Bruno Vander Velde reports for Human Nature, a Conservation International blog; A sprawling corner of the Amazon basin has been designated a protected area. Last week, the Bolivian municipality of Ixiamas issued a law establishing the Bajo Madidi Municipal Conservation and Management Area in the country’s northwestern region, near the Peruvian border. At 15,300 square…
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Survival Tips for Latin American Leftist Leaders
Mac Margolis writes for Bloomberg Opinion: Running for a constitution-bending fourth term, Bolivia’s Evo Morales is still going strong. Latin America’s left-wingers are in a rut. Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro presides over a collapsing economy behind bayonets. An Ecuadoran court has ordered the arrest of former president Rafael Correa, who is living in Belgium. Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff was impeached for…
Given evo’s disastrous harm to Bolivian Democracy: Manual for candidates
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: Memories of the present Manual for candidates In view of the fact that the legitimate candidates, not vetoed by any referendum, are very quiet, surely elaborating their proposals, here are some ideas, which could serve, modestly. • That the country will never again be governed by the representative of…
Bolivian health system reality under evo’s demagogue and incompetence!
evo is desperate to remain in power, and as such, the impossible candidate has recurred to “boosting” his illegitimate and illegal electoral campaign by offering health to all … The striking reality is that the Bolivian health system has reached its all time low. This cartoon from El Diario [05/31/2019] portrays the collapse of the…
In Bolivia there is authoritarianism that moves towards dictatorship
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: It felt good to see Mesa and Quiroga telling the world about our predicament. Mesa needs to continue to give such strong message, questioning and denouncing evo’s mishaps and authoritarian-illegitimate-illegal re-nomination. Carlos must speak to the Bolivian voters in harsher terms, without sugar coating, we are fed up with evo’s corrupt and…
Bolivian Women Fight Gender-Based Violence through Theater
AP reports via VoA: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — On stage, amid the hubbub of a Bolivian street market, women recount their stories of abuse at the hands of men. But the violence depicted in the play isn’t just make-believe for the 22 indigenous actresses: It’s based on their own real-life experiences. “Kusisita,” a work that seeks…
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