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Head on Bus Crash: 12 dead 91 injured. Drivers Union Rejects Penalties, Threatens Blockades

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Twelve people were killed and a further 91 injured on January 30th when 2 buses crashed head-on at night while one tried to pass a slower vehicle on the narrow road between…

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3 Brutal Killings near Cochabamba

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Police responded to emergency calls at 5:30AM in the Calvario de Quillacollo neighborhood on the outskirts of Cochabamba this Sunday, January 31st …

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Bolivian Director Wins 2 Sundance Awards

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Bolivian Director Juan Carlos Valdivia won 2 awards at the Sundance Film Festival for his picture

“Zona Sur” yesterday in Park City, Utah….

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IMF Projects 4% for Bolivia in 2010

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted a 4% rise in Bolivia’s GDP for 2010 largely thanks to government investments …

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Two Million Students Return to School, Educational Technology Revolution

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

More than two million Bolivian youths head back to classes this Monday in all nine of Bolivia’s states. The students begin classes amid talk of the…

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Mining Minister Resigns After 1 Week in Office

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

President Morales made it clear that he believes that Milton Gómez who he appointed as Minister of Mining an Metallurgy just one week ago,

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Morales Accuses NGOs of Spying

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

In Tarija on January 29th Bolivian President Evo Morales criticized NGOs, saying that some “are the 5th round of capitalist espionage”. President Morales…

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New Mining Minister: We’ll Respect Private Investments

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Bolivia’s new Mining Minister Pimental assured private companies that their capital is safe in Bolivia under the new Constitution and also spoke about promoting the creation of value …

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72 Homes Destroyed in La Paz Landslide

Friday, January 29th, 2010

At 4:30AM on January 28th 72 houses were slowly swept away in a landslide in the Huanu Huanuni area of Southern La Paz, amazingly nobody …

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New Higher Lithium Reserves Estimate

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

On January 27th Bolivia’s Director of Natural Evaporative Resources Saúl Villegas announced that he believes that Bolivia’s actual lithium reserves are two times…

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