El Diario reports: Apdhb The marches and the mobilization in the streets are the first option to protest demanding respect for the Constitution and the vote. The officialdom assured that the human rights are respected and are guaranteed in the country and discredited the observation of the Apdhb The Permanent Assembly of Human Rights (Apdhb)…
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In Bolivia, Morales’s Indigenous Base Backtracks on Support
Nicholas Casey for The New York Times: CARMEN DEL EMERO, Bolivia — In this remote indigenous village in Bolivia, the rule has been the same for generations: Leaders can be re-elected only once. After that, they must hand power to someone else. So it came as a shock to Nelo Yarari, the leader of Carmen…
Angry Bolivians demonstrate against Evo’s candidacy
MercoPress reports: Demonstrators marched in most Bolivian big cities Thursday to complain against the Electoral High Court (TSE)’s decision to allow incumbent President Evo Morales and Vice-president Álvaro García Linera to seek re-election despite the country’s Constitution and what the people voted for in the February 21, 2016 referendum. “This is Bolivia, not Venezuela,” thousands…
Comprehensive Reform Remains Elusive for Bolivia’s Troubled Justice System
The Editors of World Politics Review: In September, Bolivian President Evo Morales signed a long-anticipated law enacting reforms to the country’s justice system, which consistently ranks among the worst in the Western Hemisphere. The law aims to alleviate heavy caseloads for judges and reduce long wait times for cases to be resolved, but it fails…
Bolivia court green lights new Morales reelection bid … WTF?!
AFP reports through France 24: A Bolivian court on Tuesday gave a green light for President Evo Morales to seek reelection, which opponents say is unconstitutional. “The full chamber of the Supreme Electoral Court, by virtue of the jurisdiction and competence exercised by law,” approved nine candidates for primary elections in January, including Morales, according…
Bolivia’s Almost Impossible Lithium Dream
Laura Millan from Hyperdrive reports through Bloomberg: One of the world’s poorest nations is sitting on the second-largest amount of the mineral needed to power electric cars. A small army of workers from cities and villages across Bolivia boards the buses for the last leg of a commute that can last days. The meandering, bumpy dirt roads,…
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