Caizar Raldes reports for AFP through Stratfor Worldview: Old Rivalries Still Simmer Between Bolivia and Chile For centuries, relations between Bolivia and Chile have been marked by their dispute over territory. Bolivia’s defeat by Chile in the War of the Pacific (1879-83) left the country landlocked, and resentment between the two countries has grown since then….
Month: July 2017
Bolivia Coca Cultivation Grows for First Time in 6 Years: UNODC
InSight Crime reports: Bolivia Coca Cultivation Grows for First Time in 6 Years: UNODC Written by Tristan Clavel A United Nations monitoring program reported a rise in coca cultivation in Bolivia in 2016 after five successive years of decline, but this reversal in past trends could be short-lived. Overall coca cultivation in Bolivia grew by…
This is how we will remember this government: Egocentric behavior topped with corruption!
Cartoons dated 07/21/2017 This is from El Dia: The social media broadcasted a video that showed how a minister of current Bolivian government delayed BoA’s flight … people have been fed up of all those demonstrations of power … eleven years showing a disproportionate egocentric behavior of those who managed to wast over $160 billion…
Bolivia, far from achieving food sovereignty
An excerpt from a report made by Manuel Filomeno for Pagina Siete: Bolivia, far from achieving food sovereignty According to the economist José Gabriel Espinoza, a distinction must be made between security and food sovereignty, concepts that in many cases are used interchangeably. According to the expert, food security refers to the level of income…
Incomplete and at times biased State of the Left in Latin America: Bolivia After the Pink Tide
Linda Farthing and Thea N. Riofrancos write for Nacla: Excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: [for the full article that includes Ecuador, please use the link at the bottom, thank you] The State of the Left in Latin America: Ecuador and Bolivia After the Pink Tide Part 1 in our two-part discussion on the state of the…
Silala: Chile not satisfied with the copper and seacoast they violently took away from Bolivia, wants more!
From The Editors for World Politics Review: The Political and Legal Stakes of a Feud Over a Tiny South American River Earlier this month, Bolivian President Evo Morales publicly berated his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet, for allegedly disclosing the contents of a filing before the International Court of Justice in The Hague concerning the two countries’ battle over the Silala…
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