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Blockades, marches and human shields: Bolivia’s farmers resist as land opened up to industry
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jul/15/blockades-marches-and-human-shields-bolivias-farmers-resist-as-land-opened-up-to-industry
Published: July 15, 2026 10:00
Indigenous groups organised mass protests over a series of deals by the president, Rodrigo Paz, that prioritise agribusiness and mining interestsFrom her home in the Bolivian Amazon, Vivian Palomequi walked for a month and more than 560 miles (900km) to…
Can Bolivia’s historic big cat release help change jaguar conservation in the country?
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/02/project-reintroducing-jaguars-wild-bolivia-aoe
Published: July 2, 2026 05:00
Poaching and wildfires have driven the country’s jaguar population to a critical level, and until now even rescued animals faced life in captivity. A new approach to rehabilitation could change that – but critics are unsureA tentative paw emerged from a…
Bolivian president declares state of emergency and deploys military to quell anti-government protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/21/bolivian-president-declares-state-of-emergency-and-deploys-military-to-quell-anti-government-protests
Published: June 21, 2026 04:23
Bulldozers sent in to clear roadblocks that have stifled the country as farmers and Indigenous groups protest against conservative president Bolivia’s president declared a state of emergency on Saturday and deployed soldiers and bulldozers to raze…
The US has deported thousands to third countries. This must stop | James A Goldston and Natasha Arnpriester
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/28/trump-deportations-asylum
Published: May 28, 2026 12:00
Monitors estimate 17,500 people have been sent to countries they may never have visited – and where they could face further dangerJosé Yugar-Cruz spent 17 months in a county jail in Muscatine, Iowa, despite never having committed a crime.Originally from…
Bolivia rocked by protests as US warns of ‘coup d’état’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/bolivia-protests-coup-paz-pereira
Published: May 20, 2026 16:23
Clashes between demonstrators and police in La Paz have entered second week, shaking centre-right presidentProtests blocking roads across Bolivia and turning the centre of the capital, La Paz, into a battleground between demonstrators and police have…
Protesters and police clash in La Paz as Bolivia’s anti-government unrest escalates – video
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2026/may/19/protesters-and-police-clash-in-la-paz-as-bolivias-anti-government-unrest-escalates-video
Published: May 19, 2026 16:34
Protesters in Bolivia threw firecrackers and police fired teargas during a march demanding President Rodrigo Paz resign. The leader who took office just six months ago is facing political challenges as the country experiences its worst economic crisis in…
A woman with a bull costume exuding masculine energy: Marisol Mendez’s best photograph
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/13/marisol-mendez-best-photograph-bull
Published: May 13, 2026 14:40
‘This is part of my series Mother. I would ask my subjects: Do you feel more like a Mary Magdalene or a Virgin Mary? It’s always a fun question to ask’Paul McCartney famously says that he got the melody for Yesterday in a dream. I used to think that was…
‘Any other child would have died’: the miraculous survival of Nada Itrab – podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2026/may/01/any-other-child-would-have-died-the-miraculous-survival-of-nada-itrab-podcast
Published: May 1, 2026 04:00
After a nine-year-old girl was kidnapped and taken from Spain to Bolivia, authorities feared the worst. They found her in the rainforest nine months later – but that wasn’t the end of her ordealBy Giles Tremlett. Read by Norah Lopez Holden Continue…
How Bolivia’s cacao farmers took on the gold-mining industry – and won
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/22/mining-agriculture-cacao-farmers-resisting-bolivia-gold-rush
Published: April 22, 2026 11:45
As rising gold prices fuel environmental destruction, communities in the country’s biodiverse heartland are passing laws against mining Mahogany trees tower above Herminio Mamani as he tends his cacao farm in Bolivia’s biodiverse north-west. A former…
Sad faces all round as Bolivia’s clowns protest over decree threatening their livelihoods
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/bolivia-clown-protests-decree-school-holiday-parties
Published: March 31, 2026 00:56
Clowns in Bolivia are upset by mandate that stops schools hosting events from which they earn a livingDozens of clowns have marched through the streets of Bolivia’s capital to protest against a government decree that limits extracurricular activities in…