El Diario reports: Excluded from the 1904 Treaty Bolivian Islands may be cause of action Victor Hugo Chavez, a researcher and expert on maritime issues, is underlying the thesis that Bolivia has rights to six islands and islets in the Pacific Ocean, since they were not included in the Treaty of 1904. Despite invasions suffered…
Month: November 2015
Faboce will make ceramic with gold for famous brand Lamborghini
Luis Escobar reports for Pagina Siete: This is one of the proposals of exclusive coatings Faboce will make ceramic with gold for famous brand Lamborghini The Bolivian factory signed an agreement with the Italian company and from the next year will bring limited collections of high quality for the entire region. Starting on 2016, the…
Irish mom pleads for murder investigation into Michael Dwyer’s death in Bolivia
From IrishCentral: Irish mom pleads for murder investigation into Michael Dwyer’s death in Bolivia Paddy Clancy The mother of Michael Dwyer, shot dead six years ago by Bolivian security forces, said she was heartened by the tone of the South American country to proposals for an international investigation of her son’s death. Caroline Dwyer met…
Bolivian Independence 101: The Battle of Santa Barbara
From Jimmy Ortiz webpage, excerpts follow: The Battle of Santa Barbara … A bit of history: The Battle of Santa Barbara was the second battle for Santa Cruz independence, during the Republiqueta (1813-1816). In that period we fought together with the military and intellectual Manuel Belgrano and his Libertarian Second Army, which put the Colonel….
Bolivian Independence 101: Heroines of the Coronilla
Jose Alberto Diez de Medina writes in El Diario: Heroines of the Coronilla After the September 14, 1810, when the people of Cochabamba rose up against the Spanish yoke, demanded for a Town Meeting, constituting a War Council, chaired by the patriot Francisco de Rivero and Esteban Arze, among others, on October 17, same year,…
How many Bolivians are in the global middle class?
From PewResearchCenter: Are you in the global middle class? Find out with our income calculator BY RAKESH KOCHHAR On a global scale, just 13% of the world’s population could be considered middle income in 2011, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of the most recently available data. Most people in the world were…
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