National Parks in the Chapare: Recent Conflicts and Complexities
On September 26, coca growers attempting to settle illegally in the Isiboro-Securé Park and indigenous Yuracaré inhabitants clashed in a violent conflict, leading to the gunshot death of at least…
AIN/WOLA Press Release: U.S. Decertification of Bolivia
In spite of Bolivia’s November 2008 expulsion of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for allegedly conspiring against the government of President Evo Morales, U.S.-Bolivian cooperation on coca reduction and…