Carolina de Assis reports for the Night Center of Journalism in the Americas: Bolivian journalist delivers harassment complaint against former manager of state TV to President Evo Morales Bolivian journalist Yadira Peláez took matters into her own hands after she apparently felt an investigation into her complaint of sexual harassment was going nowhere. On Sept….
Category: Social Unrest
Former President of Bolivia Accuses Evo Morales of Attempting to Set Up Dictatorship
Karina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Former President of Bolivia Accuses Evo Morales of Attempting to Set Up Dictatorship Former President of Bolivia Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga denounced President Evo Morales in front of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) — a part of the Organization of American States — for trying to “install a dictatorship” in…
The World must know: Rejection of intention to re-nominate Evo Morales
El Diario reports: Rejection of intention to re-nominate Evo Morales After the presentation of an abstract action before the Constitutional Court, on the part of the Movement to Socialism [MAS], analysts and constitutionalist argue that this body has no power to declare unconstitutional the articles of the Political Constitution of the State. In addition, organizations…
Outrageous! Bolivia governing party challenges Morales’ term limit
BBC News reports: Bolivia governing party challenges Morales’ term limit Lawmakers from Bolivia’s governing Movement Towards Socialism party (MAS) have asked the Constitutional Court to allow President Evo Morales to run for a fourth term, despite the constitution preventing him from doing so. The move comes a year and a half after Bolivians voted against…
Bolivian women experience greater underemployment
El Diario reports: Women experience greater underemployment In the year 2015, 18.4% of the women in the labor force reported being underemployed, 8.2 percentage points higher than men (10.2%). The difference by gender has been persistent throughout the analysis period; but in 2006 and 2011 was significantly higher, with just over 13%, established the Network…
Fear to lose power: Evo Morales Reelection Bid Front and Center as Bolivia Elects Judges
Sabrina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Evo Morales Reelection Bid Front and Center as Bolivia Elects Judges The fate of Evo Morales‘ reelection bid in Bolivia is still unknown, despite having been defeated in a national referendum in 2016; and now, candidates running for judgeships on the Plurinational Constitutional Court can not elude the question…
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