Karina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Bolivia’s Leftist Government Moves against Free Speech with “Professional Malpractice” Law Bolivia has drafted a law that would allow journalists to be tried for “professional malpractice,” which the country’s National Associated Press has subsequently denounced as threatening freedom of expression. President of the Senate José Alberto Gonzales said the change…
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Bolivia covers up evidence of uncontacted Indians
El Diario reports via Survival International: Bolivia covers up evidence of uncontacted Indians © El Diario The Bolivian state oil company has denied reports that workers prospecting near the Peruvian border have had several encounters with a group of uncontacted Indians. The company, YPFB, had sub-contracted the exploration work to BGP Bolivia, a subsidiary of…
X-rated porn TV advert with naked women on sofas branded ‘sexist’ and ‘macho’
Bradley Jolly reports for the Daily Star Sunday: X-rated porn TV advert with naked women on sofas branded ‘sexist’ and ‘macho’ A NAUGHTY TV advert featuring nude women sprawling across sofas has been slammed as “media violence” and “vulgar”. [to watch the video, please use the link at the bottom] Naked models seductively crawl and…
Bolivia’s transgender citizens celebrate new documents
Reuters reports n BBC: Bolivia’s transgender citizens celebrate new documents Bolivian transgender activists celebrated on Tuesday as they became the first to be issued with new IDs. Under a new law passed in May, transgender citizens can request having their name, gender and photo changed on official documents in order to reflect the gender they…
Bolivia Freedom of the press 101: not under current Bolivian ochlocratic regime
Maggy Talavera writes in El Deber: Uncontrolled by a Remote Control Must see the reaction it caused in the Government the publication Remote Control, the book in which Raul Penaranda confirms buying media by people close to the leadership of the MAS, operating as parastatal media. That is, act as governmental, but are private and not…
Bolivian authoritarian regime now intends to control environmental NGOs
From El Diario: MAS aims to control ‘environmental” NGOs The Senator of the movement toward socialism (MAS), Eugenio Rojas, reported yesterday that the Government does not rule out the control of the “environmental” non governmental organizations (NGOs)”, since they want to “grab” of the national reserves, the territories of indigenous peoples of the lowlands and…
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