25/06/2012 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bolivia - Crisis: Bolivia Police Strike for Fifth Day Over Higher Pay
A nationwide strike by Bolivian police entered its fifth day with officers clashing with supporters of President Evo Morales in La Paz after the rank- and-file yesterday rejected the government’s proposed pay increase.
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19/10/2011 | Frente Externo
Indian Revolt Targets Morales Road Project as Bolivians March
Bolivian President Evo Morales has built his presidency on promises to defend people like Cecilia Moyovire from the excesses of global capitalism. Now, the Moxeno-Trinitario Indian and fellow protesters are threatening his plans to open up a region of the Amazon rain forest rich in energy, timber and other resources.
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31/08/2011 | Sociedad
Human Zoo: For Centuries, Indigenous Peoples Were Displayed as Novelties
In 1893 a group of indigenous Aymara Bolivian men traveled to the United States so that they could be put on display at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair Columbian Exposition, which celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. While researching their story, Nancy Egan, a doctoral student in Latin American history at the University of California, San Diego, delved into the history of indigenous people brought to the United States and Europe and put on display in what she calls “human zoos.”
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31/08/2011 | Sociedad
Human Zoo: For Centuries, Indigenous Peoples Were Displayed as Novelties
In 1893 a group of indigenous Aymara Bolivian men traveled to the United States so that they could be put on display at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair Columbian Exposition, which celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival in the Americas. While researching their story, Nancy Egan, a doctoral student in Latin American history at the University of California, San Diego, delved into the history of indigenous people brought to the United States and Europe and put on display in what she calls “human zoos.”
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20/07/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bolivia drops out of UN drug pact to protect its coca chewers
Bolivia intends to reapply to the UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs, but with a reservation that it does not recognize the ban on chewing the coca leaf, a practice with a long national tradition.
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20/07/2011 | Inteligencia y Seguridad
Bolivia drops out of UN drug pact to protect its coca chewers
Bolivia intends to reapply to the UN Convention on Narcotic Drugs, but with a reservation that it does not recognize the ban on chewing the coca leaf, a practice with a long national tradition.
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16/02/2011 | Frente Externo
Bolivia Says it May Tap Reserves to Stockpile Food
Bolivia may tap its record $10 billion in central bank reserves to help boost agricultural production and stockpile food staples as a hedge against a looming global “food crisis,” Finance Minister Luis Arce said.
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