Distortion on the Andes: Right-wing foreign policy advocates showcase non-representative Indigenous “leaders” from Bolivia
In 2011, the newly elected House of Representatives will likely move U.S. foreign policy in Latin America toward intervention. Right-wing politicians in the U.S. maintain close ties with Latin American…
Development Policy Delays Improved Bolivian-U.S. Relations
Foreign Minister, David Choquehuanca, announced on May 11 that the Bolivian government still wishes to change the course of its relationship with the United States, but that this may take…
Using selective human rights criteria to assign blame
Yesterday, former Human Rights Ombudsman (Defensor del Pueblo) Waldo Albarracín told the press that the deaths of David Callisaya Mamani (16) and Fidel Mario Hernan Jiménez (19) last week in…
Clash in Chonchocoro: Bolivia’s “Maximum Security” Misnomer
Minister of Government, Sacha Llorenti, announced on March 16 that prisoners in La Paz’s maximum security prison, Chonchocoro, would remain locked down for 23 hours in an attempt to stifle…