BNamericas reports, pictures from the internet: President Evo Morales, who has already weathered a series of massive protests against his bid to run for a fourth straight mandate, is looking at a rocky road to Bolivia’s October elections. Morales has legally overturned a 2016 referendum rejecting his candidacy and now faces a potential national strike when influential opposition movement…
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How to deal with sexual harassment …
Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite report for The Harvard Gazette: “We’re seeing a growing recognition that workplace sexual harassment isn’t a side issue when it comes to gender equity; it’s one of the central issues,” he said. “There are long-term negative career consequences for women who face harassment and try to do something about it and for women…
21 former head of states denounce Evo
Editorial from Pagina Siete, photos from internet: One of the most important international actions against the new nomination of President Evo Morales and his attempt to “perpetuate” himself in power has been the letter sent to the OAS by 21 former mandataries from the region plus Spain. These 21 former presidents represent different ideological tendencies…
Harsh, gruelling, awesome
Otago Daily Times report: Laguna Colorada, created in 1973 mainly to protect flamingo and vicuna, covers around 7.5 hectares. PHOTOS: ELEANOR HUGHES Eleanor Hughes has an unforgettable experience travelling across the Bolivian Altiplano. Google Maps has directed us overland from Colombia to Uyuni, Bolivia, with no problem. When it’s announced that Pietro, a local guide,…
Rodrigo Urquiola wins the José Nogales International Short Story Award
EFE/Huelva reports for Pagina Siete: The story “Ashly”, by the Bolivian writer and journalist Rodrigo Urquiola, has won the XXV edition of the International Short Story Award José Nogales, organized by the Diputación de Huelva (Spain). The jury, composed by Juan Villa, Hipólito González and Francisco Silvera, has highlighted in this story “its high literary…
Tourism 101: Lonely Planet’s Bolivia: South America’s diverse and intriguing jewel
More than 40-thousand dancers and musicians take part in the annual Festival of the Feast of the Lord of Power through the streets of Bolivia’s capital each May. Superlative in its natural beauty, rugged, vexing, complex and slightly nerve-racking, Bolivia is one of South America’s most diverse and intriguing nations. ADVENTURE Bolivia is not for…
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