Posted in News. While awaiting a referendum to approve their statute and initiate the new Indigenous Autonomous Government, the communities need to improve the management of their territory and natural resources. The territory's high biodiversity and the communities' livelihoods are being threatened by illegal logging, poaching and fishing, as well as the construction of a road that is facilitating illegal access to the territory. Photo: Community of San Antonio del Cuverene. Continue Reading.
Written on 18 March Posted in Bolivia. The Chiquitano 3. Following the approval of Decree No. Bolivia has ratified the main international human rights conventions and has been a signatory to ILO Convention since , with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in full effect since the approval of Law No. Written on 23 December Choquehuanca with Morales when he was Minister of External Affairs.
Photo: Communidad Andina. Written on 13 July Close to members of the Ayoreo people in voluntary isolation survive in the Chaco region in the border between Bolivia and Paraguay. Among the signs that evidence their presence are the wholes and marks on trees; tools and huts found; footprints near bodies of water; and abandoned objects. Today, they are threatened by deforestation, the construction of roads, megafires, and the advance of the farm and cattle ranching frontier.
Written on 28 December In Andean culture, time falls under cycles and is represented as a circle or wheel locked in perpetual motion. The conception of space, associated with agricultural and pastoral activities, is interpreted in similar terms. Surrounded by half a million people, the first indigenous president in Bolivian history arrived to the same place from where he had departed exactly one year earlier. Written on 21 October The most widespread and intractable forest fires ever recorded in Bolivia ravaged the lowland regions of Santa Cruz, Beni, La Paz and Cochabamba last year, making a particularly dark period for the country and for Indigenous Peoples as many of the affected areas were on Indigenous territories and conservation areas.
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President Sanchez de Lozada withdraws the proposal. President Sanchez de Lozada resigns under pressure of protests and is succeeded by Carlos Mesa. Energy protests.
Opponents say deal pre-empts referendum on gas exports planned for July. Protesters take to streets, demand president's resignation. Civic and business leaders in Santa Cruz push for autonomy for the province. Congress rejects the offer, as well as a later request by the president for early elections, and Mr Mesa remains in office. President Mesa promises a rewritten constitution and a referendum on autonomy demands from resource-rich provinces. Socialists in power. Supreme Court head Eduardo Rodriguez is sworn in as caretaker president.
He becomes the first indigenous Bolivian to take office. The bill aims to expropriate up to one fifth of Bolivian land for redistribution to the landless poor. Clashes leave two people dead. Government declares a state of emergency after months of heavy rain leave dozens of people dead and many thousands homeless. The ban rules out international matches in cities such as La Paz and Potosi. Constitutional moves. The government and opposition agree to talks in an effort to resolve the crisis.
Bolivia expels the US ambassador, accusing him of fomenting civil unrest. Washington reciprocates by expelling the Bolivian ambassador.
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