International Business Times reports: Bolivia: Disabled protesters clash with riot police over state benefits in La Paz By James Lillywhite [to watch video, please use link at the bottom] Disabled protesters clashed with riot police in Bolivia, as the call for a rise in state benefits in the country intensifies. Dozens of protesters could be…
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Bolivia has “changed” thanks to the egocentric coca-grower leader … WTH!
The following cartoons published yesterday, depict Bolivian reality after more than 10 years of the ochlocratic government: From Pagina Siete: The pending files on the government’s need-to-do’s has on the left side all the “approved: projects that will serve to improve the image of this president. The files on the right are projects on: health,…
Over the last ten years, anarchy has sprouted: Cowardly aggression of drivers in La Paz
El Diario reports: Cowardly aggression of drivers in La Paz • Fejuve ensures that will not allow increase in tariffs to passengers The drivers of public transport yesterday [01/11/2016] staged riots in the vicinity of the Simon Bolivar Avenue, near Hernando Siles Stadium, when they tried to force drivers to charge fares with an increase…
Bolivian gov flunked! There is no leadership, nor respect: Dozens arrested as Bolivia miners clash with police
Aljazeera reports: Dozens arrested as Bolivia miners clash with police Officers arrest 44 protesters in the capital, as striking miners from Potosi demand government invest in infrastructure. [you can watch the video of this photo by using this link] Hundreds of miners from a strike-paralysed city in Bolivia’s highlands have battled police in the capital…
Evo cumple! Evo delivers! Bolivia: the New Hub for Drug Trafficking in South America
From [a sad but true description of how Bolivia has changed… if you want to read this revealing article in Spanish, please use this link] Bolivia: the New Hub for Drug Trafficking in South America Transnational organized crime likes opportunities and little resistance. Bolivia currently provides both and finds itself at the heart of a…
Bolivia needs to stop anarchical encroachments!
Marcelo Campos reports for El Dia: The affected marched to the prosecutor’s office They ask to enforce the law against encroachments Manifestation. Judge released two alleged ringleaders of the ‘encroachers’. CADEPIA calls to evict encroachers of 10 hectares. The Association of Productive Agricultural Premises (ASPA) and the Departmental Chamber of Small Industry and Handicrafts (CADEPIA),…
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