tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-204943622024-08-28T15:16:24.430-04:00"The Bolivia Transition Project"The Web Log for news, information & policy updates on the Bolivia transition team from Digital Warrior Media in conjunction with WBAI-FM & Pacifica Radio.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger209125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-74506771172950516212014-10-13T12:19:00.002-04:002014-10-13T12:34:29.653-04:00Evo Morales Is Reelected as President of Bolivia
La Paz, Oct 13 (Prensa Latina) President Evo Morales was reelected to rule Bolivia from 2015 to 2020, after easily defeating his four rivals on Sunday''s general election, according to preliminary statistics released in this capital on Monday. The president and candidate from the Movement to Socialism (MAS) won in all polling stations abroad and on the national territory with 60 percent of karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-49588176216354093102014-08-26T23:31:00.001-04:002014-08-26T23:34:28.106-04:00Bolivia to Appeal Ruling Favoring India's Jindal in El Mutún Dispute
Ruling Says Bolivia Should Pay Jindal $22.5M Compensation for Seizure of Guarantee Funds
Bolivia said Tuesday it would appeal a ruling from an international tribunal that gave India's Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. a multimillion-dollar award in a dispute over the development of the El Mutún iron ore project.
"We are going to appeal the decision in the corresponding tribunals in karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-2096919923980159882014-07-30T22:18:00.001-04:002014-07-30T22:20:29.054-04:00 Bolivia declares Israel terrorist regime Bolivia has declared Israel to be a “terrorist state” and renounced a visa exemption agreement with the country in protest over the ongoing Israeli military offense in Gaza which already killed more than 1,300 dead and left over 7,000 wounded.
Canceling the 1972 agreement which allowed Israelis to travel freely to Bolivia“means, in other words, we are declaring (Israel) a terrorist state,” the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-50266511396143196832014-07-24T18:51:00.001-04:002014-07-24T18:57:24.175-04:00Transitions & Reflections
With the Election quickly approaching a review of the last 8 years, in the following weeks The Bolivia Transition Project presents a collage of varied media and the dynamics at play in Bolivia's transition to a more representative and functional democracy ...
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-86669085998730935842014-07-09T21:55:00.000-04:002014-07-09T21:55:12.919-04:00Bolivia's Tack Toward Pacific Faces Chilean Headwind
By ROBERT KOZAK
Chile is seeking to deny its landlocked neighbor Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean by asking the International Court of Justice to throw out a Bolivian demand made before the court.
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said late Monday in a televised address that Chile is challenging whether the international court, based in The Hague, has the jurisdiction to hear Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-67290792821987098742012-11-29T15:14:00.004-05:002012-12-01T21:08:23.265-05:00The Bolivia Transition Project on FacebookVisit us on Facebook
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-22145484977454922172012-03-28T14:45:00.005-04:002012-03-28T15:23:26.834-04:00Sons Of Guns!The discovery of an American diplomatic vehicle transporting weapons and ammunition in Bolivia has added yet another layer of tension to relations between the governments of Bolivia and the United States Reprinted from Original article: http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/2412-us-bolivia-gun-spat-points-to-drug-war-tensions On March 27, Bolivian police intercepted a van with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-25227758668665343792011-09-29T21:03:00.006-04:002011-09-29T21:11:34.407-04:00President Morales asks for forgiveness of indigenous peoplesBolivian President Evo Morales apologized for the humiliation suffered by indigenous peoples at the hands of the police over the weekend, and said his government did not order the attacks, state media reported late Wednesday."We ask for forgiveness -- forgive me," Morales said,. "It was not an instruction by the president. No one in the government would have thought such an attack could happen toUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-66088767628956762562011-09-27T06:48:00.009-04:002011-09-27T07:22:16.426-04:00Controversial Amazon Road Project Creates Crisis for Bolivia's MoralesFrom AlJazeera EnglishBolivia's Defense Minister has resigned in protest against a police crackdown on anti-highway demonstrators, increasing pressure on Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, over his handling of the situation.Forty-one days into a march against government-supported plans to build a 300km (186 mi) highway through an Amazon rainforest reserve, police fired tear gas and briefly karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-68356777383632841012011-09-15T13:34:00.003-04:002011-09-15T13:49:50.173-04:00The Bolivia Genocide Case: Ex-regime figures convicted, US shelters top fugitiveBy Bill Weinberg September 15, 2011indian country today media networkBolivia’s Supreme Court of Justice on August 30 convicted seven former officials on charges of genocide—five military officers and two ex-cabinet ministers. The military officials received sentences of 10–15 years while the former cabinet ministers received three-year terms; none will be allowed to appeal. But Bolivia’s top Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-47520124849219511872011-08-10T16:15:00.022-04:002011-08-11T15:33:31.174-04:00Morales Seeks Respect for Bolivia and Mother Earth(digitalwarriormedia) Relations between Bolivia and the United States are closer to being normalized, according to comments made by Bolivia’s President Evo Morales.
Last month, while in New York City to attend a high-level meeting at the United Nations, Morales said his country has a great desire to improve relations with the U.S.
Things have been chilly between the two countries since 2008, karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-80304903284180386362011-05-24T01:50:00.003-04:002011-05-24T01:56:01.158-04:00Communal banks extend credit, empower women and build equity in rural Bolivia.UNICEF’s equity-based approach to achieving the Millennium Development Goals aims to reach the poorest and most vulnerable children and families with cost-effective interventions for sustainable progress. Here is one in a series of stories that make the case for equity. By Tanya TurkovichPOCOATA, Bolivia, 23 May 2011 – It takes money to make money. Just ask Pilar Rueda, 38, a Quechua mother of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-91073920975802235522010-12-21T14:58:00.003-05:002010-12-21T15:34:21.281-05:00Why Bolivia stood alone in opposing the Cancún climate agreementby Ambassdor Pablo SolonDiplomacy is traditionally a game of alliance and compromise. Yet in the early hours of Saturday 11 December, Bolivia found itself alone against the world: the only nation to oppose the outcome of the United Nations climate change summit in Cancún. We were accused of being obstructionist, obstinate and unrealistic. Yet in truth we did not feel alone, nor are we offended bykarahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-55759283236833762912010-12-08T16:13:00.001-05:002010-12-08T16:16:35.067-05:00The truth will set you freeLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera has posted all U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks that pertain to Bolivia on his official website.He told reporters Wednesday he wants people to know the "barbarities and insults" of what he called Washington's "inverventionist infiltration."As Wikileaks' own sites come under attack, sympathizers have created "mirror" sites thatUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-63295385531173756062010-12-06T16:52:00.001-05:002010-12-06T16:53:30.727-05:00U.S. Manipulation of Climate Talks : WikiLeaksPablo Solón Responds to Secret U.S. Manipulation of Climate Talks Revealed in WikiLeaks CableUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-11183394446389634342010-11-22T15:26:00.001-05:002010-11-22T15:28:26.795-05:00Bolivian Leader Confronts Gates About US BehaviorSANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales had a blunt message for the visiting U.S. Pentagon chief on Monday: Latin American nations will pick their own friends and business partners, including Iran, regardless of U.S. opinion. The colorful leftist leader delivered an hourlong welcome to delegates at a regional defense conference that included U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-42450144050975540342010-06-02T17:25:00.009-04:002010-06-02T18:34:05.242-04:00"$20 Per Year Will Not Solve Climate Change"PRESS RELEASE: via the Plurinational State of BoliviaBONN – Today, Ambassador Pablo Solon of the Plurinational State of Bolivia highlighted Bolivia’s concern over current UN climate negotiations.The Ambassador talked of the voices of the real victims of climate change being excluded from the negotiations.“In April 2010 more than 35,000 people from 140 countries gathered in Cochabamba, Bolivia andkarahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-91291514001374410622010-05-19T14:13:00.008-04:002010-05-19T14:26:13.354-04:00The Climate Justice Groundswell From Copenhagen to Cochabamba to CancunTIQUIPAYA, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales spoke for many developing nations last December when he rejected the United Nation’s Copenhagen Accord as “an agreement reached between the world’s biggest polluters that is based on the exclusion of the very countries, communities and peoples who will suffer most from the consequences of climate change.”Many of those most disappointed in the Digital Warrior Mediahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01637282869267520523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-22036114429071697582010-05-07T19:23:00.000-04:002010-05-08T06:08:46.880-04:00UN Presentation World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.UN Press Conferernce on the Report Of World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.@ Yahoo! Video Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-60270369234997154902010-04-19T23:41:00.014-04:002010-04-21T15:22:55.584-04:00Bolivia Leads Civil Society in Climate Change Debate"These three or four days will be like an earthquake, from Cochabamba, Bolivia, to defend life and to save humanity," - Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma (digitalwarriormedia) Tiquipaya, BOLIVIA - Thousands descended upon the small town of Tiquipaya, Bolivia today as government officials, environmental groups and activists begin the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-37883752001604170852010-01-05T07:59:00.009-05:002010-01-05T08:37:02.598-05:00U.S. & Bolivia: What's Old is New Again(digitalwarriormedia) Relations between Bolivia and the United States ended on a sour note in 2009, as President Obama failed to re-instate trade preferences for the Andean nation and a Bolivian politician escaped arrest by fleeing to the U.S.These most recent events have widened the rift between the two nations and could jeopardize the normalization of bilateral relations which were stalled in karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-32875739878978531072009-12-07T17:29:00.007-05:002009-12-08T15:38:35.671-05:00Morales’ Mandate for Change Wins(digitalwarriormedia) LA PAZ – It was another day of history-making for Bolivia on Sunday as voters delivered an overwhelming victory to incumbent President Evo Morales Ayma. Preliminary results show Morales winning re-election with 63% of the national vote and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party claiming a majority in both houses of Bolivia’s Congress.The second place presidential karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-60902091826603291852009-12-06T01:50:00.016-05:002009-12-06T02:16:06.390-05:00Watching Another Transformative Moment in Bolivia(digitalwarriormedia) LA PAZ – On a luminous, clear day in the heart of Bolivia’s capital city La Paz, people mingled about the streets on the eve of one of the most significant days in Bolivia’s recent history. Tranquilo is how Bolivians were describing the mood throughout the country as voters anticipate their national elections on Sunday, December 6.In front of La Paz’s Departmental Electoral karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-40426461353764999542009-12-04T07:50:00.006-05:002009-12-04T08:37:21.075-05:00CEPR Report: Bolivia - Strongest Economy in HemisphereAdapted from Bolivia: The Economy During the Morales Administration by Mark Weisbrot, Rebecca Ray, and Jake JohnstonBolivia’s economic growth in the last four years has been higher than at any time in the last 30 years, averaging 4.9 percent annually since the current administration took office in 2006. The government has increased its control over natural resources and vastly increased its karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20494362.post-16956473132345083982009-12-03T12:35:00.006-05:002009-12-03T13:17:41.471-05:00In The Final Days of the Campaign(digitalwarriormedia) LA PAZ - With just three days remaining before Bolivia's national election, a reversal by the National Electoral Court (CNE) on Monday has ensured that hundreds of thousands of citizens will be able to vote this coming Sunday. A previous ruling was set to keep 400,671 Bolivians from voting unless they presented birth certificates to the Civil Registry by today, but Monday's karahwoodwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11345571907851781287noreply@blogger.com0