Bolivia
El Alto Sex Workers on Hunger Strike
May 16, 2012
By Ali Sargent Bolivian sex workers are many – around 45,000 are registered across the country – unionized, working legally but without recognition from the Ley de Trabajo [Work Law]. They are striking to get their doctors and nurses to stop striking. On April 27th, a dozen workers from the union Organization of Night Workers [...]…
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May 11, 2012
The leader of the Bolivian University Executive Committee, Eduardo Cortez, said that during a dialogue with the government to end strikes, the proposal of returning to a six-hour work day for the health sector came up. The government has mandated an eight hour work day without a pay increase, causing strikes by doctors and nurses [...]…
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80 Bolivian Slaves Freed in Argentina
May 10, 2012
Yesterday, 80 Bolivians were freed from a sweatshop where the allegedly worked as slaves in Argentina. Twenty three Bolivians were arrested on charges of slavery for keeping the 80 people in this sewing sweatshop against their will, some of the sweatshop workers were as young as 12 years old. The textile workshop had cramped living [...]…
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Rioting in La Paz
May 9, 2012
Five civilians, a TV camera man, and two police officers were wounded by rocks in street fighting yesterday, on day two of the city-wide transportation strike. Private business leaders estimate that La Paz is losing $ 8 million in commerce every day of the blockade. Transportation workers have taken up solidarity strikes in six departments of [...]…
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Morales Salutes New French President
May 8, 2012
President Evo Morales sent his sincere congratulations to Franço…
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Healthcare Negotiations Advancing
May 4, 2012
The Vice-minister of Health, Martín Maturano, told the public yesterday that the government is putting forward a new proposal to compensate medical workers for accepting the new 8 hour work day. Formerly, doctors and nurses worked only six hours per day and President Morales had insisted that the work day be increased to eight hours [...]…
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After Nationalization, Morales: “Foreign Investment Welcome”
May 2, 2012
Spanish Ambassador Ramón Santos, asked yesterday for a new Bolivian law guaranteeing foreign investments after the recent nationalization of Spanish electric distribution company REE. “We’ve been saying for some time that there needs to be a law guaranteeing foreign investment, precisely to clarify the legal status of businesses that i…
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Brazil Sends 35,000 Troops to Bolivian Border Over Dispute
May 1, 2012
Where the department of Pando abuts the Brazilian territory of Acre (formerly Bolivian land lost in the Acre War of 1903) tensions have been rising. Bolivians denounce Brazilian loggers crossing over into Bolivia illegally to harvest their trees and Brazilians claim that the Bolivian soldiers cross into Brazil to kill their cows. Since 2006 Preside…
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Earthquake jolts Cochabamba
April 27, 2012
A shockwave rolled across Cochabamba at roughly 5:45 p.m. today, rattling buildings and causing people to run out into the streets. No news of injuries have yet been reported and buildings appear to be intact but the city’s dogs and animals are in an uproar. No news agencies are reporting on the quake at this [...]…
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9th Indigenous March Begins
April 27, 2012
Today marks the beginning of the 9th protest march by Amazonian indigenous groups against deforestation and undemocratic actions by the Bolivian government. “At a minimum we are 300 people, but more indigenous communities are arriving by river this Friday morning,” said Amazonian Indigenous Council (CIDOB) leader Adolfo Chávez. The mar…
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