From Reuters via Yahoo News: Bolivia goes to World Court over Chile sea access By Thomas Escritt AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Landlocked Bolivia went to the World Court on Monday [05/04/2015], seeking to force Chile to negotiate the granting of a corridor of sovereign territory giving it access to the sea for its natural gas and…
Cholitas paceñas: Bolivia’s indigenous women flaunt their ethnic pride
From The Guardian: Cholitas paceñas: Bolivia’s indigenous women flaunt their ethnic pride by Sara Shahriari in La Paz Wednesday 22 April 2015 13.00 BST Aymara women of Bolivia show off their newfound upward mobility while preserving their traditional dress of full colourful petticoats and tall bowler hats. Brilliantly coloured skirts and fringed shawls swirl and…
Bolivia struggles with gender-based violence
Bolivia struggles with gender-based violence The death of María Isabel Pillco illustrates how far the country has to go in changing a culture of domestic abuse April 30, 2015 5:00AM ET by Sara Shahriari LA PAZ, Bolivia — María Isabel Pillco’s body lay on a table in the city morgue. A doctor was conducting an…
Bolivians are we equal?
Ivan Finot writes in Pagina Siete: Bolivians are we equal? The foundation of equality is the respect for human rights, among these, political rights. In this all must be equal and the answer to the question is clearly: No. We have recently seen how the electoral courts have decided to provide citizens unequally vote. This…
Bolivia faces malnutrition and obesity!
This cartoon reflects clearly what is happening worldwide. Unfortunately, Bolivia is no exception. La Prensa reports: Concern Malnutrition goes down and obesity goes up The head of the Food and Nutrition Unit of the Ministry of Health, Evelin Cerruto, has expressed concern that in Bolivia malnutrition fell, but cases of overweight and obesity are increasing…
After a decade, these cartoons summarize current gov’s “accomplishments” WTH?!
Bolivia has lost a decade under current ruling, and over $150 BILLION dollars that were wasted! These two cartoons from El Diario serve to illustrate the ruling of the coca-grower caudillo, the incompetence of this rulers just deserve a name: ochlocracy. This appeared April 28. 2015. A beaten citizen crawls in a police dispatch: Man:…
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