Yesterday, seven opposition legislators from the Beni department presented a criminal complaint to the attorney general against the former MAS gubernatorial candidate for Beni. They accused Jessica Jordan of a supposed plot to destabilize the government of Beni Governor Ernesto Suárez. Jordan is a young British-Bolivian former supermodel who ran for governnor of her native [...]

Bolivian President Evo Morales welcomed yesterday’s electoral triumph of Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala over Keiko Fujimori. The election of the leftist nationalist raised expectations in Bolivia, especially concerning Bolivia’s century-old maritime claim against Chile. The 1929 Peace and Friendship Treaty, signed after the War of the Pacific—in which Chile fought against Peru and Bolivia—awarded the [...]

Protests have heightened in the Peruvian town of Desaguadero. Yesterday, two public offices were burned and looted by town residents protesting a mining project which would contaminate Lake Titicaca. According to a report from the ATB television network, the demonstrators first burned…

Movement to Socialism (MAS) Legislator Rebeca Delgado explained yesterday that the new Telecommunications Law seeks to regulate access to content on the internet because, “sometimes it misinforms instead of informs.”  Delgado assured the public that the new law will allow differences of opinion and will not violate the Bolivian constitutional rights to free speech and [...]

Yesterday, Bolivian judge Narda Vega ordered the house arrest of the governor of Beni, Ernesto Suárez Sattori. Suárez is being investigated for alleged irregularities committed during his previous term as prefect in the purchase and repair of an electrical generator in San Borja. Suárez will not be able to leave his home except for work—in [...]

As a result of roadblocks on the Bolivia-Peru border, Bolivian exporters are losing $60,000 (USD )a day. Today, 8 days into the event, the amount comes to…

Lidia Gueiler Tejada, who was president of Bolivia from 1979 to 1980, has died at the age of 89. Throughout the past 60 years, Gueiler has participated in many important political moments in Bolivia, having been part of the National Revolutionary Movement (MNR) party in 1948, before the 1952 revolution. After the MNR was toppled [...]

Thousands of campesinos, coca growers, and MAS supporters converged in central Cochabamba today in support of Bolivian president Evo Morales, and in opposition to strikes and protests carried out by the COB, Bolivia’s largest labor union. Strikes and roadblocks have paralyzed parts of Bolivia over the last week, as demonstrators have blocked major routes between [...]

The Bolivian Cement Society (Soboce) denounced yesterday the judge Betty Nogales’ decision to freeze all of its bank accounts and assets in the Bolivian financial system.  The judge also decided to halt reimbursement payments for the assets that the government has recently expropriated (nationalized) from Soboce. Judge Nogales was suspended from her position by the [...]

After Peru’s presidential election last Sunday President Evo Morales quickly congratulated Ollanta Humala on that same day for his electoral “triumph”. Morales has strongly supported Humala’s campaigns in the past but has kept his support fairly silent during the recent Peruvian electorial campaign. In a somewhat surprising move, Morales sent a letter of congratulations yesterday [...]