Sara Shahriari is a print and radio journalist based in La Paz, Bolivia. To contact Sara regarding freelance or work as a fixer, please email her at shahriari.sara@gmail.com.

Bolivia Highway Protests Grow After Police Crackdown- BBC World Service (Video)

Indigenous marchers from Bolivia’s lowlands vow to continue their protest against a government-backed highway after a violent police intervention.

Bolivia Indigenous Marchers Protest Government Highway- Indian Country Today (Video)

Two months into their 350-mile trek, indigenous protestors from Bolivia’s lowlands near the government seat of La Paz. They demand President Evo Morales cancel plans for a road that would bisect an indigenous territory and national park.

Bolivia Drops Out Of U.N. Drug Pact- The Christian Science Monitor

Bolivia withdraws from the 1961 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in a move to remove language that bans chewing the coca leaf.

Bolivia’s Land Revolution- The Christian Science Monitor

Bolivian President Evo Morales wants to bring over 50 years of agrarian reform to a successful conclusion by relocating Bolivia’s poorest citizens to available land. Though life on these settlements is tough, many residents remain hopeful.

Tourism and Tragedy in Bolivia’s Mines-The Pennsylvania Gazette

Every year thousands of tourists, including this journalist, visit Bolivia’s mines. An essay on what draws so many people to the scene of such hardship.