From Conflict to Collaboration: An Innovative Approach to Reducing Coca Cultivation in Bolivia (IJSD)
By Kathryn Ledebur and Coletta A. Youngers for Stability: International Journal of Security & Development Abstract: Upon his presidential election, Bolivian coca grower leader Evo Morales adopted a policy of promoting consensual coca reduction through social control, a sophisticated coca monitoring system, and economic development. That strategy is paying off. In 2011, coca cultivation decreased by … Read more
Extractive Industries in Bolivia (BIF)
Bolivia Information Forum Read the Special Edition Bulletin on Extractive Industries, March 2013 1. Thinking about extractives: the contribution of Eduardo Gudynas Of those who have written about extractives and extractive industries in recent years, few have been more influential than Eduardo Gudynas, a Uruguayan researcher at the Centro Latinoamericano de Ecología Social (CLAES). The Bolivia Information Forum thought it useful to … Read more
TIPNIS Divided as Some Communities Block Government Road Consultation (ICT)
Sara Shahriari, Indian Country Today, Link to original article, September 19, 2012 More than fifteen communities in the Isiboro Secure Indigenous Territory and National Park, known by its Spanish acronym TIPNIS, are blocking government access to their towns. The Bolivian government is carrying out a consultation process with indigenous groups within the park regarding a long-contested road project … Read more
Resignations but Bolivia´s indigenous peoples will continue TIPNIS march
27 September 2011 Dario Kenner, La Paz Daily updates on TIPNIS conflict at Twitter: @dariokenner You can view all updates here http://twitter.com/#!/dariokenner Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/BoliviaDiary Despite President Evo Morales announcement yesterday that construction on the road that would go through the TIPNIS national park is suspended the march by Bolivia´s indigenous peoples will continue … Read more
Referendum on a Vice President?
Dario Kenner, La Paz Updates on Twitter: @dariokenner You can view all updates here http://twitter.com/#!/dariokenner Vice President Álvaro Garcia Linera says he would be ‘happy’to contest a potential recall referendum and would continue to work for the Bolivian people should a referendum be called in mid 2012, when Bolivia´s population could decide whether he should … Read more
