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This article was originally published in Stability: International Journal of Security and Development.  View full text and .pdf versions here.   From Conflict to Collaboration: An Innovative Approach to Reducing Coca Cultivation in Bolivia Kathryn Ledebur* and Coletta A. Youngers1† *Director of the Andean Information Network (AIN), Cochabamba †Senior Fellow at the Washington Office on [...]

On March 9th, 2013, the Bolivian government passed a new comprehensive and progressive law to combat violence against women.  The law includes preventative measures, wide-ranging services to survivors of abuse, and severe penalties for violence against women.  The law represents a great advance from previous legislation, which did not consider spousal rape a crime and [...]

“Las heridas causadas por las dictaduras permanecen…” Fotografía : Gonzalo Ordoñez para RAI Bolivia ha tenido más golpes militares que ninguna otra nación en el mundo.   Hugo Banzer (1971-1978) y Luis García Meza (1980-1981) han sido los dictadores bolivianos más notables del siglo veinte.  Sin embargo, más de 30 años después de haberse restaurado el [...]

The recent Washington Post article, “Brazil tries to fight cocaine trafficking at huge, porous borders,” misrepresents Bolivia’s active collaboration with Brazil on drug control.  Juan Forero reports that, along with Peru, Bolivia’s “coca production increased dramatically in recent years.”  In fact, Bolivia’s coca crop is shrinking–13 % in 2011, according the US, while coca production in [...]

Enlace a version en .pdf             0 0 LOS ESFUERZOS BOLIVIANOS PARA EL CONTROL DE LAS DROGAS: AVANCES GENUINOS, DESAFIOS CONSIDERABLES Por Kathryn Ledebur y Coletta A. Youngers   Introducción Tras una victoria abrumadora en las urnas, Evo Morales se convirtió en Presidente de Bolivia en enero de 2006.[1] Presidente [...]

Link to pdf version of the memo Bolivian Drug Control efforts: Genuine Progress, Daunting Challenges By Kathryn Ledebur and Coletta A. Youngers Introduction Following a landslide victory at the polls, Evo Morales became president of Bolivia in January 2006.[i] Head of the coca-growers’ federation, Morales was a long-standing foe of U.S. drug policy, and many [...]

“The wounds caused by the dictatorships remain…” Photo credit: Gonzalo Ordoñez for AIN Bolivia has had more military coups than any other nation in the world.  Hugo Banzer (1971-1978) and Luis García Meza (1980-1981) were the most notorious Bolivian dictators in the Twentieth Century.  More than 30 years after restoration civilian rule, however, victims of [...]

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NEWSFLASH 30 October 2012 Bolivia: Chilling attack on radio journalist A radio journalist in southern Bolivia is said to be in critical condition after several masked men broke into his studio and set him alight while he was on the air on Monday. The attack on Fernando Vidal, 78, who owns and is [...]

In late May 2012, conflict erupted in Colquiri, a mining district about 350km south of La Paz.  Salaried and cooperative miners who work in different areas of the same mine struggled to control territory.  Although the government, salaried workers, and cooperative miners reached an agreement on June 19th, conflict reemerged in September as cooperative and [...]

  Escrito por Kathryn Ledebur, Directora de la Red Andina de Información (AIN, siglas en inglés) y Coletta A. Youngers, Asesora Principal de WOLA Los críticos literarios citan Las Aventuras de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas como uno de los mejores ejemplos del género “literatura del absurdo”. El intento por parte del gobierno [...]