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Bolivia coca acreages are likely to fall this year

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BOLIVIA

The rise has prompted the EU to announce increased financial support for drug eradication in Bolivia, though a lack of resources for eradication is not the key factor hindering…

Peru teachers' strike ends, but will not be the last

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PERU

However, the government and the strikers failed to reach agreement on the key topic of institutionalising periodic evaluations of teachers’ competence. Marilu Marten’s future as…

Labour reform will not end social unrest in Panama

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PANAMA

Several workers’ unions launched protests in July in anticipation of the reform’s approval, claiming it undermines labour rights. The protests are symptomatic of growing…

Further electoral reform protests are likely in Panama

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PANAMA

Amendments put forward by the legislature have been criticised by actors that helped create the draft text of the proposal, as undermining principles agreed by the electoral…