New Bolivian Ambassador to Ecuador Is Indigenous Woman Leader

Rick Kearns
February 15, 2013
For the first time in history the new Bolivian Ambassador to Ecuador is an indigenous woman, Rusena Maribel Santamaria Mamani, a former leader of a women’s agricultural union...

Evo Morales and Ancient Tradition Sets Sail for Bolivian Solstice on Lake Titicaca

Sara Shahriari
December 21, 2012
Bolivia is marking December 21, the summer solstice south of the equator, in grand style...

Bolivian Indigenous Caucus Challenges Government on Divisive Road Project

Sara Shahriari
January 29, 2012
Indigenous members of the Bolivian Congress recently made waves when they formed a caucus to resist government plans to build a road through the National Park and Indigenous Territ...

Bolivia’s TIPNIS Indigenous Marchers Successful

Sara Shahriari
October 29, 2011
This week hundreds of indigenous Bolivians returned home after successfully pushing the government of President Evo Morales to ban a highway that would have bisected the National P...

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