Bolivia
Latest from USIP on Bolivia
- May 7, 2010 | Event
Land is at the root of many violent conflicts and wars around the world. In addition to fighting over land and related natural resources, rural landholding systems often sustain patterns of inequality and widespread rural poverty that generate conflict. This event co-sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the InterAmerica Foundation will examine the challenges of land tenure and the efforts at land reform in Colombia and Bolivia--two Latin American countries where the gap between the rich and poor is among the greatest in the world.
- April 20, 2010 | Publication
Private oil companies invested $800 million in Peru in 2009 alone, and another $1 billion is planned for investments in natural gas developments between 2010-2013, as Peru is rapidly on its way to becoming Latin America’s first exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG). New oil and gas revenues have contributed to Peru’s steady economic growth. But growing opposition from indigenous groups to these new hydrocarbons projects is polarizing Peru’s already highly unequal society and creating dangerously conflictive situations.
- October 28, 1982 | Publication
Truth Commission: National Commission for Investigation for Forced Disappearances
Duration: 1982 - 1984
Charter: Supreme Decree No. 19241
Commissioners: 8
Report: No final report