Pagina Siete reports: Judges with grievous misconduct will be removed from office The Judicial Council announced that judges who have “grievous trials” will be removed from office and replaced by new graduates of the School of Judges. “We are going to set aside, that is to say, to withdraw and thank for their services to…
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Sacred Heart Primary pupils take the stage to raise vital funds for Bolivian children with cancer
Chloe Laversuch reports for the Warrington Guardian: Sacred Heart Primary pupils take the stage to raise vital funds for children with cancer PUPILS at Sacred Heart Primary School put on a dazzling show to raise money for children suffering from cancer in Bolivia. The school chose the charity after head teacher Colleen Everett’s own daughter…
Seven years imprisonment of the owner of a mining company for polluting Pilcomayo river
ANF reports via Los Tiempos: Seven years imprisonment of the owner of a mining company for pollution The court determined that the owner of the mining company “Santiago Apóstol Silver & Tin”, Mario Jorge Cano Cruz, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment at the prison in Cantumarca de Potosí for committing crimes against public health…
Salero: The life of a Bolivian salt gatherer
Al-Jazeera reports: Salero: The life of a Bolivian salt gatherer A salt gatherer becomes a link to the old world when Bolivia embarks on a plan to mine lithium from the Uyuni salt flat. Moises Chambi Yucra is one of the last remaining salt gatherers in the world’s largest salt flats of Salar de Uyuni…
More than 20 writers present their works
Pagina Siete reports: More than 20 writers present their works The program La Paz Reads will open the curtain with the presentation of more than 20 works, among short stories, poems and novels, by writers from La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba, Oruro, Sucre and Potosí. The activity, which will be held today [04/21/2017] from 15:00,…
Argentina Returns 16th-Century Coins to Bolivia
Latin American Herald Tribune reports: Argentina Returns 16th-Century Coins to Bolivia LA PAZ – Bolivia’s foreign ministry announced Wednesday the repatriation from Argentina of 82 coins that were minted here in the 16th century. The ministry gave credit for the recovery to “efforts made by the Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in Argentina,”…
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