A TIPNIS UPDATE from ANF in El Deber; Rodrigo Urzagasti photograph: The Confederation of indigenous peoples of Bolivia (CIDOB) sent a delegation of indigenous people to the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil so that they can submit to the Río+20 Summit to denounce the “violation” of their rights and the intervention of the…
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Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto gets political asylum from Brazil
We live under democracy and yet we have to seek political asylum… Senator Roger Pinto was awarded Brazilian protection and that is a compelling evidence that something is really going wrong inside Bolivian democracy. On top of that, the OAS General Assembly ‘advised’ candidly and in a demeaning way that Bolivia needs to seek dialogue…
TIPNIS brave struggle update as of June 4, 2012
The protest-walk group in defense of the TIPNIS has had more problems than last year’s, however, their resolve and strength is such that we should all be proud! El Deber reports two news about their ordeal: Marchers are rejected in Sapecho and go to Km 52 Around 11:00am, the marchers reached the point known as…
OAS will just “listen” and Bolivia shows too many unresolved & conflictive internal issues
I din’t think we could have expected more from OAS, however there is frustration over international organizations, sometimes they are “too damm diplomatic” and respond only to current government’s wishes; after all they are the ones who authorize payments for OAS operating costs, and this is one case. Put yourself in the shoes of the…
OAS meeting in Bolivia and threats to political opposition
Is it just naiveté, willingness to impress his political party leaders or what? It is not certain which one may be, however it really shows lack of diplomatic skills, untimely declarations that only hurt our internal and external image as a country. How else could we understand that under democracy we should witness this kind…
Blockades and threats of violence against TIPNIS’ defenders and the Ninth protest-walk, April 2012
TIPNIS’ 9th protest-walk is under fire, this cartoon is from El Dia, March 27, 2012. It reads “Beating without responsible ones” and below that: “the chain of command was broken!” so that the cruel, unnecessary beating from the police force to the 8th protest-walk of last year’s. No one takes the responsibility for that atrocious…
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