Archive for the 'News' CategoryEvo Supports Gaddafi, Rejects UN InterventionSunday, March 20th, 2011 Today President Evo Morales along with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez has voiced his support for Libya’s dictator of 42 years, Muammar Gaddafi and expressed his opposition to any outside military interference in Libya. Morales rejected the United Nations decree and no-fly zone saying that they were merely a pretext for gaining control of Lidia’s [...] Read More..>>Bolivians Trapped in Japan by ConsulateFriday, March 18th, 2011 The Bolivian newspaper Los Tiempos has announced that it has received desperate emails from several Bolivians in Japan who want to flee Japan and return to Bolivia but the Bolivian consulate is not providing the necessary paperwork. The Bolivian consulate in Japan is working on a relaxed schedule and long lines form early in the [...] Read More..>>17 Bolivians May Be Missing In JapanWednesday, March 16th, 2011 Unitel has reported today that at least 17 Bolivans are missing in Japan. They acknowledge that these missing may simply be due to lack of information to the Bolivian consulate there. Unitel also speculated that many Bolivians in Japan are there illegally so no information is available about these people. Bolivia Weekly apologizes for the [...] Read More..>>Government Admits Drug-Trafficking Has Infiltrated StateWednesday, March 9th, 2011 LA PAZ – Bolivian officials have issued an international order calling for the capture of dismissed police colonel Jorge Roger Sánchez Pantoja under charges of drug-trafficking… Read More..>>Activist María Galindo ArrestedWednesday, March 9th, 2011 LA PAZ – In the final hours of the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, Mujeres Creando (Creating Women) activist, María Galindo, was apprehended… Read More..>>Earthquake Rattles La PazMonday, March 7th, 2011 According to the San Calixto observatory, large buildings and houses in La Paz in several sectors shook yesterday as a 6.2 magnitude earthquake rattled northern Chile, 16 kilometers south of Putre yesterday. No… Read More..>>Transport Blockades Declared For Post-CarnavalSunday, March 6th, 2011 Franklin Durán, the secretary of the Professional Drivers’ Union in Bolivia announced a general urban transport strike probably beginning … Read More..>>Chile, not DEA, investigated and trapped Ex-General SanabriaSaturday, March 5th, 2011 According to a publication by the El Mercurio newspaper of Chile, ex-general and commander of Bolivia’s anti-narcotics intelligence forces René Sanabria Oropeza had traveled to Arica, Chile… Read More..>>Government Announces 20% Minimum Wage IncreaseWednesday, March 2nd, 2011 Minister of Labor, Félix Rojas, announced in a press conference that a 10 percent salary increase… Read More..>>9,000 Disaster Victims Need Help – DonationsWednesday, March 2nd, 2011 Bolivia has seen increasing intense rains cause significant damage in both Amazonian and Altiplano regions in the past several weeks. Landslides in La Paz and intense… Read More..>> |