The Hovde Foundation Opens a New Hovde House in La Paz, Bolivia

Hovde Foundation through PRNewsWire.com: A Home for Girls and Teenagers Living in the Streets MADISON, Wis., Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In the area of Huajchilla, Bolivia, south of the city of La Paz, a new home named “Hovde House: Marta Bedoya de Claure” has opened its doors for thirty vulnerable girls and teenagers living in the streets. The construction of…

Bolivia’s Problem Is Macroeconomics, Not Socialism [evo is the F problem! with his lies, corruption, incompetence!]

Bolivian Thoughts opinion: evo has manipulated macroeconomic statistics, has destroyed the INE, inserting acolytes that will tamper data and use other “indicators” to produce the populist mirage … After 13 years of absolute control of ALL State powers, after receiving loan forgiveness from the international community, after extraordinarily high international prices on all our commodity…

The controversial referendum to revive Bolivia’s Rositas dam

Bolivian Thoughts opinion: China’s loans/investments/contracts in Bolivia are tainted with the obscure relationship the Chinese had with evo, the autocrat. Beginning with the Zapata affaire, the numerous cases of Bolivian personnel being mistreated by Chinese supervisors, the atrocious effect on our biodiversity and wildlife, like the illegal hunting of Bolivian Jaguars for their fangs, the…

Endangered armadillos are being turned into carnival rattles

Rachel Fobar reports for National Geographic: Researchers worry that Andean hairy armadillos, poached in Bolivia and largely ignored by conservationists, may be headed toward extinction. Trudging along to a slow, mournful song, more than a thousand dancers in elaborate costumes fill the streets for the Bolivian Carnival of Oruro. As the procession advances, the dancers…

Meet Bolivia’s Dog Savior, Fernando “Ferchy” Kushner

Alan De Herrera reports for Dogster: Fernando “Ferchy” Kushner founded Alimenta Perritos de la Calle (Feeding Street Dogs) in La Paz, Bolivia, which has sterilized over 800 dogs to date. Meet La Paz, Bolivia’s, dog savior, 45-year-old Fernando “Ferchy” Kushner. Ferchy has made it his life’s mission to help Bolivia’s homeless dog population. In 2015,…