Yahoo! LifeStyle: Woman hits back after being slammed over ‘inappropriate’ school-run outfit A woman has hit back after she was slammed for the outfit she donned while dropping off her young son at school in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The lawyer and fitness model, known as ‘Vanesita (Vanesa) Medina’ on…
Tag: women’s rights
Being a politician in Bolivia is a more dangerous crime than a drug trafficker – Ser político en Bolivia es un delito más peligroso que narcotraficante
Jeanine Añez, El Diario: Former president Jeanine Añez affirmed that in Bolivia the exercise of politics has become a more dangerous crime than drug trafficking or pedophilia, alluding to the persecution she denounces against her. “Again I am trying to have the possibility to defend myself in freedom, because in our country, especially for all…
Mercury has catastrophic consequences on Bolivian indigenous peoples, UN experts say
Merco Press [For Spanish version Pagina Siete]: United Nations specialists have sent the Bolivian Government a “Letter of Allegations” after finding irregularities resulting from the unauthorized use of mercury which has brought up environmental and human rights consequences, it was reported Wednesday. UN rapporteurs Marcos Orellana (toxic substances and human rights) and José Francisco Cali…
Recién nacido en las calles de Riberalta – Newborn on the streets of Riberalta
Pagina Siete: Without medical attention, young woman gives birth in the middle of the street Surrounded by motorcyclists and neighbors who acted as midwives. This is how a baby was born yesterday on Avenida Jacarandá, Riberalta, Beni, where her mother could not reach a medical center. An hour and a half later, a Radio Patrol…
Empoderamiento de las mujeres – Women empowerment
Pagina Siete: Cholitas climbers go to the top of Sajama Three cholitas climbers from the Maya organization began a journey to bring a message of empowerment to women. Dora Magueño, 56, Ana Lía Magueño and Flora Chura left the city of La Paz for the town of Sajama. There they had a picnic and later…
Jeanine Añez – August 2021
Editorial, El Deber; ¿La idea es matarla? Jamás en la historia democrática de Bolivia se vio un maltrato tan injusto, insensible e inhumano contra un exmandatario del país como lo hace el Gobierno de Luis Arce Catacora contra la expresidenta Jeanine Áñez. Ya lo dicen los comentarios de quienes vivieron en persona la historia de…
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