The Guardian • Bolivia
Issue #2015
Chile’s new constitution recognises Indigenous rights
Chile’s new constitution will make it the third plurinational country in South America, after Ecuador and Bolivia. It is part of the sweeping reforms of...
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Issue #2078
GLOBAL BRIEFS
New York: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly approved a resolution to end the US economic blockade of Cuba imposed in 1962. This year...
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Issue #2072
The Commodification of a Marxist Icon
In January 1974 I was staying at a cheap boarding house in La Paz, Bolivia, when plainclothes detectives came in to my room, saw the...
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Issue #2124
GLOBAL BRIEFS
LEBANON: Israeli war crimes have taken new dimensions over the past year. In Lebanon alone, Israeli forces killed 173 health workers, injured 277 medical team...
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Issue #2146
GLOBAL BRIEFS
NEPAL: A three-day conference in Nepal, titled “Climate Change, Mountains and the Future of Humanity” took place last week. “From the lap of Sagarmatha (Everest),...
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Issue #2148
GLOBAL BRIEFS
BOLIVIA: Right-wing Bolivian presidential candidates met for a two-day forum in the United States at the invitation of investment billionaire Marcelo Claure. A major investor...
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Issue #2194
GLOBAL BRIEFS
BOLIVIA: Bolivia’s legislature has passed a law granting President Rodrigo Paz the authority to use the military to clear roadblocks set up by anti-government protesters....
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Issue #2160
Bolivia’s election – a turn to the right
Bolivia’s 17 August general election saw a loss for the left-wing Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party. MAS has dominated Bolivian politics for nearly twenty years....
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Issue #2108
Climate crisis hits Latin America
In 2023 climatic changes in Latin America and the Caribbean affected basic infrastructure, clean water supply, electricity generation, and food production. This places livelihoods and...
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Issue #2168
GLOBAL BRIEFS
BOLIVIA: Rodrigo Paz, a right-wing senator, won Bolivia’s presidential election with 54% of the vote and told supporters in his victory speech: “Today Bolivia can...
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Issue #2050
DINGO
The governments of ten Latin American and Caribbean countries met to discuss the best ways to jointly counter the inflationary wave sweeping the world which...
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Issue #2106
GLOBAL BRIEFS
HUNGARY: EU documents and reports from The Financial Times and Sputnik suggest that the EU is increasing pressure on Hungary to end its veto of...
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Issue #2120
Climate terrorism in South America
The Amazon basin, with an area greater than Australia, has been receiving less rainfall than usual, over the period June to November. In 2023 water...
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Issue #2051
GLOBAL BRIEFS
SUDAN: Doctors Central Committee has reported that the number of people killed in clashes between the armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) rose...
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Issue #2154
BRICS: Multipolar reality
BRICS is the heir to the Non-Aligned Movement,” declared Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva at the economic alliance’s 17th annual summit, held July...
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Issue #2174
GREEN NOTES
In the aftermath of COP 30 in Belem, Brazil this November it is worth considering the plight of the Guarani community in Bolivia. Climate conferences...
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