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Bolivia s Morales Praises 2008 Social PlansLa Paz, Jan 4 Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Sunday the social projects his government enforced in 2008 helped consolidate the democratic and cultural revolution started three years ago.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jan-2009 07:07
Church challenges power grab in Bolivia
Contends leftist president's reach is 'excessive' SANTA CRUZ , Bolivia The Catholic Church is taking on a growing political role in opposing President Evo Morales , whom it accuses of seeking an "excessive ...
Source : topix.net | 04-Jan-2009 07:02
Bolivia to Rein Fuel Trafficking
La Paz, Jan 1 Bolivia will charge all vehicles with foreign plates the international price rate for gas and diesel as means to stop fuel trafficking.
Source : topix.net | 03-Jan-2009 04:56
Rainy Season Begins Across Bolivia
The rainy season began across portions of Bolivia this past week. Locally heavy rain has fallen throughout the country, especially across the north.
Source : topix.net | 01-Jan-2009 04:44
Bolivia Creating More Jobs
La Paz, Dec 27 The Bolivian government started new programs to create new job positions, an initiative that is already showing progress, local media announce Saturday.
Source : topix.net | 30-Dec-2008 04:41
14 killed in Bolivia bus accident
Two speeding buses crashed into each other, killing 14 passengers and leaving at least 43 wounded, local media reported.
Source : topix.net | 28-Dec-2008 04:32
Copter rescues woman, sons from Bolivia floodwaters
Torrential rains in central Bolivia have swollen rivers and flooded streets, stranding scores of people and leading to the daring helicopter rescue early Friday of a woman and her sons trapped amid the raging ...
Source : topix.net | 27-Dec-2008 06:30
Hundreds dead or injured in Latin America during Christmas
Christmas celebrations in Latin America left about 100 people dead and about 400 injured, according to reports yesterday.
Source : topix.net | 26-Dec-2008 06:22
Bolivian Workers Scammed
On a sunny morning this past February 25, Pablo, a neat, stocky 46-year-old, arrived at Miami International Airport from La Paz.
Source : topix.net | 25-Dec-2008 21:54
Bolivia official reports plot to kill president
LA PAZ, Bolivia : A top Bolivian official says conservatives have plotted to pay one of President Evo Morales' peasant supporters to kill him.
Source : topix.net | 23-Dec-2008 21:41
Bolivia free of illiteracy, says Morales
The Vice-President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Jose Ramon Fernandez receives a traditional welcome from an indigenous woman as Bolivia's President Evo Morales looks on during a ceremony with indigenous ...
Source : topix.net | 22-Dec-2008 21:22
a U.S. conductor's Bolivian composition
He had apprenticed with legendary German conductor Kurt Masur and conducted youth orchestras in Chicago.
Source : topix.net | 20-Dec-2008 21:16
Import ban aims to halt Bolivia's used car flood
A woman sits next to a coffin containing the body of Nelson Aduviri, a demonstrator who was killed during clashes between the police and protesters opposed to a used-car import ban, as officers clear protesters ...
Source : topix.net | 18-Dec-2008 21:01
Bolivia, Chile Senate Commissions to Meet in La Paz
Senatorial commissions from Bolivia and Chile have agreed to meet on Monday in La Paz to address maritime issues, road programs, and a longstanding conflict on bordering waters.
Source : topix.net | 18-Dec-2008 07:28
Bolivian police, protesters clash over used car ban
Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday to break up a protest by Bolivians angry over a new government law banning the import of older used cars, killing at least one person.
Source : topix.net | 16-Dec-2008 07:23
Bolivians protest ban on used car imports; one dead, five injured
One man died and at least five others were injured Monday when Bolivian police tried to control protestors who were demonstrating against a government ban on the import of used cars.
Source : topix.net | 16-Dec-2008 00:46
Bolivians hope Obama, as outsider, heals US rift
The two upstarts made history by breaking the racial ceiling.
Now Bolivians hope Barack Obama and their president, Evo Morales, can lean on a common outsider heritage _ and a skin color shared in one shade or another by most of Latin America _ to repair the country's frayed U.S. ties.
'Between the Indian and the black guy, they're going to find a way to solve this,' said Natividad Maldonado, a 55-year-old coca farmer in a La Paz market. She sat on a giant sack of the small green leaves at the heart of the tension: sacred to many Bolivians, coca is targeted by Washington as the base for cocaine.
Source : topix.net | 14-Dec-2008 21:25
ALBA Economy Ministers Meet in Venezuela
Caracas, Dec 9 The Economy Ministers of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas arranged in Caracas the creation of a common currency.
Source : topix.net | 13-Dec-2008 21:10
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops call for an end to constant and unfounded attacks from the government ...
'We, the Bishops of Bolivia, in recent days have once again been surprised at the amount of constant and unfounded attacks made by certain members of government on the Holy Father Benedict XVI, Cardinal Julio ...
Source : topix.net | 11-Dec-2008 21:06
Bolivia to invest $20 billion in state-owned YPFB
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Source : topix.net | 10-Dec-2008 21:03
Peru and Bolivia, including Inca Trail - La Paz, Bolivia
The Ecuador- Peru border was quite scary- very disorganised and loads of dodgy guys trying to exchange money/ offer taxis/ rob us.
Source : topix.net | 09-Dec-2008 12:10
Del Toro attends screening of 'Che' in Havana
Cuban Army Col. Leonardo Tamayo Nunez, who fought alongside 'Che' Guevara in Cuba and Bolivia, shares a moment with Puerto Rico's actor Benicio Del Toro during the premier of the movie 'Che', by U.S. director ...
Source : topix.net | 07-Dec-2008 12:09
Bolivia to distribute land to indigenous Indians
La Paz , Dec 3 : The Bolivian government will buy land for distribution among members of indigenous Indian communities living in virtual serfdom, EFE reported Wednesday.
Source : topix.net | 07-Dec-2008 03:50
Bolivian opposition criticizes 'massacre' report
Bolivian opposition leaders accused an international commission Thursday of bias toward President Evo Morales in its report on a September jungle "massacre" in which at least 19 people were killed.
Source : topix.net | 05-Dec-2008 03:47
Bolivia: One Year Since Sucre Conflict
Angel Gualan provides descriptions on how the indigenous group of the Saraguros celebrate Christmas in the Loja region of Ecuador [es] . Much of it sits on the shoulders of the "Marcantaitas" who are the ...
Source : topix.net | 03-Dec-2008 10:43
Arrived in Cochabamba - Cochabamba, Bolivia
Got to Cochabamba at about 2pm after about 37 hours of travel from London. Very snoozy now.
Source : topix.net | 01-Dec-2008 10:28
Most Bolivians for New Constitution
La Paz, Nov 24 Most Bolivians expressed their intention to support the new Constitution during the January 25 referendum, a national poll revealed Monday.
Source : topix.net | 29-Nov-2008 10:15
US suspends Bolivian trade deal over drug war
AP Photo: Dado Galdieri Workers build furniture prior to exporting it in El Alto, Bolivia, Wednesday, Oct.
Source : topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 10:09
Detroit native Munoz tapped for White House post
President-elect Barack Obama has named Cecilia Munoz, a Detroit native and University of Michigan graduate, as White House director of intergovernmental affairs.
Source : topix.net | 27-Nov-2008 05:31
Bolivians Signed for Constitution Vote
La Paz, Nov 24 Bolivia advances today towards a Constitutional referendum on January 25th, after the campaigning phase began.
Source : topix.net | 26-Nov-2008 18:30
Bolivia, La Paz - La Paz, Bolivia
Tue 16.9.08: Peru, Puno / La Paz: full name of the city was originally Nuestra Seora de La Paz meaning PERSONAL: One more night in Puno then off to La Paz - a long bus ride awaits but will be scenic ride along ...
Source : topix.net | 24-Nov-2008 18:21
Bolivia - Quijarro, the Death Train and Santa Cruz - Santa Cruz, Bolivia
We have entered Bolivia via what amounts to a dirt track between Corumba and Quijarro .
Source : topix.net | 22-Nov-2008 18:00
Letters from Bolivia - a world away with Maija
Ximena, an 8-year-old Bolivian, shows Eurekan Maija Wallace around her pueblo. Wow! I have been in Bolivia now for a little more than two months! In the past month I went on two very exciting trips -- one was a ...
Source : topix.net | 20-Nov-2008 18:07
Bolivian farmer leads to dinosaur discovery
Bolivian farmer leads to dinosaur discovery Bolivian farmer Primo Rivera stands in an area called Tunasniyoj, which means "the place of the prickly pear cactus," where he made a new discovery of dinosaur ...
Source : topix.net | 18-Nov-2008 18:04
Bolivians Chip in for Cuba
La Paz, Nov 15 Social organizations of Bolivia are engaged in a solidarity campaign with Cuba after hurricanes Gustav, Ike and Paloma, said their members Friday.
Source : topix.net | 18-Nov-2008 00:04
Chinese president embarks on LatAm tour tomorrow
SAN JOSE: Chinese President Hu Jintao begins a Latin America tour tomorrow, taking in Costa Rica, Cuba and Peru, as China tightens economic ties and the region hopes for help in tougher times.
Source : topix.net | 15-Nov-2008 23:59
Bolivia's Witches' Market
Posted by Miss Cellania in Paranormal , Travel & Places on November 13, 2008 at 12:40 pm The Oddee crew took photographer Robert Dam to La Paz, Bolivia to shop in a neighborhood where talismans and odd ...
Source : topix.net | 14-Nov-2008 04:39
Bolivia asks U.S. to extradite ex-president
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Source : topix.net | 12-Nov-2008 04:32
Bolivian champions apologise over fight with police
Bolivian champions Aurora have apologised after their players were involved in a brawl with riot police during a game on Sunday in which their goalkeeper Silvio Dulcich used a corner flag as weapon.
Source : topix.net | 11-Nov-2008 21:44
Day of Skulls ceremony in Bolivia
A Bolivian indigenous woman sits near a skull during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls in a church at the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov.
Source : topix.net | 10-Nov-2008 07:24
Bolivia Government Ensures Referendum Poll
The Bolivian government offered today guarantees for the development of the nationwide referendum on the land and the new constitutional text, slated for January 25, 2009.
Source : topix.net | 08-Nov-2008 13:12
Bolivia Declares Drought Emergency
La Paz, Nov 1 The municipal governments of 17 southern Bolivian territories are taking measures Saturday as part of the emergency state decreed due to an intense drought.
Source : topix.net | 06-Nov-2008 13:06
India has highest snakebite-related deaths worldwide
India has the highest number of annual snakebite-caused deaths and injuries, according to a new study.
Source : topix.net | 04-Nov-2008 12:56
Accidente carretero deja 16 muertos en Bolivia
La polica inform el lunes que 16 personas murieron y 40 resultaron heridas despus que el autobs que los transportaba cay a un barranco de una regin montaosa en el sur de Bolivia.
Source : topix.net | 03-Nov-2008 20:52
Bolivian president suspends US anti-drug efforts
LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia's president says he is suspending operations by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as relations between the two countries worsen.
Source : topix.net | 01-Nov-2008 20:12
Afro-Bolivians push for political recognition
Following a Catholic mass, this Afro-Bolivian community of 400 residents located three hours north of the capital, La Paz, filled the dusty streets, throwing holy water and confetti, while performing a ...
Source : topix.net | 01-Nov-2008 06:08