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4 Police Lynched, Linares Admits Government Has Lost Control of Uncía

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

The bodies of four Bolivian policemen who were tortured and then lynched in an area of Potosí near the Chilean border have still not been returned to the grieving families …

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2 Police in Potosí Arrested for Raping 18 Year Old

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

In Llallagua, Potosí on May 25th judge Virginia Colque ordered the immediate arrest of two police officers accused of raping an 18 year old woman. Prosecutor Charles Torres…

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Opposition Angered by “Transitory Law”

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

The Bolivian opposition was angered by President Morales’ decision to promote the so called “Transitory Law” that will allow him to suspend governors that have judicial investigations…

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Franchises Flourish in Bolivia, for Better and Worse

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Traveling from Bolivia’s back roads to the cosmopolitan La Paz feels like traveling to another…

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Salary Increases Pit Teachers Against Parents

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

After weeks of sporadic teacher strikes protesting what they say was an insufficient salary increase, parents of students in six macro-districts of La Paz…

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President Morales Calls on Pope to “Humanize” Catholic Church

Monday, May 17th, 2010

In a 25-minute meeting today with Pope Benedict XVI in the Vatican, Bolivian President Evo Morales submitted a letter in which he asked the Pope…

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Teachers’ Strikes Spread through La Paz

Monday, May 17th, 2010

Teachers’ strikes gripped central La Paz Wednesday, blocking part of the main street and leaving many downtown schools teacherless for the third…

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Exporters Say Fair Trade Deal Would Help Bolivians

Thursday, May 13th, 2010

Bolivian exporters said today that the exclusion of Bolivia from the Association Agreement with the European Union will mean that the exportation sector will lose…

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Evo Buys Manchester United Plane

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

The Bolivian government confirmed on May 11th that it has bought a luxury airplane model Falcon 900 that belonged to Manchester United. “This is a plane tha…

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Women’s Organizations Propose 5 Laws

Monday, May 10th, 2010

On May 7th women’s groups presented to the Plurinational Legislative Assembly 5 proposed new laws: The Law of Autonomy and…

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