1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgMick Sternhttps://cpj.org/author/mstern/Attacks on the Press in 2008: Bolivia - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="M9pq8EyFFT"><a href="https://cpj.org/2009/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2008-bolivia/">Attacks on the Press in 2008: Bolivia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2009/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2008-bolivia/embed/#?secret=M9pq8EyFFT" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press in 2008: Bolivia” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="M9pq8EyFFT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The news media were caught in the middle of a deepening power struggle between the leftist government of President Evo Morales, an Aymara Indian, and the conservative opposition governors of the eastern lowlands. The battle was fueled by rising ethnic tensions between Bolivia’s indigenous majority, centered in the capital, La Paz, and the European-descended opposition…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260