Archive for February, 2011

Ongoing La Paz Landslides Destroy 800 Homes

Monday, February 28th, 2011

A sequentially advancing series of landslides in urban La Paz has destroyed 800 houses in seven different zones and…

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Former Police Head Arrested in Panama for Trafficking

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

General René Sanabria Oropeza, a technical adviser to the Bolivian Ministry of the Interior, was arrested in Panama …

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Evo and Costas Again Promise Unity

Sunday, February 27th, 2011

SANTA CRUZ – President Evo Morales and Governor Rubén Costas, during the ceremony celebrating the 450th anniversary of Santa Cruz, agreed to…

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Help Arrives for 2,800 Families Affected by Floods in Chapare

Friday, February 25th, 2011

COCHABAMBA – An inter-institutional committee, presided over by leaders from the unions of Trópico de Cochabamba, came to the city of Chimoré to deliver…

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Japan Embarks on High-Altitude Mission to Appropriate Bolivia’s Lithium

Friday, February 25th, 2011

LA PAZ – Two months after his interview with Emperor Akihito in Tokyo, President Evo Morales welcomes a large Japanese delegation that seeks to surpass Korea and Iran in the race to become…

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Transport Strike Weakens as Agreements Reached

Friday, February 25th, 2011

The drivers’ strikes in Cochabamba, Oruro, and Santa Cruz are losing steam as agreements for new pricing structures have been reached …

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Túpac Katari Satellite Funding Debated in Senate

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

The full Bolivian senate was due to meet this morning to discuss the financing of the proposed Túpac Katari communications satellite …

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Bolivia Blocked Over Transport Increase

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

Professional drivers in various cities of Bolivia continue staging marches and intensifying road blocks as the public sectors and government refuse to accept their proposed Bs. .5 ($.07) …

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100 Year-Olds Party in Tarata

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

In the first event of its kind in Cochabamba, 23 residents who have lived a century or more gathered for a party…

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Travel: Amazonian Train & Rock Towers

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

When the altiplano chills or lowland heat grow unbearable a fascinating journey into one of Bolivia’s less explored areas…

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