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Bolivia: police clash with striking workers
At least nine were injured and some 30 detained when security forces clashed with unionists of the Bolivian Workers Central blocking a highway to protest lay-offs.
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Bolivia: labor unrest rocks La Paz
Riot police clashed with protesting laid-off workers in Bolivia's capital during a march against the government's decision to close the country's largest state-run textile company.
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Chile-Bolivia water dispute headed for The Hague
Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that his government will bring suit against Chile before the World Court seeking compensation for waters of the disputed Río Silala.
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Evo Morales’ ex-advisor arrested on guerilla ties
Peruvian journalist Walter Chávez, a key campaign advisor to Bolivian president Evo Morales, was arrested in Argentina on charges of collaboration with the MRTA guerillas.
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Bolivia: violence precedes vote on term limits
The vote on extending presidential term limits in Bolivia takes place amid controversy over who is responsible for a deadly incident of political violence just days earlier.
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Bolivia: arrest in ‘disappearance’ of socialist leader
Authorities in Bolivia announced the arrest of Felipe Molina AKA "El Killer"—long wanted in the 1980 "disappearance" and probable assassination of socialist leader Marcelo Quiroga.
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Signs mount of grave Andean climate crisis
Water shortages and wildfires are reported across Colombia, while Bolivia's second largest lake has completely evaporated amid this year's devastating El Niño phenomenon.
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Bolivia: first woman serves as military commander
For the first time, a woman was sworn in as chief of Bolivia's military High Command, Gen. Gina Reque Terán—ironically, daughter of the general who led the hunt for Che Guevara.
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Bolivia: Guaraní denounce ‘parallelism’ strategy
Guaraní leaders at Itika Guasu say Bolivia's government has used rivalries over oil revenues to instrument a split and impose a new "parallel" leadership over the community.
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Bolivia: amendment on term limits advances
A Bolivian legislative committee approved a constitutional amendment allowing President Evo Morales to run for a fourth consecutive term in office.
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World Court may hear Bolivia case on ocean access
The International Court of Justice ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the case between Bolivia and Chile regarding land-locked Bolivia's access to the Pacific Ocean.
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Bolivia: Potosí mine at issue in regional strike
Protesters cut off access to the Bolivian mining city of Potosí for almost a month in a dispute with the central government over development and investment in the remote region.