Please use the link below to watch the video: Just remember: There are over 600 Bolivians that fled the country due to political persecution. More than 60 people lost their lives due to turmoil and indulged violence of the central government. Indigenous people, including elderly, women and children were violently repressed when they were marching…
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Lawsuit at the International Rights of Nature Tribunal against the Bolivian Government!
World Highways report: Bolivia road project in dispute First publishedon http://www.WorldHighways.com There is strong resistance mounting in Bolivia against the construction of a road link through the country’s TIPNIS national park, a conservation area. The new road is intended to improve transport connections between Villa Tunari and San Ignacio de Moxos. However the project has…
Bolivia: UN human rights office condemns killing of vice minister and three miners
From the UN News Centre: Bolivia: UN human rights office condemns killing of vice minister and three miners 30 August 2016 – The United Nations human rights office today spoke out against the killing of a government minister by a group of striking miners last Thursday, as well as deadly clashes between police and people…
Outrageous Bolivian populist gov behavior!
Euro News reports: Shocking scenes at disabled protest in Bolivia By Catherine Hardy There have been shocking scenes at the end of a demonstration in Bolivia as disabled people clashed with riot police. Tear gas was let off as the protesters, some on crutches or in wheelchairs, advanced down the street in the city of…
MAS bets on turmoil to stay in government!
Grimaldes reports in El Deber: Protests affect much of Bolivia Heavy-load transport, factory workers dismissed from the Enatex textile company, people with disabilities, people of Guayaramerín and cement Fancesa owners are mobilized. The sectors of heavy-load transport, people with disabilities, owners of the National Cement Factory in Sucre, residents of Guayaramerín, residents of El Alto,…
Bolivia police clash with disabled protesters in La Paz
BBC reports: Bolivia police clash with disabled protesters in La Paz Police in Bolivia have clashed with disabled protesters who tried to approach the presidential palace to demand an increase in state benefits. The Bolivian government said a group of protesters attacked police officers with knives and noxious gases. Police pushed them back with high-pressure…
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