Bolivia's Evo Morales in Hot Seat Over Climate Policy
Bolivia's Evo Morales in Hot Seat Over Climate Policy
By
Guy Edwards, Camila Bustos
Tensions are growing between Bolivia's government and civil society ahead of climate talks
An estimated 3,000 climate activists will arrive in the Bolivian town of Tiquipaya this weekend for the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and Defense of Life. Also in attendance: Some 3,000 police officers, tasked with “securing” the conference in a sign of the increasingly troubled relationship between Bolivia’s President Evo Morales and the indigenous and rural groups whose interests he once vowed to protect.
The People’s Conference is an attempt to promote civil society...
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