Bolivian coca growers cut ties with USAID
On June 24, 2008 Chapare coca grower unions announced that they will no longer sign new aid agreements with USAID.1 This announcement comes after two decades of poorly-focused policies, which…
International Crisis Group Misreads Bolivian Political Conflict –Part I
A more pragmatic perspective from within Bolivia Comments provided by George Gray Molina during a presentation at the Inter-American Dialogue do a great deal more to place current polarization and…
AIN Critiques Gamarra Article in Miami Herald
Inaccuracies and response: 1) "Protesters arrived en masse from the neighboring city of El Alto, where the tragic October 2003 events occurred. The protesters quickly abandoned their peaceful intentions and…
Thousands protest US asylum for Sanchez Berzaín as resentment continues over “Black October”
Shortly after 10 am on June 9, several thousand protestors from El Alto marched into La Paz and surrounded the US Embassy. The mainly indigenous protestors were demanding the return…