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The Street and the Ballot Box: Voices From Bolivia’s Recall Vote

Cochabamba, Bolivia - On August 10, leftist President Evo Morales, won a resounding victory in Bolivia’s recall referendum. Regardless of...

Bolivia: Prefect Reyes Villa Resigns After Losing Referendum

On the morning of August 12, Manfred Reyes Villa, the embattled conservative prefect (governor) of Bolivia’s department (state) of Cochabamba,...

Optimism and Uncertainty Follow Bolivian Recall Vote

President Evo Morales and his Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party won a resounding victory in Bolivia’s Recall Referendum held Sunday,...

Bolivian President Ratified in Post, Three Prefects Lose Vote

The President and Vicepresident of Bolivia, Evo Morales and Alvaro Garcia, respectively, were ratified in their posts, according to preliminary...

Total Recall in Bolivia: Divided Nation Faces Historic Vote

In early July in Sicaya, Cochabamba, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that if he wins the August 10 recall vote...

Bolivian President Evo Morales on the WTO’s Round of Negotiations

The WTO negotiations have turned into a fight by developed countries to open markets in developing countries to favor their...

Thousands Protest US Asylum for Sanchez Berzaín as Resentment Continues Over "Black ...

Shortly after 10 a.m. on June 9, several thousand protestors from El Alto marched into La Paz and surrounded the...

Stalemate in Bolivia?

What is startling is the approach many Bolivians use to blame Morales and MAS for the nation's problems. My
colleagues...

Polarizing Bolivia: Autonomy Vote in Santa Cruz

The May 4th vote for autonomy in Santa Cruz, Bolivia was part of a larger conflict in the region over...

Santa Cruz Divided: Report from the Streets on Referendum Day in Bolivia

Bolivia’s Santa Cruz state's May 4 Referendum saw violence and deep social divides over a set of Autonomy Statutes thatwould...

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