Bolivia Says Goodbye to Term Limits
A recent ruling to end term limits in Bolivia gives Evo Morales a green light to run in the 2019 presidential elections and beyond. […]
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The Silent Advance of Chinese Mining in Bolivia Worsens Water Scarcity and Pollution
Chinese investment is increasingly displacing U.S. capital in Latin America, but the environmental consequences and impacts on community rights show that the shift is not a step forward but rather more of the same. […]
The Horizon of Evo Morales’ Long Decade in Power: Implications of Bolivia’s Referendum Results
Bolivian President Evo Morales lost the referendum last Sunday that could have given him the ability to run for re-election in 2019. The margin was small, but the implications are huge: Bolivia’s longest standing and most popular president finally has an end date for his time in power, on January 22, 2020. The Bolivian left and its vibrant social and indigenous movements were always bigger than Morales, and Sunday’s referendum results underline this.
Photo Essay: Bolivians Rally For and Against President Evo Morales’ Ability to Run for Fourth Term
Bolivians head to the polls today in a referendum to decide whether or not President Evo Morales can run for a fourth term. In October of 2014 Morales was elected to his third term, and the constitutional amendment up for a vote today would allow him, if re-elected, to remain in office until 2025. Here is a collection of photos from the Yes campaign, in support of the amendment to allow Morales to run again, and the No campaign, against the constitutional change.
Bolivia Votes: Can Evo Morales Run Again?
Will Bolivians approve a constitutional amendment that would allow President Evo Morales to run for a fourth term?
Our Brand is Crisis Parody Site Shows How 2002 Bolivian Election Resulted a Year Later in 68 Deaths
US activists have launched a parody website, Ourbrandiscrisis.org, as George Clooney’s new film, Our Brand is Crisis, opens throughout the US (Oct. 30). Modeled on the official website, the parody website tells the little-known story of the deadly consequences and grave injustice that resulted from the 2002 Bolivian elections covered in the film.
“Our research work is socially relevant:” An Interview on NGOs in Bolivia with CEDIB’s Marco A. Gandarillas
“Our research work is socially relevant from any viewpoint. So far this year, CEDIB, CEDLA, Milenio, and Tierra probably also, have been mentioned as reliable sources in studies in and out of the country. We present the country’s economic, political and environmental situation in a nuanced way, things the government does not want to show or debate.” – Marco Antonio Gandarillas, executive director of CEDIB.
What’s Behind the Bolivian Government’s Attack on NGOs?
As the NGOs and their defenders have noted, far from advancing an imperialist agenda and undermining national sovereignty, these organizations have consistently championed the interests of Bolivia’s most disadvantaged sectors and challenged government policies that privilege foreign entities. […]
Bolivian Vice President García Linera vs. NGOs: A Look at the Debate
Bolivia’s vice president Alvaro Garcia Linera has unleashed an intense debate of international proportions by uttering harsh criticism of four non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) that operate in his country.
Evo Morales Greenlights TIPNIS Road, Oil and Gas Extraction in Bolivia’s National Parks
On May 20, Bolivian President Evo Morales issued Supreme Decree 2366, opening up Bolivia’s national parks—which are protected under the Constitution as ecological reserves—to oil and gas extraction. Just two weeks later, Morales proclaimed that his on-again, off-again plan to build a highway through the TIPNIS national park and indigenous territory in the Bolivian Amazon will finally be realized.