Jessica Mach reports for Real Screen: TIFF ’17: Violeta Ayala talks access in “Cocaine Prison” Violeta Ayala’s latest documentary takes viewers inside one of Bolivia’s most notorious prisons, aiming to bring a new perspective to the war on drugs. Cocaine Prison provides a first-hand account of the foot soldiers affected by the drug trade through a prisoner…
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Bolivian politics 101: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime
Lorena Rojas reports for Pagina Siete: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime They say that the manifesto is not limited to promoting a change of government, but “a change of regime”. More than 180 personalities signed the Agenda 21F, which was presented yesterday. This document proposes a set of reforms and policies…
Bolivian Economics 101: Pretentious debate for a real crisis
A remarkable Editorial from El Diario: Pretentious debate for a real crisis A controversy of intensity between state officials and private sector economists has come in recent weeks over whether the national economy is undergoing recession or slowdown, a debate that did not reach results that satisfy the public. Likewise, a similar debate has been…
Father Piotr Nawrot highlights music files from Bolivia
UCB reports via ERBOL Digital: Father Piotr Nawrot highlights music files from Bolivia “In Bolivia we have so rich musical documentation that we can teach the whole history of Western music without having to go to Europe,” said Father Piotr Nawrot, musicologist and director of the Chiquitos Festival in Santa Cruz, at a conference at…
Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest
Committee to Protect Journalists reports: Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest Bogotá, September 5, 2017–Bolivian authorities must drop charges against a radio journalist arrested while covering a violent demonstration last week in the capital city of La Paz, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police detained Agustín Aldo Mamani,…
Bolivia’s largest attorney firm adds first non-family partners
Thomas Muskett-Ford reports for Latin Lawyer: Bolivia’s largest firm adds first non-family partners Moreno Baldivieso Estudio de Abogados has promoted six lawyers who are not from the Moreno family to the partnership, shaking up one of the region’s more traditional legal markets in an effort to address retention concerns. Moreno Baldivieso promoted Miguel Angel Jemio,…
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