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Bolivia May 5-14: Crisis of Compromise and Consultation

Written by The Andean Information Network
May 15, 2012

Widespread protests, marches, counter-marches, blockades, and strikes continue throughout the nation, and do not show signs of diminishing.  Doctors, medical students, and health workers continued to protest, entering their eighth week of strikes on Monday, May 14th.   Public university students and staff as well as transportation unions joined the measures.  Early in the week, the [...]

Bolivian Protests: Concessions Fail to Meet High Expectations

Written by The Andean Information Network
May 8, 2012

Throughout 2012, Bolivian unions, social movements, and civil organizations have staged marches, road blockades, and strikes.  Following a customary pattern, the period after Carnaval (end of February) these measures have escalated, particularly around May Day, a traditional time for labor demands. Various unions and organizations reject legislation or measures implemented by the Morales administration.  Most [...]

COHA “Spotlight” on Bolivian Coca Out of Focus

Written by The Andean Information Network
April 27, 2012

The Council on Hemispheric Affairs’ (COHA) April 25 “Spotlight on Bolivia: The “Coca Diplomacy” of Evo Morales,” generalizes and speculates about Bolivian drug policy and relations with the United States. While the general conclusion that U.S. policymakers should do more to cooperate with Bolivia’s vision of coca is valid, inaccuracies presented weaken its arguments. The [...]

Where does Bolivia Stand on Drug Decriminalization and Legalization?

Written by The Andean Information Network
April 12, 2012

As calls mount from prominent Latin American politicians for a profound re-evaluation of international drug policy, and even a debate on the feasibility of drug decriminalization and legalization at the Summit of the Americas this weekend, Bolivia’s complex position is often misunderstood. Personal consumption decriminalized in practice Currently, personal drug possession in Bolivia does not [...]

Contrary to Popular Belief: Lynching in Bolivia Decreased Significantly in 2011

Written by The Andean Information Network
March 22, 2012

Since the legal recognition of community justice in the 2009 constitution, Bolivia’s political opposition and the press have repeatedly blamed Morales administration legal reform initiatives for a supposed increase in lynching. For example, the Economist asserted: “Many rural Bolivians have no access to the courts. The new constitution drawn up by Mr. Morales’s party and approved in [...]

Sachs Versus the Facts on Bolivia

Written by Benjamin Kohl & Linda Farthing
March 15, 2012

Jeffrey Sachs casts himself as the US’s ‘progressive’ candidate to head the World Bank, and from his analysis it’s clear that he is a better economist than historian. Nothing reveals this more plainly than reviewing some of the ‘facts’ on Bolivia in his Economic Reforms in Bolivia, Poland in the 80s and 90s, A Look [...]

Bolivia v. Peru: How Objective are US Drug Certifications?

Written by The Andean Information Network
March 9, 2012

On March 7, the US released the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Drug policy advocates have long criticized the yardsticks used by the US government to measure efficacy in drug control. But even by US standards, Bolivia surpasses Peru in most categories, though the US certified Peru and determined that Bolivia “failed demonstrably to make [...]

INCB’s 2011 Report Clings to Status Quo on Bolivian Coca Issue; Ignores Science and Indigenous Rights

Written by Rebecca Leaphart, The Andean Information Network
March 9, 2012

The International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) 2011 Report singled out the Bolivian Government, stating that the country is presenting a “major challenge to the international drug control system.”[i] This conclusion is based on Bolivia’s 2011 denunciation of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 as amended by the 1972 Protocol. The Bolivian government objected [...]

Consultation Bill* Presents Potentially Viable Model, but Too Late to Address TIPNIS Tensions

Written by The Andean Information Network
February 8, 2012

The protracted conflict over road construction through the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS) has stemmed, in large part, from the government’s failure to first consult the affected indigenous communities as required by the 2009 Bolivian Constitution. In an effort to ease tensions, a congressional commission has retroactively defined draft legislation for “prior consultation” [...]

AIN’s Calendar of Bolivian Blockades and Protests

Written by The Andean Information Network
February 7, 2012

Click on the individual protest listings to learn more.

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