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Friday, August 16, 2013 - 00:00
Although they failed to provide any explanation, the same ONDCP press release reported Bolivia's potential cocaine production for 2011 at 190 metric tons—instead of the whopping 265 metric tons for 2011 reported by the same office a year earlier.
Friday, June 1, 2012 - 00:00
A controversial change in the National Police Commander is the most recent manifestation of the deepening crisis within the Bolivian police institution.
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 00:00
Despite protests from journalists across the country, the Bolivian Legislative Assembly passed the law without modifying contested articles 16 and 23, which outline potential penalties for members of the media who publish racist or discriminatory ideas
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 00:00
The one percent increase reported by UNODC for 2009 contrasts sharply with the 2010 U.S. International Narcotics Control Strategy report, which cited a 9.38 percent increase from 32,000 to 35,000 hectares for 2009, which they inexplicably rounded up to te
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 00:00
On September 15, the Obama administration submitted the Memorandum of Justification explaining their decision to name Bolivia as a country that "failed demonstrably... to adhere to their obligations under international counternarcotics agreements&quo
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - 00:00
On September 26, coca growers attempting to settle illegally in the Isiboro-Secure Park and indigenous Yuracare inhabitants clashed in a violent conflict, leading to the gunshot death of at least one person and the injury of several others. The clash hig
Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 00:00
The Obama administration's "decertification" of Bolivia's drug control efforts, announced last night, is unwarranted and risks unnecessarily complicating efforts underway to improve U.S.-Bolivian relations, according to the Washington Office on
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 00:00
The Bush administration evidently chose to use drug decertification and suspension from ATPDEA in an attempt to punish the Morales government for expelling the U.S. ambassador
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 00:00
The Bolivia Crisis for Beginners
featuring
Kathryn Ledebur
Director, Andean Information Network (AIN)
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 00:00
Tensions persisted in Bolivia last week following violent protests and politically-motivated killings. The following chronological summary provides information about the national and international reactions to these events