Relief Web reports from Médecins Sans Frontières: Bolivia: Doctors Without Borders Ends Chagas Operations, Urges Ministry of Health to Take Over Comprehensive Care in Rural Areas NEW YORK, DECEMBER 20, 2016—After 14 years of Chagas diagnoses, treatment and prevention efforts in Bolivia, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ended its Chagas…
Category: Cochabamba
Wildlife for sale: Jaguars are the new trafficking victims in Bolivia
Mongabay reports: Bolivia introduced a general and indefinite ban on the wildlife trade two decades ago, but this measure has failed to stop the trafficking of wild animals. Birds, monkeys, turtles and reptiles that are in high demand as pets remain particularly vulnerable to wildlife crime. In recent years, jaguars (Panthera onca) have also become…
ECommerce an alternative for Bolivia
El Deber reports: ECommerce an alternative for Bolivia Increased use of credit and debit cards are key. The eCommerce or Electronic Commerce is a method of buying and selling goods, products or services, which uses the internet as a tool. This mode of online trading has become very popular with the rise of the internet…
Bolivia opens concrete tie plant
RailwayAge reports: Bolivia opens concrete tie plant Written by David Briginshaw, Editor-in-Chief, International Railway Journal Production of pre-stressed concrete ties has started at a new plant built in Bolivia by Bolivian Cement Company (Soboce) and equipped, set up and tested by Wegh Group, Italy. The new plant can produce more than 500 ties per day….
Bolivia sells 14% more airplane tickets
MercoPress reports: Bolivia sells 14% more airplane tickets Passenger air traffic in Bolivia has increased from 1,859,456 to 2,121,437 between January and August, 2016, compared to the same part of 2015, the General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics (DGAC) reported, which means a 14 % increase. Air terminals at La Paz, Cochabamba and Viru Viru account…
SCHOOL OR WORK: THE DILEMMA FACING CHILDREN IN BOLIVIA
Equal Times reports: SCHOOL OR WORK: THE DILEMMA FACING CHILDREN IN BOLIVIA by Athénaïs Python , Tzivan Derveaux It is eight in the morning in the centre of Cochabamba, Bolivia’s third largest city. The América market is starting to bustle with activity. Gloria, aged 16, rubs her hands together to warm them up. “When you…
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