Is Bolivia Ready to Export Lithium?
On October 11, Bolivia’s Mining Minister Jose Pimentel stated that Bolivia plans to start production of lithium carbonate and potassium chloride for export this month, and expects a finalized product...
View ArticleBolivian Quinoa Questions: Production and Food Security
In January and March 2011, several English-language press outlets ran stories on quinoa production in Bolivia. National Public Radio and the Associated Press reported on quinoa as a development...
View ArticleResponse to the Bolivian Ex-President’s Defense Team’s Press Release
On August 30, immediately following the “Black October” verdict, convicting five military officials and two ex-ministers for 68 killings in October 2003, the defense team of ex-president Sánchez de...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Left Bolivia in 2002; Fast Food Still Abundant on City Streets
According to the blogosphere, the biggest news out of Bolivia in the end of 2011 is that Bolivians have rejected McDonald’s. Headlines such as “McDonald’s goes belly up in Bolivia”[i] and “Fast Food...
View ArticleInsight Crime Misrepresents Bolivian Dilemma by Projecting “Prison Gang” Dangers
Insight Crime’s “Massive Overcrowding Allows Bolivia’s Prison Gangs to Flourish” accurately highlights some of the endemic problems faced by Bolivia’s prisons. Yet, the crisis is not new; it began soon...
View ArticleCOHA “Spotlight” on Bolivian Coca Out of Focus
The Council on Hemispheric Affairs’ (COHA) April 25 “Spotlight on Bolivia: The “Coca Diplomacy” of Evo Morales,” generalizes and speculates about Bolivian drug policy and relations with the United...
View ArticleWall Street Journal Warps Impact of American’s Arrest in Bolivia
The Wall Street Journal’s recent article from August 1st, “Jailed American’s Drug Case Stokes Tension With Bolivia,” fails to acknowledge the many discrepancies in the Ostreicher case, dramatically...
View ArticleBrazil Border Piece Gives Bolivia a Bum Rap
The recent Washington Post article, “Brazil tries to fight cocaine trafficking at huge, porous borders,” misrepresents Bolivia’s active collaboration with Brazil on drug control. Juan Forero reports...
View ArticleU.S. Media Myths About Bolivia: The Second Referendum
U.S. Media Myths About Morales’ Bolivia: Part 1 “Evo Morales is intent on … Continue reading U.S. Media Myths...
View ArticleMedia Myth #2: Bolivia’s National Press Law
Impasse: Freedom of Speech, Journalistic Ethics and Bolivia’s National Press Law August 12, 2016 Bolivia’s National Press Law has become a heated topic of debate. On July 27th, journalist Humberto...
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