Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | March 15th, 2005 |

Weeks of road blockades have virtually cut the country in half and raised concerns that food will soon be scarce in many cities because produce cannot get from the eastern... [Read this entry]

Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | January 25th, 2005 |

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Two weeks of strikes and roadblocks have greeted the decision by the government to cut subsidies on gasoline, thereby increasing the cost to consumers. Protests in La Paz early in... [Read this entry]

Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | July 6th, 2004 |

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Bolivia will hold a national referendum on natural gas policy July 18, and demonstrations in the days leading up to the vote and after are likely. Last year, anger over... [Read this entry]

Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | April 27th, 2004 |

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Just six months after driving the president from power and into exile, Bolivians staged further massive protests in La Paz demanding the resignation of the current president who took office... [Read this entry]

Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | February 11th, 2004 |

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Three months after unrest drove the president from office, Bolivia is showing signs of further trouble. An alleged plot to storm the country’s congress while legislators were inside was broken... [Read this entry]

Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | December 3rd, 2003 |

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The chaos of mid-October that forced the president�’s resignation has passed, mass demonstrations in the cities have stopped and roadblocks in the Altiplano and Yungas Valley have been dismantled, but... [Read this entry]

Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | October 14th, 2003 |

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Protests over government plans to sell natural gas to the U.S. and Mexico boiled over recently with many deaths in conflicts with riot police, and martial law declared in El... [Read this entry]

Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | September 24th, 2003 |

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Hundreds of tourists, including 11 Americans, were held at a rural roadblock for five days by peasants protesting a government plan to export natural gas to the U.S. They were... [Read this entry]

Bolivia

By Larry Habegger | February 19th, 2003 |

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The security situation in Bolivia has deteriorated significantly, with the president being spirited away from his palace Feb. 12 because of clashes between the armed forces and striking police and... [Read this entry]

Unions representing everyone from teachers

By Larry Habegger | January 14th, 2003 |

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Unions representing everyone from teachers to transportation workers to peasant workers to coca producers are protesting government inaction on several fronts. Travel in Bolivia could be disrupted in the coming... [Read this entry]

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