First of all, you should know that those mercenary guys probably were working for the opposition leaders in Santa Cruz. We know this now because a huge interview just appeared with a man who was in their sordid wee gang and has just turned grass. Otto at Inca Kola News has turfed up the story [...]
Archive for the ‘oriente’ Category
Freedom of the press, or freedom to press charges?
Posted in bolivian press, dodgy dealings, oriente on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Good Journalism, Bad Journalism
Posted in land reform, oriente, UK press, Uncategorized on May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Let’s start with the bad stuff first, shall we? A video report telling us that large landholders don’t like the new agrarian reform much. You know what? British MPs don’t like the new focus on their expenses much, either, because it shows some of them to be grasping, out-of-touch toerags who think they’re above the [...]
About that assassination plot, then…
Posted in dodgy dealings, oriente, violence on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I haven’t posted about the whole Santa Cruz hotel room/dodgy international mercenary gang/police shootout debacle until now, but I’m pleased to see that the big boy bloggers have been taking on the essential job of disseminating information about the attackers and the circumstances. More of that in a minute. Today, my boss Alex at the [...]
From Rab C to Ronald L: RIGHT up ye.
Posted in land reform, oriente, racist f*ckwittage, schadenfreude on February 6, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Remember how last year, the Minister for Agrarian Reform, his employees and a load of Guarani people were kidnapped, beaten up and threatened by cartoon-baddy estate owner Ronald Larsen as they went about trying to establish legal titling for indigenous lands in the East? No? Larsen’s the rancher from Montana who moved to Bolivia in [...]
