From The Editors for World Politics Review: The Political and Legal Stakes of a Feud Over a Tiny South American River Earlier this month, Bolivian President Evo Morales publicly berated his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet, for allegedly disclosing the contents of a filing before the International Court of Justice in The Hague concerning the two countries’ battle over the Silala…
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Bolivia chases Schengen visa exemption
Sam Morgan for Euractiv: Bolivia chases Schengen visa exemption Bolivia wants visa-free travel for its citizens in the Schengen area and for Brussels to offer the same perks it does to other Latin American countries. EURACTIV Spain reports. Bolivian minister Carmen Almendras told EFE that her country will “continue to talk until this agreement is…
Businessmen call for greater security in Santa Cruz
El Diario reports: Due to a delinquency wave Businessmen call for greater security in Santa Cruz • Police are not logistically prepared to deal with critical situations such as the violent heist in Eurochronos jewelry. Legislators demand urgent restructuring and equipping. After the bloody assault on Eurochronos jewelry due to the confrontation of Brazilian criminals…
Pablo Solón targeted: The Bolivian Government Must Stop Persecuting Those Defending Nature and Rights and Address the Real Problems
Focus on the Global South reports via CADTM: Pablo Solón targeted: The Bolivian Government Must Stop Persecuting Those Defending Nature and Rights and Address the Real Problems Pablo Solón, the Director of Fundación Solón, former Executive Director of Focus on the Global South, and former Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), is being targeted…
Bolivia women’s rights groups hope revised law is step toward legal abortion
Myles McCormick reports for The Guardian: Bolivia women’s rights groups hope revised law is step toward legal abortion Procedure is currently illegal save for cases of rape, incest and health crises, a policy that activists say has encouraged dangerous clandestine abortions. Women’s rights groups in Bolivia hope that an overhaul of the country’s penal code…
Let’s hope this gets implemented: Will prosecute miners operating in Illimani
ANF reports via Pagina Siete: Will prosecute miners operating in Illimani The Minister of Mining and Metallurgy, Cesar Navarro, warned yesterday to confiscate the production, machinery and initiate a criminal process against the mining cooperatives that are operating illegally in the foothills of Illimani. “There are no documents proving the ownership of any private actor…
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