From hoybolivia.com: Defender: the Government denies indigenous rights 08/12/2015 – 7:26:18 LOS TIEMPOS.- The Ombudsman Rolando Villena, reported yesterday in his report that the Government maintains a vision opposed to the nature of the Plurinational State, denying constitutional rights to indigenous peoples, to which violations are added as disrespect for their lifestyles and predation in…
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Bolivia: Will the President Serve Another Term? … WTH!?
Stratfor analysis: Bolivia: Will the President Serve Another Term? Summary Bolivian President Evo Morales is not even a year into his third term but already appears to be considering a fourth. The government plans to convene a Cabinet meeting in December to discuss whether Morales should try to change the constitution to allow him to…
Environmental Sustainability Issues in Bolivia
This excerpt, from the Foundation for Sustainable Development has to serve us to sit and reflect over our future: Environmental Sustainability Issues in Bolivia One of the most pressing environmental sustainability concerns in Bolivia is soil erosion from overgrazing and poor cultivation methods, including slash and burn agriculture. Over the past few decades, use of…
Bolivian ruling ochlocracy opens up national parks to oil and gas firms… WTH!?
David Hill reports for The Guardian: Bolivia opens up national parks to oil and gas firms New law permitting hydrocarbons operations in “protected areas” sparks major concerns for people and the environment. The Madidi National Park in north-west Bolivia is one of the most biodiverse places on the planet. One particularly astonishing fact: the park…
What is needed in Bolivia? Coca crops or textiles…?
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Coca crops or textiles When the government announced the dismissal of workers of the National Textile Corporation (Enatex), it should be disclosed for reasons of national accounting and awareness, the number of jobs that illegal coca has created in the country. Because, as everyone knows, the company that now…
Bolivian press under persecution by current central government! WTH!?
ANP reports in El Dia: Freedom of the press Demand cessation of persecution The National Press Association of Bolivia expressed a claim for the cessation of tax persecution of independent media faced difficult financial situation resulting from the audit processes. On the World Day of Press Freedom, the ANP alert the Bolivian media are the…
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