in Spanish) closed with 0.32%, but in October, was 0.47%. Since the beginning of the…
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