Throughout Bolivian history, the police and military forces have been key to secure power to ruling parties … The coca grower caudillo’s strategy is no different, he relentlessly wants to remain in power, no matter what … eleven years ago, one of the first things he did was to force two general’s classes to leave…
Category: Social Unrest
Corruption Scandal in Bolivia Leads to Termination of US$2 Billion Petrochemical Plant Contract with European Firms
Karina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Corruption Scandal in Bolivia Leads to Termination of US$2 Billion Petrochemical Plant Contract with European Firms A corruption scandal in Bolivia had led President Evo Morales to cancel two petrochemical plant contracts with two European companies. The cancellation of the contract took place amid a complaint by Senator Oscar Ortiz, who accused…
Bolivia to lose $26 million dollars for wood smuggling
El Diario reports: ABT complaint Bolivia to lose $26 million dollars for wood smuggling • Illegal Peruvian traders would be entering up to 20 kilometers of our territory by 53 road points. The Forest and Land Authority (ABT) denounced in a report that at least 2.6 million cubic meters (m3) of Bolivian timber equivalent to…
Dying and Drying: The Case of Bolivia’s Lake Poopó
Clayton Whitt reports for Nacla: Dying and Drying: The Case of Bolivia’s Lake Poopó The second largest body of water in Bolivia has vanished. Will it ever return? I have never seen Lake Poopó from up close. The last time I tried to reach the lakeshore, I could not find it. I made my last attempt…
Meet the Socialist Leader Who’s Driving Bolivia Into the Ground
From The Daily Signal: INTERNATIONALCOMMENTARY Meet the Socialist Leader Who’s Driving Bolivia Into the Ground Charles Busch / James M. Roberts Socialist Evo Morales has been president of Bolivia for over a decade. Although he claims to be working for the people, his populist policies have been a major roadblock on Bolivia’s path to economic…
Acknowledging a main source of why Bolivia became Home to Latin America’s Highest Rates of Sexual Violence
Emily Wright reports for Women and Girls: Bolivia: Home to Latin America’s Highest Rates of Sexual Violence Bolivia has the highest rates of sexual violence in Latin America with one in every three women experiencing some kind of sexual abuse before the age of 18. One activist is trying to change that by challenging stereotypes…
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