Bolivian Thoughts opinion: This is a crucial week for our democracy rights! The world must understand that the coca caudillo has gone too far! Pagina Siete cartoon 01/08/2018 El Diario reports: Protests persist in the country Government faces conflicting week • Several sectors join to demand that the Government abrogate Law 1005 of the Criminal…
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Bolivia: Health Workers Escalate Protests and Strike in La Paz
Democracy Now reports: Bolivia: Health Workers Escalate Protests and Strike in La Paz In Bolivia, protests by health workers are escalating, amid a month-long strike in the capital La Paz. The strike and protests are part of a rising wave of dissent in Bolivia over President Evo Morales’s controversial decision to seek a fourth term…
Bolivia lawmakers vote to ease right abortion restrictions
The Associated Press reports for ABC News: Bolivia lawmakers vote to ease right abortion restrictions Bolivian lawmakers voted Wednesday to ease the country’s tight restrictions on abortions, shrugging aside opposition from religious groups. The Legislative Assembly vote will allow “students, adolescents or girls” to have abortions up to the eighth week of pregnancy. The measure…
Fighting for Bolivian Democracy 101: New complaints against an embassy
An important Editorial from Pagina Siete: EDITORIAL New complaints against an embassy Given the wave of corruption and drug trafficking complaints that affect the government, President Evo Morales has responded in the usual way: accusing the US embassy in Bolivia. On this occasion, however, the President’s statement is more shocking. What he has indicated is…
evo pays or threatens, just to remain in power!
After the 2016 referendum, Bolivian population, by majority, decided there could be no more re-re-re-nominations for the coca grower caudillo. Well, he has shown that he cares less about what the majority decided. He believes is the sun, the only one who should govern until he dies … He turned into a delusional egomaniac and…
‘All she ever knew was America’: This high school athlete had a plan. Then DACA was rescinded.
Jesse Dougherty writes for The Washington Post: ‘All she ever knew was America’: This high school athlete had a plan. Then DACA was rescinded. The red brake lights on the cars ahead all lit up, the rush-hour traffic slowly rolled to a halt and Nicolle Uria, tightly gripping a Gatorade water bottle in one hand…
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