By Soledad Prado, El Deber: ROADBLOCK-CLEARING OPERATIONS Two People Arrested with Large Amounts of Unexplained Cash on the Cochabamba–Oruro Highway In addition to the money, one of the detainees was carrying a foreign passport, according to preliminary reports from the authorities. During roadblock-clearing operations carried out on the Cochabamba–Oruro highway, two individuals were arrested while…
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Banana Crisis Deepens | Se agrava la crisis bananera
By Eju.tv: Banana Grower Reports Bs 500 Daily Fine for Not Attending Blockades and Reports Million-Dollar Losses in Chapare Road restrictions have already forced the disposal of more than 100,000 banana bunches, equivalent to about 80 truckloads, due to the inability to ship them to their main export market, Argentina. While the social conflict and…
Lauca Ñ Fuels Blockades | Lauca Ñ alimenta los bloqueos
By Germaine Barriga, Vision 360: Social Conflict While Argollo tries to distance himself from Morales and the road blockades, logistical and financial support continues to arrive from Lauca Ñ Despite efforts by the top leader of the Bolivian Workers’ Central (COB), Mario Argollo, to portray the road blockades as being sustained solely by the resources…
Drug trafficking linked to the protests | Narcotráfico vinculado a las protestas
By LHP, Eju.tv: Carlos Toranzo points to drug trafficking as a financier of the blockades and mobilizations The analyst stated that behind the mobilizations there are structures that benefit from illegal economies and from privileges accumulated over two decades. He maintains that part of the blockaders act due to economic pressure or fear of reprisals…
Evo Morales Has Surpassed Us | Evo Morales nos ha sobrepasado
Editorial, El Dia: It is surprising that, after nearly two decades in power, there are still people who describe Evo Morales merely as a union leader or as the protagonist of a conventional political administration. Even more surprising is that many continue to interpret Bolivia’s current events as simple social conflicts disconnected from his legacy….
Chapare Defies the State | El Chapare Desafía al Estado
By Baldwin Montero, Vision 360: Tension Focuses on the Chapare: Government Points to a Narcoterrorist Movement and Coca Growers Announce Civil Disobedience “The Tropics region will organize itself, we will defend ourselves, we have no other choice. If the government truly wants to subdue us, it will have to kill the more than 250,000 members…
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