Law to consult indigenous communities on TIPNIS road
14 February 2012 Dario Kenner, La Paz Updates on Bolivia: https://twitter.com/dariokenner / Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary On Friday evening President Evo Morales officially enacted the law to begin a consultation process to see if indigenous communities want a road project to go through the TIPNIS – an area that holds the status of indigenous territory and national park. The approval of … Read more
Interviews: Bolivian indigenous leaders from CONISUR and CIDOB on TIPNIS conflict
5 February 2012 Dario Kenner, La Paz Updates on Bolivia: Twitter: @dariokenner / Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary The conflict over whether a road should be built through the TIPNIS national park and indigenous territory is entering a new phase. The pro-road march led by indigenous organisation CONISUR (an indigenous organisation representing communities inside the TIPNIS indigenous territory and outside of … Read more
Bolivian government close to reversing TIPNIS law
18 January 2012 Dario Kenner, La Paz Updates on Bolivia: Twitter: @dariokenner / Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary Despite approving a law just three months ago stopping any road going through the TIPNIS national park and indigenous territory the B0livian government is on the verge of controversially continuing in its plan to build the road. The government, led by President Evo … Read more
CONISUR march to demand road through TIPNIS national park
18 January 2012 Dario Kenner, La Paz Updates on Bolivia: Twitter: @dariokenner / Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary A march that began on 20 December 2011 demanding the Bolivian government builds a road through the TIPNIS national park and indigenous territory is close to reaching La Paz. This pro-road march wants the law approved in October by President Evo Morales that strictly prohibited the … Read more
Interview: Sarela Paz discusses the indigenous organisation CONISUR
18 January 2012 Dario Kenner, La Paz Updates on Bolivia: Twitter: @dariokenner / Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary As a march led by the Indigenous Council of the South (CONISUR) demanding a road through the TIPNIS nears La Paz I asked Sarela Paz about CONISUR and the experience in the occupied area to the south of the national park. [Sarela Paz … Read more
Fatal clashes in conflict over Mayor of Yapacani
13 January 2012 Dario Kenner, La Paz Updates on Bolivian politics at Twitter: @dariokenner Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary On 11 January three people were killed and dozens injured in clashes with the police in the town of Yapacani – near to the city of Santa Cruz in eastern Bolivia. This afternoon a public funeral was held. Tensions had been … Read more
Durban COP 17 end game: live twitter updates
11 December 2011 Dario Kenner, Durban, South Africa The COP17 UN climate change negotiations finished around 5.30am this morning. The COP Presidency held by South Africa claim they have delivered the Durban package: A Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol, a mechanism to allocate funds for mitigation and adaptation (the Green Climate Fund), continuation … Read more
Conflict over TIPNIS road project continues
23 November 2011 Dario Kenner, La Paz Updates on Bolivian politics at Twitter: @dariokenner Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary When the government of President Evo Morales signed off on a law on 24 October 2011 stopping any road going through the TIPNIS national park and indigenous territory it looked like a clear victory for the thousand or so marchers … Read more
Photo essay: The Bolivian TIPNIS March
4 November 2011 Dario Kenner, La Paz Updates on Twitter: @dariokenner Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary NACLA photo essay: https://nacla.org/bolivian-tipnis-march-photos On October 21, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced an agreement to scrap a controversial plan to build a highway through the TIPNIS Amazonian ecological reserve. The president’s decision came just two days after over 1,000 indigenous protesters from the TIPNIS … Read more
President Evo Morales officially signs off TIPNIS law
25 October 2011 Dario Kenner, La Paz Daily updates on TIPNIS conflict at Twitter: @dariokenner Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary On 24 October President Evo Morales signed off the law that prohibits building a road through the TIPNIS national park and indigenous territory. After a march by indigenous movements from Bolivia´s Amazon in opposition to the road project got to La Paz last … Read more
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