Tag: <span>Bolivia</span>
September 28, 2015 > Staff
Bolivia To Hold Referendum on Fourth Term for President
Top Story — Bolivia’s legislature on Saturday voted to allow a referendum which could allow President Evo Morales to run for a fourth term as president in 2019. The National […] Read More >
July 10, 2015 > Staff
Pope Apologizes For Colonial-Era Church Abuses
Top Story — Pope Francis publicly apologized on Thursday for the abuses committed by the Catholic Church against the indigenous populations of the Americas during the colonial period, using stronger […] Read More >
March 31, 2015 > Staff
Party of Bolivian President Takes Losses in Regional Polls
Top Story — The political party of Bolivia’s President Evo Morales lost several key seats in legislative and gubernatorial elections on Sunday, reports suggest, following Morales’ re-election last year to […] Read More >
November 4, 2014 > Staff
Bolivian Official Decries Pervasive Violence Against Women
Top Story — The Bolivian ombudsman decried a spike in sexual violence against young girls in the country, following the rape and killing of a four-year-old in Palos Blancos, a […] Read More >
October 13, 2014 > Christopher Looft
Bolivians in New York Cast Votes for President, Favoring Opposition
NEW YORK – When Bolivians in New York City cast their votes in a presidential election Sunday, most of them went against the trend that swept President Evo Morales into […] 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 >