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…
Bolivian Quinoa Questions: Production and Food Security
In January and March 2011, several English-language press outlets ran stories on quinoa production in Bolivia. National Public Radio and the Associated Press reported on quinoa as a development project,…