Bolivians seem not to understand that there are other mechanism for negotiation and dialogue… This government continues to lead, through history, with the government with more strikes and blockades in Bolivian history. Bad public policies, lack of enforcing private property rights, and some ‘allies’ to current political party in power use road blockades and strikes…
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Hectic politics during May 2012…
At least three main nationwide conflicts and a very visible ongoing TIPNIS saga are the frustrating Bolivian showcase during the last six weeks or so: This is from Los Tiempos, April 25, 2012: kid: “in Chile, president Piñera has inaugurated a program called ‘one story per day’, to boost ‘lecture among children, preferably to be…
May 7, 2012: a week full of conflict and potential escalating violence
TIPNIS protest-walk group is facing today a blockade in San Ignacio de Moxos, TV news showing people with brand new rolls of barbed wire “fencing” the road where the marchers are supposed to be passing-by today (whose financing?), marchers’ group is around 11 km away of this conflicting town. Some inhabitants of that town do…
For the last 41 years, a conflict per day
This cartoon appeared in Los Tiempos, April 11, 2012. The first person, portraying someone from current government, saying “blockade…strike…blockade…blockade…” a man says “the government is committed to prevent that marches and blockades continue!” ‘avernoy’ replies “and you think they will succeed, bro?” the dog thinks “doctor Frankenstein trying to stop their creation work” SO let’s…
2012 Bolivian salary increase will not go over 7%
Current Bolivian president said that this year’s salary increase will not go over 7%, ANF news agency reports for Los Tiempos: President Evo Morales said yesterday [April 12, 2012] that the increase in wages for this year will not exceed the percentage of inflation registered at the end of the year 2011 – 6.9 per…
Bolivian salary increase levels during 2012
El Deber, Juan Carlos Salinas Cortez writes about an upcoming conflict, salary increase levels for 2012: The first graph shows the consumer price index (CPI) for the last two years, the monthly variation; and the second shows the cumulative variation: The COB calls for no less than 20% improvement or a basic salary of Bs…
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