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…
Pending Bolivian Judicial Elections: Opportunity for Reform in Uncharted Territory
The Bolivian judicial system has long required reform. In 2009, the Morales administration proposed significant restructuring in the new constitution and set a staged timeline for these measures to be…
Bolivia-Brazil-U.S. Trilateral Coca Monitoring Agreement Duplicates Existing Efforts and Could Cause Further Conflict
Although the Morales administration has insisted for the past two years that a new bilateral framework agreement precede any other accord with the United States, some sectors of the government…
Bolivian Government Bonus for Mothers and Young Children Celebrates Second Anniversary
Some of the Morales administration’s most successful initiatives have been small stipends, commonly called “bonuses,” disbursed by the government for traditionally under-served sectors of the population.[i] May 26, 2011, marks…