From the Rolling Stone magazine, excerpt pertaining Bolivia’s Luzmila Carpio follows: 10 Best Latin Albums of the Year By Andrew Casillas, Suzy Exposito, Isabela Raygoza December 30, 2015 2015 was a year of Latin fusion. Pitbull’s bilingual joyride Dale triumphed the Latin Top 40, while Natalia Lafourcade raked in five Latin Grammys with her huapango-infused…
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The Year’s Biggest Star Wars Rip-Off Is By Bolivia’s President
Jeff John Roberts reports for Fortune: The Year’s Biggest Star Wars Rip-Off Is By Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is running around as a Jedi in a bid to stay in power. When you’re changing the constitution to stay in power, why not tap The Force? That seems to be the thinking behind a bizarre new…
Bolivia’s Coca Dilemma
Al-Jazeera reports: Snow of the Andes: Bolivia’s Coca Dilemma Bolivia fights to maintain its traditional use of the coca leaf as drug trafficking threatens national customs. Bolivia is the third largest coca and cocaine producer in the world. The country has a long history of using the coca plant for many of its traditional medicines,…
What happened with Bolivian justice and democracy?
This cartoon sums it all up and evidence can be found in the pages of this blog: This cartoon is from El Diario, November 20, 2015. This happened over the last ten years… due to a simple fact: “evo delivers”!
One more time for the Nobel Peace Prize, Don Evo?
Carlos Valverde writes in El Deber: One more time for the Nobel Peace Prize, Don Evo? Many probably do not know that Don Evo Morales was suggested for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 and 1995 by the Drugs Peace Institute. That did not prosper, but not discarded the ‘Indian leader’ for such a prize….
Irish mom pleads for murder investigation into Michael Dwyer’s death in Bolivia
From IrishCentral: Irish mom pleads for murder investigation into Michael Dwyer’s death in Bolivia Paddy Clancy The mother of Michael Dwyer, shot dead six years ago by Bolivian security forces, said she was heartened by the tone of the South American country to proposals for an international investigation of her son’s death. Caroline Dwyer met…
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