Latin American Herald Tribune reports: Bolivia Set to Arrest Ex-Minister’s Father at Argentina’s Request LA PAZ – Bolivian Jorge Perez Ardaya, father of the country’s former Interior Minister Jorge Perez Valenzuela, was accused of drug trafficking in Argentina in December 2006 and could be arrested and extradited if that country so requests, a La Paz…
Month: February 2017
Extreme storms leave two dead in Bolivia
Kevin Corriveau reports for Aljazeera: Extreme storms leave two dead in Bolivia After dealing with the worst drought the country has seen in 25 years, Bolivia reels from freak thunderstorms. For parts of central South America, the last several weeks have proved to be quite stormy, particularly for Bolivia. After coming out of one of…
Bolivia reports first yellow fever case in a decade
Reuters reports: Bolivia reports first yellow fever case in a decade Bolivia’s government on Friday said a Danish tourist had tested positive for yellow fever, its first case in a decade, after he visited a jungle area in the far west of the landlocked Andean country. After an initial stay at a Bolivian hospital, National…
UNDP and Global Fund grant to fight drug-resistant TB in Bolivia with focus on prison populations
UNDP reports: UNDP and Global Fund grant to fight drug-resistant TB in Bolivia with focus on prison populations New York, 8 February – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) announced a new US$11 million grant to fight tuberculosis (TB) in Bolivia. Aiming to strengthen…
At Last! evo’s 101: Morales built a $7.1 million museum to himself. That’s not his biggest ego trip
Andres Oppenheimer reports for The Miami Herald: Bolivia’s Morales built a $7.1 million museum to himself. That’s not his biggest ego trip In this Jan. 22, 2009, file photo, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales waves a Bolivian flag during a rally in support of the proposed new constitution in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Morales inaugurated a $7 million…
No alcohol, no violence: life inside the Bolivian community led by women
Amy Booth reports fro The Guardian: No alcohol, no violence: life inside the Bolivian community led by women The barrio of Maria Auxiliadora slopes up one of the many hills in the dusty mountain bowl surrounding Cochabamba, Bolivia. Visually, there is little to distinguish it from the other barrios of the city’s working-class southern periphery:…
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