PAT news program reports that a letter from the government was sent to the indigenous leaders, accepting the addition of more leaders to the meeting with the president, on top of the twenty originally mentioned. Now, the TIPNIS group will have to decide if the dialogue takes place or not. One of the pending issues, denied…
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TIPNIS will meet current Bolivian president tonite!
The Bolivian government has finally come to its sense, so I believe as I read Pagina Siete’s website this afternoon: Ivan Canelas, minister of communication has said that the president has agreed to meet with 20 TIPNIS leaders at 18:00 in the executive government palace. http://www.paginasiete.bo/2011-10-20/Nacional/Destacados/dialogo.aspx 19:00 PAT news program reports that indigenous people are…
Plaza Murillo dawned “closed” by the Bolivian government
It is 6:44am and Unitel is transmitting from the main plaza in La Paz. A small group of the TIPNIS protest-walk group, who decided yesterday to stay inside, slept in the open, cold plaza. The police force has “closed” the plaza, not letting anyone, I repeat anyone to enter; that meant no sleeping bags, tents or…
La Paz is owned by TIPNIS!
La Paz recovered its status as the center of Bolivia, in terms of the XX century “melting pot” condition, Bolivian citizenship and respect to one another. The TIPNIS protest-walk group stopped by the Cathedral in Plaza Murillo, despite initial governmental signals to keep marchers out of what current government felt as “their” plaza. TV showed lots of people,…
La Paz greets TIPNIS’ marchers who will meet Gov tomorrow
It is noon, Wednesday, October 19, 2011. La Paz is greeting the marchers as they finally arrived La Paz. Insults, bad-mouthing, tear gas, gagged, beaten, broken ribs could not stop the proud indigenous people of the Bolivian lowlands. La Paz population is showing their real face, welcoming the TIPNIS group like heroes, offering them not…
Rain and cold weather does not stop TIPNIS’ defenders
As you can see the picture from El Deber (see link below), TIPNIS protest-walk group is determined to arrive La Paz tomorrow Wednesday, October 19, 2011. This is day 63 since they left Trinidad. It is over four thousand meters above sea level, tonight they will rest 15 kilometers away from La Paz. Their intention is…
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