Bolivia: The Union of Women for the Tropic of Cochabamba (1997-1998)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 17 October 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BOL35614.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Bolivia: The Union of Women for the Tropic of Cochabamba (1997-1998), 17 October 2000, BOL35614.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be142c.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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No references to a Union of Women for the Tropic of Cochabamba could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
An organization with a similar name to which references were found is the Federacion de Mujeres del Tropico de Cochabamba (Federation of Women of the Tropic of Cochabamba). The organization is mentioned in a report on confrontations between coca farmers and security forces in the Chapare tropical area of Cochabamba. According to one source, in mid April 1998 a former leader of the organization named Silvia Lazarte denounced that journalists and congress members could not enter areas of Cochabamba where the military were eradicating coca crops (Cocapress Apr. 1998). Another source refers to a Women's Coca Growers Federation (Federacion de Mujeres Cocaleras) formed around 1994, and apparently referred to later as the Cinco Federaciones de Mujeres del Tropico de Cochabamba (Cinco Federaciones de Mujeres del Tropico de Cochabamba) (Punto Final 19 June 1998). It groups some 50,000 members, and has been involved in the conflict with security forces intent on eradicating coca crops (ibid.). The source names 24-year old Juana Quispe as one of the leaders of the group's coordinating committee (ibid.).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Cocapress [La Paz]. Vol. 5, No. 4. April 1998. "El Tropico de Cochabamba se Tiñe de Rojo."
Punto Final [Santiago]. 19 June 1998. Mauricio Buendia. "Mujeres del Chapare: La Guerra Sucia de la Coca."
Additional Sources Consulted
Andean Newsletter [Lima]. 1997- 1998.
Fempress [Santiago]. 1997- 1998.
IRB Databases.
Latinamerica Press [Lima]. 1997- 1998.
Latin American Regional Reports: Andean Group Report [London]. 1997- 1998.
REFWORLD.
World News Connection (WNC).
Internet Websites.
Internet search engines
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This list is not exhaustive. Subject and country-specific publications available at the Resource Centre are not included.