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The Analysis News, September 06\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0An interview with Kathryn Ledebur, Director of The Andean Information Network, about\u00a0<\/span>Bolivia\u2019s Coup Government Uses Repression and Pandemic to Avoid Election.<\/p>\n

American Indian Airways on KPFK, September 05\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0An interview with Kathryn Ledebur, Director of The Andean Information Network, about the racist focus of\u00a0 Bolivia<\/span>\u2018s coup government and paramilitary groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

CBC LISTEN, August 25\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0An Interview with Kathryn Ledebur, Director of The Andean Information Network, about Bolivian rights organization on Juan Tellez.<\/p>\n

The Washington Post, August 12\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think you can say [the socialist] leadership is controlling this thing,\u201d said Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network, a think tank based in Cochabamba. \u201cI\u2019m not sure they have the power to stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n

BNN Bloomberg, August 10\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cMost rural areas in the entire nation are blockaded and they\u2019re blockaded by a variety of social movements,\u201d said Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network, a Bolivia-based think tank.<\/p>\n

NACLA. June 26\/2020:\u00a0<\/a>\u201cOne would expect that turning over \u00c1lvarez Peralta would be an easy diplomatic victory for \u00c1\u00f1ez, yet he still walks free in Bolivia and there doesn\u2019t appear to be any effort under way to work with the United States on capturing him,\u201d Ledebur, of the Andean Information Network, said.<\/p>\n

BNN Bloomberg, May 20\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe ventilator scandal \u201cdoes not amuse most of the population which has been struggling to eat on $73 government stipend per family for two months\u201d said Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network, a Bolivia-based think tank.\u201d<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera Network, March 20\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0An Interview with Kathryn Ledebur, Director of The Andean Information Network, about the influence that OAS had in the last Bolivian elections \u00a0and other countries.<\/p>\n

Estrategia Nacional Contra el Narcotr\u00e1fico y la Econom\u00eda Ilegal de las Drogas- \u201cBolivia, Libre de Drogas\u201d, February\/2020.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0La Estrategia nacional contra el narcotr\u00e1fico y la econom\u00eda ilegal de las drogas: \u201cBolivia, libre de drogas\u201d es un modelo de gesti\u00f3n integral y equilibrada que expresa la nueva pol\u00edtica de lucha contra las drogas del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia.<\/p>\n

VICE News, February 26\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0Morales\u2019s departure and the rhetoric around the lead-up to elections in May is already affecting coca farmers negatively, said\u00a0Kathryn Ledebur<\/strong>, director of the Andean Information Network and a researcher at Reading University in the UK.<\/p>\n

The Real News Network, February 14\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0As campaigning begins to repeat the Oct. 20 election that ended in a coup against former President Evo Morales, it remains far from certain whether this new election, under right-wing President Jeanine A\u00f1ez, will be free and fair, interview with\u00a0Kathryn Ledebur<\/strong>\u00a0of the Andean Information Network and a researcher at Reading University in the UK.<\/p>\n

AP News, January 07\/2020:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe Trump administration has clearly picked sides,\u201d said Kathryn Ledebur of the nonprofit Andean Information Network in Bolivia and a researcher at Reading University in the UK. \u201cBut it should also highlight concerns about human rights violations and erosion of democratic rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Guardian, December 02\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0On 15 November, the police and military opened fire on indigenous protesters outside Bolivia\u2019s fourth largest city, Cochabamba, killing nine and wounding more than 120. \u201cWe were marching peacefully and they began shooting off tear gas and firing on us,\u201d a crying woman told the Andean Information Network. \u201cThey treated us like animals.\u201d Four days later, in El Alto,\u00a0police and military opened fire again<\/a>\u00a0on indigenous demonstrators, leaving eight dead and more than 30 wounded.<\/p>\n

Socialist Project, December 01\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0In this interview, Corvin Russell speaks with\u00a0Kathryn Ledebur<\/strong>\u00a0of the Andean Information Network and\u00a0Bret Gustafson<\/strong>\u00a0of Washington University in St. Louis about the coup, right wing atrocities, and extreme repression currently happening in Bolivia.<\/p>\n

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NPR News, November 25\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0It\u2019s a whole reshaping of the discourse around religious symbolism and, I think, superiority says Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network in Cochabamba, Bolivia.<\/div>\n
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PBS News, November 25\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThere\u2019s been a great deal of racism, a great deal of polarization, a great deal of hatred, aimed at indigenous communities because of this election,\u201d said Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network, a human rights nonprofit in Cochabamba. \u201cIt\u2019s been a problem since Morales first won in 2006, but now there\u2019s a reason to raise the issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Nation, November 18\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network, says, \u201cThere haven\u2019t been this many dead at once since at least 2008.\u201d And extreme-right-wing culture wars have also been waged outside the presidency.<\/div>\n
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Chapo Trap House, November 18\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Interview with Kathryn Ledebur, Director of\u00a0 the Andean Information Network, about the ongoing political crisis in Bolivia.<\/div>\n
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Democracy Now, November 18\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0The military was armed \u2014 we didn\u2019t see any injuries from rubber pellets, but we found at the site of the massacre, during our investigation Friday night, hundreds of tear gas canisters, U.S.-issued tear gas, two different kinds, and hundreds of spent military bullets. It\u2019s interesting to note that the self-proclaimed Bolivian government claims that coca growers were armed and that they had firearms, says Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network in Cochabamba, Bolivia and a researcher at Reading University in the UK.<\/div>\n
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A News, November 15\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Political analyst Kathryn Ledebur of the nonprofit Andean Information Network in Bolivia, who has lived in the country for nearly 30 years, said Morales could have a case.\u201dA resignation letter has to be presented and considered, and accepted in the plenary before it goes into effect,\u201d she said. \u201cDo I think that Evo wants to return and be president \u2013 I don\u2019t see that. But does he want to mess with them? Yes. He wants to keep them guessing.\u201d<\/div>\n
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AP News, November 15\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Political analyst Kathryn Ledebur of the nonprofit Andean Information Network in Bolivia, who has lived in the country for nearly 30 years, said Morales could have a case in saying his resignation is invalid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Video Cesar Sipe, Sacaba-Bolivia,November 15\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0For the coup deniers and \u201cprotestors in shot themselves\u201d crew: Here\u2019s the video C\u00e9sar Sipe was taking on his cell when the Bolivian military shot and killed him during the massacre November 15, in Huayllani \u2013 Sacaba, Bolivia. Brace yourselves. It\u2019s hard to watch; but it\u2019s clear what happened.<\/div>\n
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Wola, November 14\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Interview with Kathryn Ledebur, a longtime Bolivia expert and colleague who directs the Andean Information Network in Cochabamba-Bolivia, about Bolivia\u2019s Post-Evo Meltdown.<\/div>\n
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Buzz Feed News,November 14\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0The people making the threats aren\u2019t bothering to conceal their real names, according to Kathryn Ledebur, a political expert in Bolivia and the director of the Andean Information Network, a nonprofit that promotes human rights.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera Network, November 14\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0An Interview with Kathryn Ledebur, Director of The Andean Information Network, about the tension in Bolivia after Evo Morales resigned as president and Jeanine A\u00f1ez declared herself the interim leader.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Christian Science Monitor, November 14\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a mess,\u201d says Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network in Cochabamba, Bolivia and a researcher at Reading University in the UK. \u201cRight now none of what is going on is democratic,\u201d she says, referring \u201cfirst and foremost\u201d to Senator \u00c1\u00f1ez\u2019s declaration.<\/div>\n
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The Real News Network, November 12\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Yesterday was an extremely violent day. Yesterday evening, the Bolivian armed forces went out on the streets, something that they had not done during this conflict when Morales remained president, says Kathryn Ledebur.<\/div>\n
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PBS News, November 11\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0It\u2019s interesting. The way that the conflict has evolved now, it\u2019s really splitting down much more on class lines and ethnic lines and rural-urban lines, says Kathryn Ledebur.<\/div>\n
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The Inquirer, November 10\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThey made a conscious choice to avoid sustained, violent conflict,\u201d said Kathy Ledebur, the director of the Andean Information Network in Bolivia. \u201cThe rural areas that support Evo could have come and laid siege to the cities. They could have kept it up for days. That did not happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

OZI News, Octuber 27\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cRight-wing governments are good at getting elected and stirring up discontent and attacking the opposition, but they aren\u2019t very good at governing,\u201d says Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network and a researcher at Reading University in the U.K.<\/div>\n
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Aljazeera Network, Octuber 26\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0 Kathryn Ledebur of the Cochabamba-based research centre, the Andean Information Network, said that accusations of a rigged vote began simmering months before the election, creating an \u201cexpectation of fraud going into the elections\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bloomberg, Octuber 24\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Clashes broke out between rival supporters in some cities in the worst violence is the worst the nation has seen in more than a decade, according to Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network, a Bolivia-based think tank.<\/div>\n
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The Real\u00a0 News Network, Octuber 22\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cMost largely ran on a campaign of stability, of effective programs, of their track record. Obviously, that wasn\u2019t enough to convince the majority of voters. We now have a scenario where Mesa has not had a clear platform either except in rejection of Morales and an idea of rolling back partially his policies. I think it\u2019s going to be an interesting time for Bolivian voters to begin to envision what a potential Carlos Mesa government might be like and what that impact would be. And I think voters could go many ways\u201d. says Kathryn Ledebur.<\/div>\n
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The Guardian, Octuber 21\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0\u201cFourth place candidate Oscar Ortiz expressed vehement rejection of Carlos Mesa\u2019s proposals during the campaign,\u201d said Kath Ledebur of the Cochabamba-based think tank, Andean Information Network. \u201cBut it wouldn\u2019t be the first time in Bolivia\u2019s electoral history that sworn enemies have formed marriages of convenience to take office.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Wola, Octuber 02\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Interview with Kathryn Ledebur about the issues that have defined the electoral campaign, the potential voting scenarios, and the implications for Bolivia if Morales is voted out of office or retains the presidency for another five-year term.<\/div>\n
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The Guardian, September 05\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Kathryn Ledebur, whose area of expertise includes programmes to allow Bolivian farmers to continue cultivating the coca plant from which cocaine is produced, said in \u201cthe shift from a US imposed violent eradication of the plant in the so-called war on drugs to a model where coca is rationed, farmers are allowed to grow it for alternatives and it actually works in creating basic farm incomes rather destroying entire crops\u201d.<\/div>\n
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The Dialogue, August 29\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Kathryn Ledebur, director of the Andean Information Network in Cochabamba: \u201cAugust results indicate a growing gap between Morales and Mesa. Morales shows a three-point advantage even in urban areas, assumed to be the strongest sector of opposition support. Third-place candidate Ortiz dominates in Santa Cruz. Polling consistently underestimates support for Morales in rural areas. Without a clear electoral platform, consolidated party or achievements during his short presidential term, it is unlikely that Mesa can defeat Morales, who now could win in the first round.<\/div>\n
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World Politics Review, August 7\/2019:<\/a>\u00a0Eradication vs. Legal Coca: Colombia and Bolivia\u2019s Disparate Drug Policies with Isabel Pereira of De Justicia (Colombia) and Kathryn Ledebur of Andean Information Network.<\/div>\n
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