By German Huanca, Urgente.bo: The repeal of Law 1720 is not an act of justice toward peasants or indigenous people: it is a political operation. Behind the chorus of voices clamoring against this law hide three interests that have little to do with the well-being of the rural sector — leaders of the CSUTCB and…
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Another Reform Defeated? | ¿Otra reforma derrotada?
Editorial Pensamientos Bolivianos: La Ley 1720 y el retorno del chantaje político en Bolivia La controversia alrededor de la Ley 1720 está dejando al descubierto uno de los problemas más profundos de Bolivia: la enorme dificultad para impulsar reformas económicas incluso cuando buscan beneficiar a pequeños productores rurales que necesitan salir de la pobreza. La…
UK backs Bolivia’s forests | Reino Unido apuesta por los bosques bolivianos
By Brújula Digital: The United Kingdom is boosting forest conservation in Bolivia with $7 million The project aims to improve the state of conservation through innovative financial mechanisms, institutional strengthening, and better territorial governance, for the benefit of local and indigenous communities and nature. The dialogue “Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: Unlocking Financing for Bolivia’s…
Judith Gonzales: Kewiña Woman | Mujer de kewiña
By Nicole Laura, Erbol: Kewiña Woman: The Story of a Rural Leader Who Plants Forest and Dignity Judith Gonzales López, in the kewiña forest of Tunari Park. Photo: Eneida Zurita (Armonía) It was a July afternoon in 2008 and Judith Gonzales López, 19, was carefully cleaning her “bosses’” desk. The room was packed with books…
Bolivia advances in the cacao value chain | Bolivia avanza en cadena de valor del cacao
By El Diario:4 With the aim of strengthening the cacao production chain, the Government of Bolivia, international organizations, and Non-Governmental Organizations carried out a strategic institutional mapping to coordinate joint policies that project the competitiveness of Bolivian cacao both domestically and globally. This progress took place at last Monday’s meeting at Palacio Chico, where the…
Tell me who opposes [land ownership] Law 1720… | Dime quién se opone a la [propiedad de la tierra] ley 1720…
Editorial, El Dia: The enactment of Law 1720 has sparked marches, statements, and warnings about an alleged “reconcentration of land.” But the real debate lies far from those slogans. The underlying question is not only who criticizes the law, but which concrete interests feel threatened by it. The law introduces a quiet yet profound change:…
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