By Fernando Chavez, Vision 360: The female skateboarding group performs their art in various U.S. cities and then posts the videos on social media. [click on photos to watch videos] The young women during one of their performances. Photo: imillaSkate on Instagram The female skateboarding group, Imilla Skate, which practices the sport while wearing the…
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Growing concern for environmental defenders | Crece preocupación por defensores ambientales
El Diario: The People’s Defender backed the UN Special Rapporteur A judge in Oruro rejected the action brought by indigenous people from Totoral Chico. While the People’s Defender joined the concern of the United Nations Rapporteur regarding the persecution of environmental rights defenders in Bolivia, this Thursday, in Oruro, Judge Odal Herrera, acting as a…
Jeanine Añez lashes out at the Justice system and sees “impunity” from Morales for the 2019 crisis | Jeanine Añez arremete contra la Justicia y ve “impunidad” de Morales por crisis de 2019
Three Years After Her Arrest Former President of the State, Jeanine Añez Chávez, has spent three years detained in La Paz, accused of having taken power through “a coup” after the resignation of former President Evo Morales. In a letter posted on her social media, the former leader requested her release and that of other…
Indigenous Bolivian Women Take Up Taekwondo Against Gender-based Violence | Mujeres indígenas bolivianas practican taekwondo contra la violencia de género
By Esther Mamani, AFP, Barron’s: A violent attack by would-be robbers steered Bolivian Lidia Mayta towards the martial art of taekwondo. Three years later, she helps train other Indigenous women to defend themselves against rampant gender-based violence in the South American country. Mayta told AFP she would have died if neighbors had not come out…
Carvajal resumes her vigil for the Apdhb | Carvajal reanuda su vigilia por la Apdhb
El Potosi: REQUESTS THAT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE INSTITUTION BE GIVEN TO HER ACTIVIST. Amparo Carvajal. PHOTO: ARCHIVE The president of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Bolivia (Apdhb), Amparo Carvajal, once again set up a vigil in La Paz to demand that the institution’s property be handed over to her. “That house is…
Charges of sedition and conspiracy against Añez | Cargos de sedición y conspiración contra Añez
Erbol, El Diario: Prosecutor’s Office withdraws charges of sedition and conspiracy against Añez in Coup I case The Prosecutor’s Office has ordered the dismissal of the former president of the State, Jeanine Añez Chávez, for the crimes of sedition and conspiracy in the case called coup d’état I, in which she still must face a…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 