Jose Alberto Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: Marshal Andres de Santa Cruz One of the most representative of the liberation wars in Latin America figures, is the Gral. Andrew de Santa Cruz and Calahumana, son of a Spanish nobleman, Don Jose and Santa Cruz Villavicencio and daughter of the Chief of Huarina, Juana…
Month: May 2015
Bolivian press under persecution by current central government! WTH!?
ANP reports in El Dia: Freedom of the press Demand cessation of persecution The National Press Association of Bolivia expressed a claim for the cessation of tax persecution of independent media faced difficult financial situation resulting from the audit processes. On the World Day of Press Freedom, the ANP alert the Bolivian media are the…
Bolivia goes to World Court over Chile sea access
From Reuters via Yahoo News: Bolivia goes to World Court over Chile sea access By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Landlocked Bolivia went to the World Court on Monday [05/04/2015], seeking to force Chile to negotiate the granting of a corridor of sovereign territory giving it access to the sea for its natural gas and…
Cholitas paceñas: Bolivia’s indigenous women flaunt their ethnic pride
From The Guardian: Cholitas paceñas: Bolivia’s indigenous women flaunt their ethnic pride by Sara Shahriari in La Paz Wednesday 22 April 2015 13.00 BST Aymara women of Bolivia show off their newfound upward mobility while preserving their traditional dress of full colourful petticoats and tall bowler hats. Brilliantly coloured skirts and fringed shawls swirl and…
Bolivia struggles with gender-based violence
Bolivia struggles with gender-based violence The death of María Isabel Pillco illustrates how far the country has to go in changing a culture of domestic abuse April 30, 2015 5:00AM ET by Sara Shahriari LA PAZ, Bolivia — María Isabel Pillco’s body lay on a table in the city morgue. A doctor was conducting an…
Bolivians are we equal?
Ivan Finot writes in Pagina Siete: Bolivians are we equal? The foundation of equality is the respect for human rights, among these, political rights. In this all must be equal and the answer to the question is clearly: No. We have recently seen how the electoral courts have decided to provide citizens unequally vote. This…
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