I’d say strike one and it appears that current Bolivian government is still in wonderland, does not realize who they are messing with and our prestige as a country, internationally continues to drop. Brazil’s remarks are very diplomatic but should be regarded as extremely serious and I believe Bolivia does not want to get more…
Tag: Pando
The Castaña (Amazonian walnut) is an export leader!!
It is hard to get an accurate translation of “castaña” in many markets is known as Brazilian Nut (chestnut, walnut, nut), even though most of it comes from Bolivia, mainly from Pando, the portion of that department closer to Beni has its produce handled in medium size cities. In any case, it is a product…
Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto’s whereabouts, June 25, 2012
The sixth economic world power and largest international border we share with is Brazil. As such, we also depend a lot on their natural gas demand, they are our biggest, most important neighbor. Current Bolivian government still fails to respond Brazil on the political asylum granted to Senator Pinto. This past week was filled with…
Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto political asylum UPDATE
From Pagina Siete: The Vice-Chancellor Alurralde received information on Wednesday [6/6/12] Brazil confirmed to Bolivia that granted asylum to Senator Pinto The Brazilian Government position reiterated to the Bolivian Foreign Ministry that a safe-conduct be handed in to the Pando Senator, which is necessary to get out of the country. Pagina Siete / La Paz…
Bolivia under democracy and Senator seeking political asylum
Assembly [former Republic of Bolivia Congress] person Roger Pinto from the opposition faces political persecution. This picture is from http://www.datos-bo.com. It is hard to acknowledge that in a country under democracy, a Senator seeks political asylum… Marco Chuquimia reports for El Deber: Senator takes refuge in the Embassy of Brazil Overwhelmed by more than 20…
Worrying floods in Pando, help is needed! February 22, 2012
El Deber reports about heavy rainfall in Pando: Over 900 families affected by floods in Pando. In the last few hours, heavy rainfall in the Amazonian Department of Pando experienced the overflow of the Acre River, which devastated the border of the town of Bolpebra; then on its way it affected at least six districts of the…
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