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Banners wave at the opening ceremony of the People’s World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth near Cochabamba, Bolivia, April 2010. The People’s Agreement signed at the conference called for the Global North to repay a ‘climate debt’ to the Majority World. AIZAR RALDES/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

20 Jun 2022 6 minute read

A global just transition

How can we phase out fossil fuels in a way that works for people everywhere? The historic Cochabamba People’s Agreement...

9 Dec 2020 3 minute read

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Introducing...Luis Arce Catacora

After months of unconstitutional rule since Jeanine Áñez’s military-backed coup, Richard Swift gives a...

Credit: Vit Simanek/CTK Photo/Alamy

28 Feb 2020 3 minute read

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Hall of infamy: Luis Almagro

Luis Almagro, Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, shows off some nifty moves.

A riot police officer with a Bolivian flag is seen in Sacaba, on the outskirts of Cochabamba, Bolivia, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Danilo Balderrama

14 Feb 2020 3 minute read

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Democracy in peril in Bolivia

Amy Booth on reports on why Bolivia's upcoming election is unlikely to be free and fair.

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Mexico City, Mexico November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

18 Nov 2019 8 minute read

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The coup against Evo Morales was premeditated

An illuminating blow-by-blow account of events leading to Evo Morales’ ousting from power, compiled by the Bolivia...

Passengers at Clapham Junction, south London. According to a 2017 Legatum Institute poll 76 per cent of British passengers want the railways in public ownership.

21 May 2018 5 minute read

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The efficiency myth

Nick Dowson dismantles the notion that the private sector does things better.

Communities around the world are embracing public ownership

15 May 2018 4 minute read

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The people strike back against privatization

Communities across the world taking back control of services and resources.

Cochabamba

1 Mar 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Farewell to the big village

Amy Booth bids farewell to Cochabamba and shares what the ‘big village’ has revealed to her.

Bolivian prisons

1 Jan 2018 3 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

The weighted scales of justice

Amy Booth visits a Bolivian prison and meets those let down by patchy law enforcement.

Bolivia post

12 Dec 2017 3 minute read

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Cochabamba: when the post doesn’t come

Bolivians have had to get used to doing without postal services, writes Amy Booth.

Cochabamba fire

1 Nov 2017 3 minute read

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Fire in Cochabamba’s mountains

Not a sign of progress but a cause for alarm. Amy Booth reports from Cochabamba’s overlong dry season

Cochabamba, Bolivia

1 Oct 2017 3 minute read

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A surprising migration in Bolivia

Amy Booth reports from the back of beyond in Bolivia.

Che route Bolivia

1 Sep 2017 5 minute read

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On the trail of Che Guevara, 50 years on

Julio Etchart follows the ‘Che route’ to the remote spot in Bolivia where he was executed.

1 Sep 2017 3 minute read

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Risking it: from Cochabamba to the West

The wealthy West is an irresistible dream to many Bolivians, Amy Booth discovers.

2 Jul 2017 3 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

Letter from Cochabamba

Amy Booth visits an event of festive solidarity in support of a desperate cause.

1 Jun 2017 3 minute read

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When the lake ran dry

Amy Booth visits a Bolivian isolated indigenous community fallen on hard times, striving to keep their...

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