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Bolivia Weekly Podcast Episode 14

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:20:21 +0000

Headlines for this week: Catholic Cardenal Terrazas to Testify in Corruption Probe, Santa Cruz Installs Public Security Cameras, La Paz offers Free Public WiFi in 2 plazas, The US indicts Bolivians for Arms Trafficking to Santa Cruz, the government lifts the ban on sugar exports, and Bolivian Election Results are in!

Bolivia Weekly Podcast Episode 13

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:20:05 +0000

Headlines for this week: Bolivia marks the Day of the Sea, More glaciers predicted to disappear, students are on strike, and another political opponent of President Morales flees Bolivia while under investigation for corruption.

Bolivia Weekly Episode 12 Podcast

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:18:10 +0000

Headlines for this week:

Bill Mckibbon explains Bolivia’s importance in combating global climate change
Chaos in a Bolivian jail
Bolivia hosts the 3^rd international quinua summit
Evo invites the united to come to Bolivia and chew coca leaves
2.5 tons of cocaine paste are seized
The Bolivian government abandons its plan to start a lithium mining company based in La Paz.

Bolivia Weekly Episode 11 Podcast

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:22:12 +0000

Headlines for this week: 71 are injured when a La Paz bus’ break fail and rolls through a park, police arrest a thief for the 47^th time, Evo Morales plays football or soccer with Chilean President Piñera, Santa Cruz Civic Committee accuses the government of arrest without a warrant on political charges, and Bolivia brokers a major natural gas deal with Uruguay.

Bolivia Weekly Episode 10 Podcast

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:23:38 +0000

Bolivia Weekly Episode 10 Headlines for this week: Bolivia send water and aid to Chilean earthquake victims, 38,000 Bolivian student participate in a technology competition, President Morales gives 50% of his salary to earthquake victims, drivers on strike to protest drunk driving laws make a deal with the government, and the Bolivian post office issues a stamp commemorating Evo Morales’s second inauguration two months ago.

Bolivia Weekly Episode 9 Podcast for the week ending February 28th, 2010

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:37:18 +0000

Headlines for this week: An 8.8 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Chile and thousands may be dead, Bolivia to quintuple gas exports to Argentina, Bolivia bans corn, sugar, and sorghum exports and orders the military to enforce, and professional drivers plan a nation-wide strike to protest new anti-drunk driving laws.

Bolivia Weekly Episode 8

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:40:48 +0000

Listen to the News from the week ending February 21st, 2010: Amalia Morales is Bolivia’s First Female Indigenous Judge on the Judicial Council, President Morales is soaked...

Bolivia Weekly Episode 7 Podcast Audio

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 04:39:10 +0000

Headlines: Bolivia Announces an International Climate Summit to Address Copenhagen’s Failure, Former La Paz Mayorial Candidate Felix Patzi makes 1000 bricks after his drunk driving arrest and starts a new political party, Bolivia creates a Space Agency and plans to launch a satellite, The Movement to Socialism party passes a law giving absolute power to President Morales to name vacant judicial spots, and it’s Carnaval in Oruro!! Watch out during the episode for digital water balloons, shaving cream, and other hijinks from the Bolivia Weekly team.

Bolivia Weekly Episode 6 Podcast: Week of February 7th, 2010

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:20:00 +0000

Headlines: Bus drivers declare a strike to protest a new law against drunk driving, Devastating floods submerge entire villages in the Bolivian Amazon, Carnaval begins in Oruro, Evo Morales decrees a harsh new law against drunk driving, Bolivia accepts 88 Haitian refugees temporarily, Ex-President Paz Zamora is charged with vehicular homocide, and the first Bolivian convicted under the new drunk driving law is controversial Movement to Socialism party member Felix Patzi.

Bolivia Weekly Episode 5 Audio Podcast January 2010

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:35:01 +0000

Bolivia Weekly Episode 5 Audio Podcast January 2010.