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		<title>Indigenous Autonomies in Bolivia; Part I: Legal Guidelines and Gaps</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Bolivia’s new constitution sets important precedents for indigenous autonomy. Drawing from the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the 2009 Constitution intends to grant greater self-determination to indigenous groups across the country. The 2010 Autonomy and Decentralization Framework Law outlines definitions and procedures for indigenous communities that wish to declare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivian Indigenous Leaders Form New Caucus, Threaten MAS Majority</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A block of indigenous representatives to the Bolivian Legislative Assembly announced that they are forming a new first nations’ caucus. The news unsettled Bolivian politics, as it means that MAS will lose its guaranteed 2/3 majority rule in the Legislative Assembly.
Congressman Bienvenido Zacu, a member of the newly formed caucus, explained that the new political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insight Crime Misrepresents Bolivian Dilemma by Projecting “Prison Gang” Dangers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insight Crime’s “Massive Overcrowding Allows Bolivia’s Prison Gangs to Flourish” accurately highlights some of the endemic problems faced by Bolivia&#8217;s prisons. Yet, the crisis is not new; it began soon after the passage of drug control Law 1008, when the prison population swelled with prisoners detained on low-level drug charges. At the peak of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police Role in Bolivian Municipal Clash Must Be Thoroughly Investigated</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An ongoing municipal conflict in Yapacaní, in the Santa Cruz department, exploded on January 11, leading to three civilian deaths. In March 2011, a group of council members suspended MAS Mayor David Carvajal due to accusations of corruption, a common occurrence in Bolivia local governments.  However, their suspension did not properly follow legal procedures and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McDonald’s Left Bolivia in 2002; Fast Food Still Abundant on City Streets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:24:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the blogosphere, the biggest news out of Bolivia in the end of 2011 is that Bolivians have rejected McDonald’s. Headlines such as “McDonald’s goes belly up in Bolivia”[i] and “Fast Food fails to deliver in Bolivia”[ii] have topped Google alerts for weeks. Most all of the articles on the subject offer the same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newly Elected Justices Face Challenges in Bolivian Judiciary Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bolivia swore in 56 new justices on January 3, 2012. Their daunting task is to reshape the face of the Bolivian judiciary in accordance with the new constitution. The president and other MAS party officials spoke with high hopes about the judges’ inauguration. President of the Legislative Assembly, Hector Arce, expressed his belief that this judiciary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economist Wrongly Reads “Rough Justice” into Bolivian Judicial Reforms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist’s January 7th article, “Rough Justice: The wrong way to reform the courts,” offers a misleading picture of Bolivia’s recent judicial elections. While the newly elected magistrates face real challenges in renewing the Bolivian public’s faith in the national justice system, this article erroneously claims that appointed judges would were be better suited to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia, Brazil and US Postpone Signing of Coca Monitoring Accords</title>
		<link>http://ain-bolivia.org/2011/11/bolivia-brazil-and-us-postpone-signing-of-coca-monitoring-accords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 18:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 17, Bolivia, Brazil and the United States planned to ratify agreements on a trilateral coca monitoring effort. Officials delayed signing the accord until Friday, and then postponed it indefinitely. Initially slated for March 2011, ratification of the agreement has been repeatedly delayed.   Furthermore, the agreement has been converted from a trilateral accord to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia: New TIPNIS Law Fails to Mollify Protestors and Reflects MAS Divisions</title>
		<link>http://ain-bolivia.org/2011/10/bolivia-new-tipnis-law-fails-to-mollify-protestors-and-reflects-mas-divisions/</link>
		<comments>http://ain-bolivia.org/2011/10/bolivia-new-tipnis-law-fails-to-mollify-protestors-and-reflects-mas-divisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 13, the Bolivian congress approved a new law to protect the contested TIPNIS indigenous territory and national park, temporary halting construction of the planned highway.  However, TIPNIS marchers, who are expected to arrive in La Paz next week after a two-month march on foot from the lowlands, reject the legislation, particularly because its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivian Judicial Elections Provoke Controversy and Criticism</title>
		<link>http://ain-bolivia.org/2011/10/bolivian-judicial-elections-provoke-controversy-and-criticism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 16, Bolivia will hold a popular vote to fill the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Tribunal, the Judiciary Council, and the National Agrarian and Environmental Tribunal.  These elections are part of Bolivian judicial reform, designed to make the judicial system more representative.  While critics of the MAS administration continue to question the politics behind [...]]]></description>
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