News stories by Franz Chavez, page 2
Bolivia’s Anti-Racism Law – Not Worth the Paper It’s Written On?
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Feb 13 (IPS) - Three years ago Bolivia passed a law to combat discrimination and racism, but no one has been convicted as a result, in spite of hundreds of legal complaints.
Lynch Mobs Hide Behind 'Community Justice' in Bolivia
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Dic 09 (IPS) - Images of tortured bodies and barely recognisable faces, victims of lynch mobs made up of furious local residents, periodically shock Bolivian society.
In the Land of Gas, the Residents Have None
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Feb 12 (IPS) - The 19,000 inhabitants of the municipality of Caraparí, the area supplying a third of Bolivia's gas exports, do not have access to gas or petrol, six years after the nationalisation of the mega deposit and almost a quarter century after its discovery.
Bolivian Sugar Industry Recovers and Seeks Markets
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Nov 13 (IPS) - Bolivia's sugar mills are once again operating at full capacity, with producers flooding the domestic market and desperate to obtain permits to export a surplus of 138,000 tons to Chile, Colombia, Peru and the United States.
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