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21 Oct 2008, 12:17 pm
[JURIST] The Bolivian National Congress [official website, in Spanish] Tuesday ratified proposed reforms [PDF text, in Spanish] to the country's constitution, paving the way for a national referendum on the changes on January 25, 2009. [read post]
6 Aug 2006, 3:32 am
[JURIST] A Bolivian constitutional convention championed by President Evo Morales [BBC profile] was set to open Sunday with the goal of rewriting the country's constitution [text]. [read post]
17 Jun 2008, 8:10 am
[JURIST] Bolivian officials Monday rejected [press release, archived, in Spanish] a Peruvian proposal to expand intellectual property protections, arguing that the amendment would be illegal and would harm the Bolivian economy. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 8:56 am
[JURIST] Several Bolivian opposition groups have said that the nation's new constitution is illegitimate, alleging that supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales [official website, in Spanish; BBC profile] used legal loopholes to rush its approval. [read post]
2 Sep 2008, 4:07 am
[JURIST] The administration of Bolivian President Evo Morales [official website; BBC profile] is refusing to recognize a National Electoral Court (CNE) [official website] decision suspending a constitutional referendum set for Dec. 7 [JURIST report]. [read post]
30 Aug 2006, 1:42 pm
[JURIST] A Bolivian constitutional convention [official website, in Spanish] championed by President Evo Morales [official website, in Spanish; BBC profile] has delayed voting on a motion that would allow the assembly to create a constitutional framework without having to answer to Congress or the judiciary. [read post]
11 Aug 2008, 3:15 am
[JURIST] Bolivian national referendum [JURIST reports] results released Monday show that President Evo Morales [official website; BBC profile] won an estimated 63% of the votes on Sunday, enough to stay in office. [read post]
16 Oct 2010, 6:58 pm by Howard Friedman
On October 8, Bolivian President Evo Morales signed the newly enacted Law Against Racism and All Forms of Discrimination. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 1:02 pm
[JURIST] Bolivian officials on Tuesday formally requested that the US issue extradition orders for former Bolivian president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada [official profile, in Spanish; TrialWatch profile] to face genocide charges for his role in October 2003 riots [Amnesty International backgrounder] over corporate exploitation of the country's natural gas resources that left at least 60 dead. [read post]
6 Dec 2007, 3:02 am
[JURIST] Bolivian President Evo Morales [official website; BBC profile] has proposed a national referendum on whether he and the country's nine provincial governors should remain in office in response to accusations that the process of creating a new constitution [text] has been illegitimate. [read post]
18 Jan 2009, 4:55 am
On January 25, Bolivians vote on a proposed new constitution for the country. [read post]
15 Mar 2009, 4:39 am
[JURIST] Bolivian President Evo Morales [official website; BBC profile], empowered by his country's new constitution [PDF text, in Spanish], began redistributing land to indigenous farmers Saturday. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 8:05 pm
  The collapse of the Evo Morales government in Bolivia has now appeared to have cost Cuba its doctors program there (Cuba cries foul as doctors head home from Bolivia). [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 9:38 am
[JURIST] The Bolivian National Congress [official website, in Spanish] on Tuesday approved legislation [text, PDF; in Spanish] that would create an independent justice system for indigenous communities. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 8:55 am
[JURIST] The majority of Bolivian newspapers engaged in a joint protest Thursday against a proposed anti-racism law [text, PDF; in Spanish] that they claim would damage freedom of expression. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 12:14 pm by Sung Un Kim
[JURIST] Bolivian authorities on Monday arrested a former chief of the country's armed forces on corruption charges. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 6:48 am by Julia Zebley
[JURIST] The Bolivian Supreme Court of Justice [official website, in Spanish] on Tuesday convicted seven officials—five military officers and two former cabinet ministers—of committing genocide. [read post]
30 Dec 2013, 8:17 am by Simon Lester
From the European Commission: The European Union will continue to offer enhanced access to the EU market for vulnerable developing countries as of 1 January 2014: Armenia, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Georgia, Mongolia, Paraguay, Pakistan and Peru. [read post]
8 Jul 2018, 12:35 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
It was the Klarsfelds who identified the Butcher of Lyons, Klaus Barbie, who was living in exile in Bolivia under an assumed name. [read post]