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Foreign Policy: Can South American Lithium Power Biden’s Battery Plans?
AIN discusses Far-Right Violence in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Live on Kawsachun News.
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AIN on France 24 Debate: Bolivia’s Coca Market Conflict
Bolivia y el litio: ¿Pueden los calmados y constantes ganar la carrera? New Security Beat
Schipani Dramatizes Bolivian Drug Control Efforts and MAS Official’s Role
Andres Schipani’s article, “Jessica Anne Jordan Burton: beauty queen defies cartel beasts in Bolivia’s war on cocaine,” presents an inaccurate, hyperbolic, and sexist account, which projects narrow-minded generalizations and grossly…
Potosi Population Protests Postponed Projects
Urban Potosí, once the richest city in South America, is now one of the poorest. A mining center during the colonial and post-colonial eras, economic progress has been slow in…
Tuesday Hearing: Feierstein nomination raises questions about USAID’s role in Latin America
This Tuesday, June 29, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a confirmation hearing for President Obama’s nomination of Mark Feierstein to head USAID programs in Latin America. Feierstein,…
The UNODC Coca Cultivation Study for Bolivia Shows Minimal Increase in Coca Crop: Sharply Contrasts with U.S. Statistics
Ten initial observations: The study cites a 1% increase in Bolivia’s coca cultivation from 2008-2009, from 30,500 hectares to 30,900 hectares. From 2007-2008, the UN reported an increase of approximately…