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Sara Shahriari

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President Evo Morales of Bolivia greets supporters at Tiwanaku.
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Evo Morales Begins Historic Third Term as President of Bolivia

By Sara Shahriari
Bolivia's President Evo Morales gives a thumbs up to people at a trout farm where he stopped to eat in Paracti, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014. Morales stopped here to eat as he traveled to the city where he'll vote in tomorrow's general election. Morales is running for a third term in Sunday's presidential elections.
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Evo Morales Set to Become Longest-Serving Leader in Bolivian History

By Sara Shahriari
Eddy Roman Davalos Cayo, 15 Vice President of the Union of Child and Adolescent Workers, and children sit with Bolivian vice president Alvaro Garcia Linera and other leaders at the signing of the new Boys, Girls and Adolecents' code on July 17, 2014.
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A 10-Year-Old Working? Bolivia Changes Child Labor Laws

By Sara Shahriari
Introducing the Clock of the South
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Why Are the Clocks Running Backwards in Bolivia?

By Sara Shahriari
Most nations have laws that prohibit child labor. Yet throughout the world, children in large numbers can be seen toiling in sweatshops, hauling concrete, tilling fields, plucking garbage or peddling shoes. The work is often backbreaking for many children of agricultural families. Agriculture, in fact, employs the majority of the world's working children.
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Exploited Labor: Indigenous Children’s Need to Work Despite Risks

By Sara Shahriari
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Bolivia's New Coca Study Drops Estimate for Legal Demand

By Sara Shahriari
Santosa Tacco Condori shows a tribute to her son, who died on October 13, 2003, during a mass for people killed during the gas war held on October 12, 2013.
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Bolivia Marks 10 Year Anniversary of Historic 'Gas War' Rebellion

By Sara Shahriari
"People are simply being asked to describe themselves, and there is a long history of that being fairly fluid."
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Where Have All the Indigenous Gone? Bolivia Sees 20 Percent Drop

By Sara Shahriari
Evo Morales: "We accept the apologies of the four countries as a first step because we want to continue with respectful relationships between our countries, relationships of complementarity and solidarity."
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Bolivia Accepts Apologies Over Snowden Plane Debacle

By Sara Shahriari
Bolivian President Evo Morales speaking on the latest Edward Snowden (above) incident: "I want to say that now we are going to offer asylum, if he asks."
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Asylum Awaits Snowden in Bolivia as Thousands March at US Embassy

By Sara Shahriari
Evo Morales: "We don't need them to come under the pretext of cooperation and diplomatic relations to conspire against."
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Bolivia Considers Shuttering US Embassy Following Snowden Plane Hijacking

By Sara Shahriari
Could Edward Snowden find safety in Bolivia following recent actions of grounding Bolivian President Evo Morale's plane in Russia.
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Grounding of Morales Plane Could Push Bolivia to Give Snowden Asylum

By Sara Shahriari
James Anaya, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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World Indigenous Conference: Melding Conservation and Land Rights

By Sara Shahriari
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Guillermo Bert's Encoded Textiles Tell Mapuche Stories

By Sara Shahriari
Pastel drawing of a Bolivian woman at her market stall, by Rosmery Mamani Ventura
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Drawing the Dispossessed: Bolivian Artist Rosmery Mamani Ventura

By Sara Shahriari
Jeffrey Veregge fuses his passion for comic books with pride in his heritage.
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Superheroes Meet Native Design in Jeffrey Veregge's Work

By Sara Shahriari
Not Afraid getting her braid on before competing at the Kyi-yo pow wow (Adam Sings In The Timber)
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Jingle Dress Dancing Creates a Glorious Tintinnabulation That Mends the Spirit

By Sara Shahriari
Coca plants grow in the Chapare region in central Bolivia, where attempts to eradicate the coca plant led to decades of sporadic violent confrontations between government forces and coca farmers.
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Bolivia Celebrates Coca Gamble Success in the UN

By Sara Shahriari
Summer Solstice: The residents of Suriqui Island, located in Lake Titicaca, are building this massive boat to carry President Evo Morales on a tour around Lake Titicaca to mark the southern hemisphere's winter solstice on December 21.
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Evo Morales and Ancient Tradition Sets Sail for Bolivian Solstice on Lake Titicaca

By Sara Shahriari
Evo Morales speaking on December 21, the end of the Mayan calendar, as a signal to the end to individualism and capitalism and a turn towards the collective good.
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Evo Morales Looks at December 21 – the ‘Mayan Apocalypse’ – As a New Beginning

By Sara Shahriari
Indigenous peoples in Bolivia's eastern hills began carving the mountaintop at Samaipata around 1,700 years ago. (Photo Credit: Sara Shahriari)
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The Cat and the Rattlesnake: A Visit to Samaipata, Bolivia

By Sara Shahriari
“Mother Earth is the living dynamic system made up of the indivisible community of all living systems and living beings, interrelated, interdependent and complementary, which share a common destiny. Mother Earth is considered sacred; it feeds and is a home that contains, sustains and reproduces all living things, ecosystems, biodiversity, societies and the individuals that compose them.” – Bolivia’s Framework Law for Mother Earth and Holistic Development to Live Well, October 2012
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Bolivia Enacts New Law for Mother Earth

By Sara Shahriari
Coca plants grow in the Chapare region in central Bolivia, where attempts to eradicate the coca plant led to decades of sporadic violent confrontations between government forces and coca farmers.
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Coca Leaf Cultivation Drops in Bolivia as US Criticizes anti-Drug Efforts

By Sara Shahriari
Marchers protesting a highway that would cut through the National Park and Indigenous Territory Isiboro Secure near the city of La Paz in October, 2011.
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TIPNIS Divided as Some Communities Block Government Road Consultation

By Sara Shahriari
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Indigenous Leaders Sign Agreement With Government for Consultation on TIPNIS Highway

By Sara Shahriari
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Video: Indigenous Marchers Camped in La Paz, Seek Meeting With Evo Morales

By Sara Shahriari
Carmelo Sandoval (holding flag) and a group of marchers from an indigenous territory in the Bolivian state of Beni during the National Park and Indigenous Territory Isiboro Secure (TIPNIS) march toward the capital city in June 2012.
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Indigenous Delay March as Police Strike Grips Bolivia

By Sara Shahriari
Marchers protesting a highway that would cut through the National Park and Indigenous Territory Isiboro Secure near the city of La Paz in October, 2011.
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Second TIPNIS March as Important as First, Despite Lack of Attention

By Sara Shahriari
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Rio+20: Where is the Path to Sustainable Development?

By Sara Shahriari
Children of a rural daycare center in Huayoko, Peru (UN Photo/J Frank)
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Twenty Countries Join Forces to Strengthen Children’s Rights

By Sara Shahriari
The melt-off from Andean glaciers supplies El Alto with water.
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Sacred Lake Titicaca Is Being Drowned by Pollution

By Sara Shahriari
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Bolivia’s Economy Grows, but Challenges Still Persist

By Sara Shahriari
Marchers protesting a highway that would cut through the National Park and Indigenous Territory Isiboro Secure near the city of La Paz in October, 2011.
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Bolivia TIPNIS Road Conflict Reignites

By Sara Shahriari
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The Tribe’s the Thing: Exploring the Future of Tribal Peoples

By Sara Shahriari
Dallas Arcand performing at the 2012 World Hoop Dance Championship
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The Power of the World Works in Circles

By Sara Shahriari
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Indigenous Government on a National Scale: Remapping Bolivia, Transforming a Nation

By Sara Shahriari
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United Nations Moves to Strengthen Children’s Rights

By Sara Shahriari
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Bolivian Indigenous Caucus Challenges Government on Divisive Road Project

By Sara Shahriari
Joran Van der Sloot, was sentenced to 28 years in prison for the murder of 21-year-old Peruvian Stephany Flores Ramirez. Van der Sloot, was a former suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway in Aruba.
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Van der Sloot Sentenced to 28 years for Murder of Peruvian Woman

By Sara Shahriari
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Tensions Between Bolivian Government and Indigenous Groups Deepen

By Sara Shahriari
The city of Trujillo is a good base for exploring northern coastal Peru.
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Desert Life: Exploring the Ancient Cities of Northern Peru

By Sara Shahriari
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Bolivia’s TIPNIS Indigenous Marchers Successful

By Sara Shahriari
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Bolivia President Moves to Reroute TIPNIS Road

By Sara Shahriari
A man runs for cover after riot police fired a tear gas canister during a protest in Rurrenabaque, Bolivia, today. Bolivia's Defense Minister Cecilia Chacon resigned Monday after police violently broke up a Sunday protest by indigenous and environmentalists groups who were marching towards La Paz, against the construction of a government planned highway that would cut through the nature preserve Territorio Indigena Parque Nacional Isiboro Secure, TIPNIS, home to 15,000 natives.
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Bolivian Police Fire Tear Gas at Indigenous Protesters (Update)

By Sara Shahriari
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Bolivian Police Block Indigenous March as Communities Clash Over Road

By Sara Shahriari
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Yellow Bird Dancers Bring the Pow Wow to Bolivia

By Sara Shahriari
Jarawa woman returning to her forest
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Today’s Human Safari

By Sara Shahriari
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Human Zoo: For Centuries, Indigenous Peoples Were Displayed as Novelties

By Sara Shahriari
Several hundred people march in La Paz, Bolivia in a show of solidarity with the residents of the TIPNIS. The signs read “our environment is worth more,” “Moxos, Chimanes, Yuracares-cultures in danger” and “defend our biodiversity.”
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Indigenous Bolivians March Against Highway

By Sara Shahriari
“Weaving is a form of writing,” says the director of Bolivia’s museum of folklore.
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Bolivia’s Master Weavers Speak Without Words

By Sara Shahriari