Contrary to Popular Belief: Lynching in Bolivia Decreased Significantly in 2011
Since the legal recognition of community justice in the 2009 constitution, Bolivia’s political opposition and the press have repeatedly blamed Morales administration legal reform initiatives for a supposed increase in…
Sachs Versus the Facts on Bolivia
Jeffrey Sachs casts himself as the US’s ‘progressive’ candidate to head the World Bank, and from his analysis it’s clear that he is a better economist than historian. Nothing reveals…
Consultation Bill* Presents Potentially Viable Model, but Too Late to Address TIPNIS Tensions
The protracted conflict over road construction through the Isiboro Sécure National Park and Indigenous Territory (TIPNIS) has stemmed, in large part, from the government’s failure to first consult the affected indigenous…
Insight Crime Misrepresents Bolivian Dilemma by Projecting “Prison Gang” Dangers
Insight Crime’s “Massive Overcrowding Allows Bolivia’s Prison Gangs to Flourish” accurately highlights some of the endemic problems faced by Bolivia’s prisons. Yet, the crisis is not new; it began soon…