Editorial, El Deber: The land invasions in Santa Cruz are escalating to alarming levels, leaving a trail of violence, kidnappings, and a concerning complicit silence from regional and national authorities. The taking of hostages on agricultural properties, where two police officers were injured with machetes, raises alarms and demands a strong response from the State….
Tag: land ownership
Eviction and punishment to stop encroachments | Desalojo y castigo para frenar avasallamientos
Editorial, El Deber: Illegal land occupation is undoubtedly the greatest challenge faced by agricultural producers in eastern Bolivia, especially in the department of Santa Cruz. This problem has been recurrent and seems to have no solution, as these invasions often go unpunished. However, there is now a glimmer of hope: the Government has just announced…
Lands, hardship and chaos | Tierras, penuria y caos
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In addition to violating property rights, the encroachment on land threatens the food security of Bolivians and constitutes a pressure factor for chaotic urban growth, thus making impossible the planning and land use regulations established by law. In effect, these criminal actions perpetrated —often with violence— by organized groups have been more…
Guaraní women recover ancestral territory | Mujeres guaraníes recuperan territorio ancestral
Los Tiempos: Free and without owners: Guarani women present a book that summarizes their struggles for the recovery of their ancestral territory Laguna Chica: first ancestral territory, longed for and consolidated by the organized force of Guarani women, this is the name of the book that this June 22 the protagonists of this story present…
Arce ignora y desprecia a los indígenas – Arce ignores and despises the indigenous people
Pagina Siete: Before Arce’s third snub, the march activates its Parliament Marchers who walked for 37 days affirm that they will not humiliate themselves before the Government and that they will apply their autonomy through the Indigenous Parliament. For the third time in eight days, President Luis Arce snubbed the XI Indigenous March in Santa…
Marcha indígena, un desafío para Arce – Indigenous march, a challenge for Arce
Editorial, Pagina Siete: For 14 years, the Evo Morales administration sold itself as an indigenous government, although it did not meet the main demands of this sector and did fill trade unionists and interculturalists with headquarters, vehicles, positions and many other things. And it is necessary to admit that the head of the MAS was…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 