From Human Rights Watch: Bolivia: Fix Laws That Undermine Rights Recent Laws on Child Labor, Justice, Free Expression Need Revision DECEMBER 15, 2014 (New York) – Bolivia should amend several laws that undermine the rights to freedom of association and expression, due process guarantees, and children’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter…
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Forestry 101: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia
The following Executive Summary is from an excellent document produced by the Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, for the whole document, please use the link below: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia Drivers, agents and institutions Robert Müller – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Pablo Pacheco – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Juan Carlos Montero – Universidad de…
Bolivia’s Narco State Now Out in the Open
Roberto Ortiz writes in the blog of the Panam Post: Bolivia’s Narco State Now Out in the Open International Warnings Do Little to Temper Drug-Trafficking Haven Roberto Ortiz October 27, 2014 at 4:24 pm One year ago, in October 2013, I wrote “Bolivia, the Narco-Trafficker’s Paradise,” published in El Deber and El Dia. My article…
Protected Areas of Bolivia 101
Jorge Arteaga writes in El Diario: “We should all travel to these earthly paradises” Protected Areas of Bolivia [Pics above belong to http://www.boliviabella.com/parques-nacionales-de-bolivia.html%5D Two-thirds of Bolivia are found in the Amazon that, on average, is about 200 meters above sea level (masl). Then, the Bolivian territory rises westward to reach the high plateau, about…
ART EXHIBIT ON DISCRIMINATION
La Prensa reports: COLLECTIVE SHOWS ART EXHIBIT ON DISCRIMINATION In order to show discriminatory attitudes that are also a form of passive exercise violence, the group of muralists called Patunka Octubre will express these behaviors through their artwork. [picture was obtained when searching for “Bolivia discrimination pics”] The exhibition will be inaugurated today at the…
TIPNIS aggravated again! They claim that the police gassed the Sécure indigenous people
ERBOL reports in Pagina Siete: THE FACT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT [08/22/2014] IN TRINIDAD They claim that the police gassed the Sécure indigenous people People linked to the government took the offices of the Sécure Subcentral from the TIPNIS. Police gassed last night a group of Indians who kept a vigil inside the offices of the…
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