Jonathan Watts reports for The Guardian; along with a very harsh video … Bolivia’s caravan of courage leaves a bittersweet legacy for disabled protesters When disabled protesters traversed the Andes to lobby for improved benefits, they were met with a police blockade. The Fight, a Guardian documentary, chronicles a battle that led to brutal violence…
Month: May 2017
The true demagogue face of the coca grower caudillo and harsh consequences for the people of Bolivia
The coca grower caudillo whose primary responsibility is to the six federations of coca growers of the Chapare and then, only then, as president of Bolivia, has made promises he can not keep due to his inept capacity to govern. Cheap demagogue with money during the early days of his presidency, allowed him to force…
Bolivia: No Easy Way Forward, With or Without Morales
Americas Quarterly reports: Bolivia: No Easy Way Forward, With or Without Morales BY OLIVER STUENKEL Even as Bolivia’s president flirts with authoritarianism, the opposition is failing to offer a real alternative. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has long been seen as a benign (and, ultimately, successful) version of Latin American left-wing leadership. Questionable international partnerships and…
Bolivian State at risk of losing $ 191.2 million due to ochlocrat behavior of ruling party
El Diario reports: Bond purchases from El Salvador State at risk of losing $ 191.2 million • BCB: Bonds from El Salvador are “fully” guaranteed by the Central American Bank The state is at risk of losing $191.2 million dollars, owing to the economic instability of El Salvador, said Sen. Óscar Ortiz, a Democrat, who…
Bolivian Birds 101: An illustrated guide brings together 1,435 species of birds
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: An illustrated guide brings together 1,435 species of birds After 11 years of work the book Aves de Bolivia [Birds of Bolivia] is presented, an achievement that fills a scientific vacuum in this field, which promotes conservation and ornithological tourism in the country. Bolivia is the fifth country with…
Bolivia and the trades of yesterday
Ivone Juárez reports for Pagina Siete: The trades of yesterday in La Paz Most of them disappeared: the dairy women did not walk the streets, nor did the ice-cream parlors with the cart full of photographs or the chamuñero, who was tempted with his marshmallows at the exit of the cinemas and the theater. One…
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