Category: Bolivia
July 30, 2012 > Staff
Bolivian Government Asks Indigenous Groups To Approve Highway
Top Story — Bolivian government representatives traveled to Oromomo in the Amazon basin lowlands on Sunday, kicking off a campaign to convince sixty-nine indigenous communities in Bolivia to approve a […] Read More >
June 26, 2012 > Staff
Police Strike Continues in Bolivia
Top Story — Protesting police officers brandished weapons and fired tear gas on a crowd of government supporters in La Paz as Bolivia’s police strike entered its fourth day on Monday. A […] Read More >
June 13, 2012 > Mari Hayman
“We Of The Saya”: An Interview With Filmmaker Sisa Bueno
Six years ago, New York filmmaker Sisa Bueno was a volunteer in Bolivia whose attention was captured by the struggle of Afro-Bolivians to be counted as an ethnic group in […] Read More >
February 22, 2012 > Staff
Bolivia: Gang May Have Killed 69 Minibus Passengers
Today in Latin America Top Story — At least 69 people may have been murdered in the Bolivian city of El Alto after they boarded minibuses operated by a group […] Read More >
November 8, 2011 > Staff
Bolivia And The United States Reestablish Ties
Today in Latin America Top Story — Bolivia and the United States will reestablish diplomatic ties after three years of frayed relations. The two countries severed ties after Bolivia expelled […] Read More >
October 25, 2011 > Staff
Bolivia: Argeement Met Between Morales Government and Amazon Protestors
Today in Latin America Top Story — The government of Bolivian President Evo Morales and representatives of indigenous Amazon protesters reached an agreement Monday that ends two months of protests […] Read More >
October 14, 2011 > Juan Victor Fajardo
TIPNIS, Goni y el litio del Salar de Uyuni: Entrevista con David Choquehuanca
En la siguiente entrevista realizada el 20 de septiembre en la Misión Permanente de Bolivia ante las Naciones Unidas, el Canciller boliviano David Choquehuanca nos habla del pedido de extradición […] Read More >
September 26, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Bolivia’s Defense Minister Quits Amid Rising Tensions In Highway Dispute
Bolivia’s defense minister reigned from her post after the government sent around 500 police officers to break up a protest over a planned highway through an indigenous-inhabited nature preserve. Former […] Read More >
September 20, 2011 > Staff
Bolivia’s Morales Asks UNASUR To Decertify The United States
Today in Latin America Top Story — Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday said that the regional South American bloc UNASUR (the Union of South American Nations) should “decertify” the […] Read More >
August 31, 2011 > Staff
Bolivia: Five Military Officers Convicted For 2003 Protest Killing
Today in Latin America Top Story — Bolivia’s Supreme Court convicted five senior military officers for the the killings of 64 people during protests in 2003. Four former generals and an […] Read More >