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REPORT: Human Rights Violations from the "War on Drugs" in Bolivia. By Bjorn Pettersson and Lesley MacKay. October, 1993. 22 pages. Available in English and Spanish.
A brief overview of the human rights abuses stemming from the low-intensity, US funded "Drug War" being waged in Bolivia and the draconian Bolivian antinarcotics legislation, Law 1008. Report [...]

Constituent Assembly
The Constituent Assembly returned to work Monday without having resolved the impasse on voting procedures. MAS representatives stated that they were determined to move forward, “with or without the opposition.”  The assembly is concluding the selection of 21 new commissions and their leaders, whose first duty is to decide on voting procedures and [...]

*    Protesters have been blocking Cochabamba's main plaza for five days demanding the resignation of Prefect Manfred Reyes Villa who has been constant friction with the MAS government since his 2005 election. Protesting groups reject Reyes Villa’s tenure, as a result of his participation in the second Sánchez de Lozada governing coalition,accusations of corruption during [...]

As Cochabamba prepares for the Second Summit of the Community of South American Nations on December 8 and 9, the debate over the how to draft the Bolivia’s new constitution has become increasingly polarized and dramatic.  Whether the assembly will approve the text of the constitution using a two-thirds or simple majority vote has led [...]

From a spokesperson from ALAS (Legal Assessment and Social Assistance) in a response to gunshots fired into their office last week after the passage of the agrarian reform law:
"We just want to clarify that this is a nongovernmental organization that helps campesinos in rural areas; this is not Minister Salvatierra's office.  He used to work [...]

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WOLA Drug War Monitor

Coca is not cocaine
Coca is the sacred leaf of the Andean people, commonly used for chewing, making coca tea and relieving the effects of altitude sickness, hunger and common ailments. Cocaine, a European invention, made through the processing of the coca leaf with other chemicals is a harmful drug that causes [...]