Bolivia

Bolivia After the “No” Vote | NACLA Report

Beyond the defeat of Evo Morales’ referendum, political struggles wage on. Bret Gustafson 03/07/2016 As most now know, Bolivian President Evo Morales suffered a narrow defeat in the constitutional referendum vote on February 21.  A 'Yes' vote would have allowed Evo...

THE QUINOA HACK

New Left Review 85, January-February 2014 by Joshua Berson. A Critique A few years ago the New York Times reported from Bolivia that quinoa, once a staple food of the Andean highlands, had become too expensive for local consumers, who were finding themselves priced...

Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia offer asylum to Edward Snowden

President Maduro offers to protect NSA whistleblower 'from persecution by the empire' and rejects US extradition request Bolivia, Venezuela and Nicaragua have offered asylum to Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower who is believed to have spent the past two weeks at...

UNASUR Summons a meeting to Analyze Affront to Evo Morales

Quito, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) The general secretary of the South American Nations (UNASUR), Ali Rodriguez, summoned an extraordinary meeting of the bloc to analyze the refusal of European countries to allow Bolivian presidential aircraft to land or fly over their...