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Bolivia
A Risk of Genocide: Protecting Amazon Peoples Endangered by Petroleum Exploration in Bolivia
The area of oil extraction in Bolivia has increased from 3 million hectares in 2007 to more than 31 million.
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Bolivia Is in a Drought State of Emergency
Over 2 million residents of Bolivia are at risk due to severe drought caused by glacial melt in the Andes.
The Horizon of Evo Morales’ Long Decade in Power: Implications of Bolivia’s Referendum Results
Bolivia's longest standing and most popular president finally has an end date for his time in power.
Fracking Expands in Latin America, Threatening to Contaminate World’s Third-Largest Aquifer
One-fifth of the water in Latin America's Southern Cone region is at risk of contamination due to fracking.
Operation Naked King: Secret DEA Sting in Bolivia Confirms Evo Morales’ Fears About US Meddling
The US government has secretly targeted Bolivian President Evo Morales with a drug sting.
Corrupted Idealism: Bolivia’s Compromise Between Development and the Environment
A policy both environmentally sustainable and economically promising may be challenging to implement, but is by no means impossible and by all means necessary.
Plans Proceed to Extract Oil and Gas From Bolivia’s National Parks
Bolivian President Evo Morales escalates the stakes in the debate over extractivism as an anti poverty strategy.
Fifteen Years of Community-Controlled Water in Bolivia
Marcela Olivera, an activist in Bolivia's Water Wars of 2000, talks about the victories of the movement and its ongoing legacy today.
Guatemalan Domestic Workers Reveal a Dirty Business
Fidelia Castellanos' story is the story of thousands of Guatemalan women.
Bolivia: 15 Years After the Cochabamba Water Revolt, Echoes in New Cases of Corporate Abuse
Fifteen years ago this month the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia were victorious in their now-famous showdown with one of the most powerful multinational corporations in the world.