WHO WE ARE

The Democracy Center works globally to advance social justice through investigation and reporting, training citizens in public advocacy, and leading international citizen campaigns.

Bolivia

Bolivian Shield

Since 1998 The Democracy Center has used its base in Bolivia, in the heart of the Andes, as an opportunity to help educate people about the realities of life in a poor country. Some of that story has been about the realities of economic globalization, including The Center's landmark reporting on the Bolivian Water Revolt. Some of that has been just opening a window into the everyday life in an amazing country, through photographs and stories

Dignity and Defiance: Stories from Bolivia's Challenge to Globalization - The Democracy Center's forthcoming book on the various ways globalization has come to Bolivia: The Water Revolt; an Oil Spill in Bolivia's Highlands; Gas, Oil, and Nationalization; the Deadly Consequences of IMF Economics; Debt Explosion and the Strings Attached; Coca and the 'War against Drugs'; Women and Globalization; and Bolivian Emigration.
Jallalla Magazine - The annual magazine on what Bolivia can teach the world, and other features from the Democracy Center
Investigations
Articles on Bolivia (2000 - 2004)
The Bechtel Case - The Democracy Center's in-depth research and advocacy that followed the Water Revolt
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