Sabrina Martin reports for PanAm Post: Evo Morales Reelection Bid Front and Center as Bolivia Elects Judges The fate of Evo Morales‘ reelection bid in Bolivia is still unknown, despite having been defeated in a national referendum in 2016; and now, candidates running for judgeships on the Plurinational Constitutional Court can not elude the question…
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evo’s wrongdoings reflects on solitude?! … eleven years of waste, chaos and anarchy! no wonder!
Eleven years of the best possible economic times ever in our history! Eleven years of the worst possible government: inept, corrupt! And … they happened at the same time under the “leadership” of the coca grower caudillo! The result: over $160 billion dollars wasted and no single sustainable job, investment made … This ochlocracy, is…
‘Bolivian government lied’: Bolivia’s untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more
Myles McCormick reports for The Guardian: ‘They lied’: Bolivia’s untouchable Amazon lands at risk once more Locals blame coca interests for the state’s broken promise on protecting Tipnis national park, biodiversity hotspot and home to thousands of indigenous people. When Ovidio Teco’s Amazon homeland was declared “untouchable” by the Bolivian government in 2011, his war…
Bolivian politics 101: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime
Lorena Rojas reports for Pagina Siete: Agenda 21F is born for a change of regime They say that the manifesto is not limited to promoting a change of government, but “a change of regime”. More than 180 personalities signed the Agenda 21F, which was presented yesterday. This document proposes a set of reforms and policies…
Runaway contamination of Lake Titicaca … point of NO return?!
El Diario reports: Runaway contamination of Lake Titicaca • Peru and Bolivia plan to clean the most navigable and highest lake in the world. The cleaning of Lake Titicaca and the protection of its natural wealth is one of the joint projects that will be addressed by the governments of Peru and Bolivia, said President…
Climate Change Is Making This Bolivian Village a Ghost Town
Ben Walker reports for Inside Climate News: Climate Change Is Making This Bolivian Village a Ghost Town Two years of drought and rising temperatures dried up the river and quinoa fields, pushing a wave of migration to cities as people searched for work. SANTIAGO K, Bolivia — Someone’s nearly always lived in Santiago K. Cupped…
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