Instagram snapshots: Carolyn Stritch in Bolivia – in pictures Bolivia’s stark beauty, grand (and less grand) buildings and local beer were an inspiration to this traveller on a South American road trip High in Potosí I’m from Newcastle, but I’ve been travelling since January 2015. Potosí is one of the world’s highest cities, and while…
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Bolivian Couple Lead the Way in Conserving, Caring for Rare Flamingos
NBC News reports: Bolivian Couple Lead the Way in Conserving, Caring for Rare Flamingos by MONICA OLIVERA Flamingos have been Omar Rocha’s passion ever since he saw them for the first time in Laguna Colorada, Bolivia 25 years ago. “I felt extremely emotional to see them up close, thousands of flamingos together feeding in the…
There is political persecution in Bolivia!
The government of the coca grower caudillo has been consistent throughout these ten years. Political persecution has not ceased, there are over 700 Boliviians that have had to leave the country. So, democracy is in peril, let alone the scandalous and rampant corruption!
Bolivian government will NOT give incentives to the private sector! WTH!
El Diario reports: There will be no incentives for the private sector in the country • Executive rejected the application of investment inducements to this sector within the productive dialogue • The Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia admitted “conflicting positions” in the dialogue with authorities of the Government • The wage issue is considered…
What comes around, goes around.
The megalomaniac way of government of the coca grower caudillo can be summarized with this phrase: What comes around, goes around. This cartoon exemplifies clearly the way the masismo is killing our institutionality and democracy! Cheap demagogue coming to an end!
Electric Cooperatives of Oklahoma bring power to remote villages in Bolivia
Sequoyah County Times reports: Electric Cooperatives of Oklahoma bring power to remote villages in Bolivia Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CHEC) is pleased to announce the completion of a volunteer electrification project that took place in August 2016 in the Amazonian area of Bolivia. One of CHEC’s linemen and Sallisaw resident, Jeremy Baker, served as…
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