This article was published in the December 2007 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. The aim of the Planta d’Apote regeneration project is to construct new premises to provide housing and a training centre for the Cochabamba farming communities. Planta d’Apote is the name given to what remains an artisanal factory where raw materials are transformed into products for the market. The factory is managed by Coraca-Protal , a financial association (...) Next ...

This article was published in the June 2008 issue of Resonances, a citizens’ information monthly drawn up by young activists. Numerous small producers from rural organisations were able to promote and sell their produce at the Feicobol trade fair in Cochabamba, April 24 th to May 4 th, 2008. For this 25th fair, Feicobol gathered no less than 750 exhibitors: tradespeople, distributors, local and foreign businesses, and 300,000 visitors, principally from Bolivia, but also from Argentina, Peru (...) Next ...