10th December 2010
OHCHR’s representative in Bolivia, Denis Racicot, writes as a guest blogger. For more information visit http://bolivia.ohchr.org. In 1966, by means of the signing of the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination and the subsequent ratification en 1970, the State of Bolivia committed to adopt all the necessary measures for the […]
25th November 2010
Bolivia is the country in South America with the third highest incidence of pirated software – films, music, computer games. Many regard pirating – the illegal copying of licensed software – as standard practice. Few think about copying a DVD or CD, and in La Paz it is almost impossible to buy a copy of […]
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5th November 2010
So often, our newspapers and other media focus on the bad news stories. We watch the news, or read the front page, and depression sets in. “Good news is no news”, say the cynics. The event I attended on 4 November at Unduavi, in the Yungas of La Paz, breaks the trend. Even more so, […]
16th October 2010
It is often said that we are more likely, in the future, to fight wars over water than over oil. Global warning, and changes to our climate, mean that this future possibility becomes more real every day. In Bolivia, every year, the glaciers that supply water – for drinking and hydro-electric power – to cities […]
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30th September 2010
No, Bolivian readers, I am not commenting on the new Law against Racism. The debate around that law does indeed show just how sensitive is the issue of freedom of expression, and how careful legislators must be when drafting laws that might impact upon what is a critical tenet of democracy. Instead, I want to […]