• Tue. Nov 19th, 2024

ANDEAN INFORMATION NETWORK

Human Rights, Justice, Advocacy and Clean Energy

Month: September 2011

  • Home
  • Turning Point for Morales: Bolivian Police Repress and Detain Indigenous Marchers

Turning Point for Morales: Bolivian Police Repress and Detain Indigenous Marchers

On September 25 at 5 pm, approximately 500 Bolivian police officers tear-gassed and used excessive force against camping indigenous protestors outside of Yucumo, in Beni Department.   Initial reports listed one…

Response to the Bolivian Ex-President’s Defense Team’s Press Release

On August 30, immediately following the “Black October” verdict, convicting five military officials and two ex-ministers for 68 killings in October 2003, the defense team of ex-president Sánchez de Lozada,…