Reuters reports [to watch the video, please use the link below]: Tens of thousands attend traditional Carnival in Bolivia’s Oruro Music and dancing filled the streets of the traditional mining town of Oruro, Bolivia on Saturday (February 25) to celebrate Carnival, which is dedicated to the patron saint Virgin of Socavon, whose 45-metre (150-foot) tall statue…
Month: February 2017
Bolivia’s coca grower caudillo president Nearly Doubled Land Allowed for Coca
Voice of America reports: Bolivia Set to Nearly Double Land Allowed for Coca A woman chews coca leaves during an event commemorating the tradition of coca leaf chewing in La Paz, Bolivia, Jan. 11, 2017. Coca has been cultivated in the Bolivian Andes since at least the Inca era. [people forget that the Inca and…
How the ruling party keeps lying in Bolivia!
A Sub Editorial from Pagina Siete: The real lie of 21F The marches and concentrations for the Yes and for the No to the continuity of Evo Morales were full, crowded, impressive. The street used to “belong” to the MAS, there, the ruling party always won. However, this time, citizens who asked to respect the…
Protests over Morales expose divisions among Bolivians
Jurriaan van Eerten reports for Al Jazeera: Protests over Morales expose divisions among Bolivians Some fear Evo Morales will try to seek a fourth, unconstitutional presidential term in 2019. Blanca Penaranda fears Morales’ government is ‘creating a dictatorship’, by backing down on promises that Morales will not stand for a re-election [Eline van Nes/Al Jazeera]…
Bolivia: Banana export prices decreased by 50%
From La Prensa via Freshplaza: Bolivia: Banana export prices decreased by 50% Banana export prices fell from 2.40 to 1.30 dollars per box in the last six months, stated the president of the Community Organization of Banana Workers of the Tropic of Cochabamba, Agustin Conde. According to Conde, the decrease in the international price of…
One Year Ago Bolivia Said No — President Morales Needs to Listen
Jeanette Bonifaz writes in The Huftington Post: One Year Ago Bolivia Said No — President Morales Needs to Listen One year ago, on February 21, 2016, Bolivian President Evo Morales was defeated in a national referendum. The Bolivian people voted against a constitutional amendment that would have allowed him to run for a fourth consecutive…
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