Inside USA - US interference in Bolivia - 10 May 08 - Part 1
This week Inside USA looks at the Bush administration’s policies in South America’s poorest nation, and asks what the future holds for Bolivia.
Bolivia’s African king -11 March 08
For the first time since they arrived in Bolivia as slaves 182 years ago, attitudes towards African Bolivians are changing. That’s partly because of the government of Evo Morales, which recently approved its first “multi-ethnic, multicultural” constitution.But for many, it’s recognition of Julio Pinedo, an African Bolivian, who is now an official authority and king of the African-Bolivian community. Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports.
Bolivia faces constitutional divides - 08 Dec 2007
When Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, was elected two years ago he promised to rewrite Bolivia’s constitution to improve the lives of the indigenous majority, but this has led to a political crisis.Bolivia’s opposition, mainly the ultra-nationalist Socialist Phalange, says Morales reforms significantly heighten his own powers.After 16 month, a constituent assembly approved a draft constitution but the opposition calls it illegal, Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo, has more on Bolivia’s divisions.