Bolivia: Colombia doesn't belong on UN Security Council 
| Colombia Reports, September 21, 2010 -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said Colombia does not deserve a spot on the U.N. Security Council, as the South American nation is acting in the interests of the United States, reports El Tiempo. |
Bolivian President Evo Morales Tells Obama Stop Deporting Immigrants'
| Feet in Two Worlds, September 21, 2010 -- NEW YORK As heads of state gathered here to attend the United Nations General Assembly, Bolivian President Evo Morales ended a speech at Hunter College on Monday by calling on President Barack Obama to stop "expelling" Latin American immigrants who are trying to eke out a living. |
Obama Names Illicit Drug Transit or Producing Countries
| Mexidata.info, September 21, 2010 -- Pursuant to section 706(2)(A) of the FRAA, I hereby designate Bolivia, Burma, and Venezuela as countries that have failed demonstrably during the previous 12 months to adhere to their obligations under international counternarcotics agreements and take the measures set forth in section 489(a)(1) of the FAA. Accompanying this report are justifications for the determinations on Bolivia, Burma, and Venezuela, as required by section 706(2)(B). |
Bolivia's Morales opposes drugs legalisation
| Latin News Daily, September 20, 2010 -- Morales’ declared stance against legalizing drugs sets him apart from most of his regional counterparts who have increasingly come out in favour of the move in an attempt to curb the power of drug gangs. This is in line with recommendations by the Latin American Commission on drugs and Democracy (LACDD) made in February 2009. |
Wichi community of Bolivia complaint an attempt to divert the Pilcomayo
| Momento 24, September 19, 2010 -- The community Weenhayek (Wichis from Bolivia) reported through the departmental assemblyman for indigenous peoples Antonio Tato, a project of the province of Formosa to divert the river Pilcomayo to favor productivity in some sectors. |
Bolivia: Waters of Lake Titicaca Drop off Significantly
| Inside Costa Rica, September 20, 2010 -- A drought warning may be declared for Lake Titicaca because its water level is only 15 inches higher than what would oblige authorities to declare an emergency, the Bolivian Naval Hydrography Department confirmed. |
Bolivia's Revenue from Mining Exports Up 53%
| Latin American Herald Tribune (EFE), September 22, 2010 -- Bolivian mining exports rose 53 percent by value in the first of the year compared with the same period in 2009, though volume was largely unchanged, the mining ministry said Tuesday. |
Unicef ambassador Bannatyne visits Bolivia
| Charities Aid Foundation, September 22, 2010 -- TV businessman Duncan Bannatyne has visited Bolivia in his role as Unicef UK Ambassador. |
Bolivia Surpasses Coca Eradication Program
| Inside Costa Rica, September 22, 2010 -- The deputy minister of Social Defense of Bolivia Felipe Caceres confirmed the country surpassed the annual target committed with the United Nations for the eradication of surplus crops of coca leaf. |
Defender Does Not Rule Olori Relationship with Police Standards
| El Diario, September 20, 2010 -- The public defendor, Rolando Villena, did not rule in the case of the death of David Olori that there is any relation to police standards and the Public Ministry, which is why the case would have been treated with neglect and possible concealment. |
New Law Seeks to Defend Democracy
| El Diario, September 20, 2010 -- The citizen's initiative to present a bill to the Plurinational Assembly, changing articles that talk about the suspension of officers, led by the governor of Tarija, Mario Cossio, was supported by Deputy Willman Cardozo, who pledged to support the proposal in the Assembly, so that this rule is successful. |
There is No Sovereignty at the Borders, Foreign Subjugation Continues
| El Diario, September 20, 2010 -- The continued subjugation of national sovereignty with the diversion of rivers and removal of landmarks verify that the state has no presence at the border, despite the creation of the Agency for the Development of the macro-regions and border areas, according to warnings from opposition lawmakers. |
At UN, Morales of Bolivia Contradicts US Crowley on Obama Aid Cuts, ALBA Wash
| Inner City Press, September 25, 2010 -- When Bolivian President Evo Morales appeared September 21 for the first of his two press conference at the UN, Inner City Press asked him about reductions in aid from the US. Based on his answer, Inner City Press went later than day to the US Mission to the UN and asked State Department spokesman PJ Crowley about Morales' statement "that the U.S. and the Obama Administration has cut a lot of aid to Bolivia. He tied it to the failure to fall in line in Copenhagen and to a variety of issues." |  |
Debate heats up over anti-racism law in Bolivia
| Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, September 24, 2010 -- Senators said they will approve without any changes the controversial anti-racism law proposed by Bolivian President Evo Morales, reported La Razón. The document was approved by the lower house already, and is under discussion in the senate. |  |
Bolivia's Victory Stopping Water Privatization a Decade Ago Paved The Way For European Nations To Do The Same Now
| Alternet, September 24, 2010 -- There is a photo of the Bolivian water war that is almost as iconic as the unknown hero who defied the tanks in Tiananmen Square. It shows a solitary indigenous woman, with plaited hair and pleated skirt, launching a slingshot against an implacable line of armed police.It symbolises the valiant resistance of the people of Cochabamba who succeeded in April 2000 in throwing out the Californian multinational company Bechtel that had privatised their water and pushed rates sky-high. |  |
Bolivian bishops denounce lynchings
| CatholicCulture.org, September 24, 2010 -- The bishops of Bolivia have issued a statement denouncing the widespread phenomenon of lynchings in the South American nation. European media have reported that eight lynchings take place in Bolivia every week. |  |
Bolivian Inflation, GDP May Climb Less Than Expected This Year, Arce Says
| Bloomberg, September 24, 2010 -- Bolivian inflation may quicken less than the central bank's 2010 forecast as a surge in consumer prices last month was driven by a temporary supply shock due to extreme weather, Finance Minister Luis Arce said. |  |
Silencing the Media Means Dictatorship
| El Diario, September 24, 2010 -- Given the statements of the President of the State, Evo Morales, calling members of the Society of Inter-American Media (IAPA) "confessed racists," opposition lawmakers said that silencing the media communication means to enter a state run by a dictatorial regime. |  |
Brigade Reports that MAS Will Not Approve Projects
| El Diario, September 24, 2010 -- Secretary of the Brigade of Santa Cruz, Juan Carlos Becerra, reported that the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) will not approve projects that benefit the Eastern capital that today celebrates its September 24 Bicentennial "for the rancor and hate that there are these people who fought for their independence, now the Government will pass that bill." |  |
A MAS Bill Punishes Sexual Advertising
| La Prensa, September 24, 2010 -- To advertise sexual solicitation will be prohibited and punishable by imprisonment of up to 12 years. This is the MAS proposal in draft as the Law on Trafficking Persons. |  |
Act 4021 Prohibits Re-Election for Evo
| Los Tiempos, September 24, 2010 -- Former Senator Carlos Borth (Podemos) said yesterday it was the same President Evo Morales, who signed the 4021 law that prevents him from going for re-election in 2014, so he said, the only legal way out is for the ruling party to reform the State Constitution (CPE). Act 4021 was enacted in April 2009. |  |