COALiTION OF BOLIVIAN NGOS REJECTS OFFICIAL RIO+20 DECLARATION:
The Rio+20 approach makes things worse by putting nature up for sale, says the Bolivian Climate Change Platform, which represents indigenous organisations and social movements in Bolivia
Brazil still dominates Bolivia’s gas industry
Even with the partial nationalisation of oil and gas in 2006, Brazil still controls the industry, say experts.
Bolivia: Amazon Road Plan Has Native People on the March Again
Indigenous people in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia are again preparing to make the long march to La Paz, 21 years after their first such protest.
Bolivia: Nothing new in TIPNIS road
Way back in the 18th century, plans were afoot to build a road through the lands occupied by the Yuracares indigenous group, which is just the route to be taken by today's controversial TIPNIS road.
Bolivia: Cancun text is “hollow” and “false”
The Bolivian government has decried the agreement reached in Cancun. "An accord where only the powerful win is not a negotiation but an imposition", it says in a statement.
Cochabamba strategy meeting seeks new agenda
Bolivian social movements and other representative organisations met in mid-December to discuss policies for the next phase of the MAS government. The Bolivian Information Forum gives its analysis.