Safe Travels Magazine reports: Protests are planned for La Paz on Thursday 6th December, followed by a nationwide strike on Monday 10th December. Expect disruption and travel delays. If you come across a road block or other barriers, do not attempt to cross it. Travel advice If you are in the area, please consider the…
Category: Social Unrest
Bolivia court green lights new Morales reelection bid … WTF?!
AFP reports through France 24: A Bolivian court on Tuesday gave a green light for President Evo Morales to seek reelection, which opponents say is unconstitutional. “The full chamber of the Supreme Electoral Court, by virtue of the jurisdiction and competence exercised by law,” approved nine candidates for primary elections in January, including Morales, according…
Bolivia’s Almost Impossible Lithium Dream
Laura Millan from Hyperdrive reports through Bloomberg: One of the world’s poorest nations is sitting on the second-largest amount of the mineral needed to power electric cars. A small army of workers from cities and villages across Bolivia boards the buses for the last leg of a commute that can last days. The meandering, bumpy dirt roads,…
Citizens’ Collective prefer to confront before the Supreme Electoral Tribunal
EFE and ANF report via Correo Del Sur: March against re-election begins Citizens groups began yesterday marches in two parts of the country in rejection of the re-nomination of Evo Morales and Alvaro Garcia Linera for the 2019 general elections. The central mobilization that brings together several groups of citizens of the country left yesterday…
Bolivia is in Trump’s sights
El Diario reports: The State has been observed for the rights of workers; the age for child labor and human trafficking Through a journalistic note by Erick Foronda, sent to EL DIARIO, it was learned that two major setbacks were received by the Government of Bolivia in only 24 hours from the administration of President…
Civics from 8 regions ratify the civic strike in defense of 21F
El Deber reports: Civic leaders from eight regions, except Pando, met and ratified the civic strike for December 6 in defense of the referendum vote of February 21, 2016 Fernando Cuéllar, president of the Civic Committee for Santa Cruz, said on Thursday that the citizens of eight regions, except Pando, have ratified the civic strike…
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