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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Bolivia covers up evidence of uncontacted Indians
El Diario reports via Survival International: Bolivia covers up evidence of uncontacted Indians © El Diario The Bolivian state oil company has denied reports that workers prospecting near the Peruvian border have had several encounters with a group of uncontacted Indians. The company, YPFB, had sub-contracted the exploration work to BGP Bolivia, a subsidiary of…
Due to Chilean workers’ strike: Bolivia’s Vice-Minister of Defence delivers humanitarian aid
Press Trust of India reports: Bolivia’s Vice-Minister of Defence delivers humanitarian aid Bolivia`s Vice-Minister of Defence delivered humanitarian aid on Thursday (November 10) to some of a total of 2,000 Bolivian drivers of heavy transport vehicles held up for several days on both sides of the border with Chile. The blockages follow strikes in Chilean…
Peru ready to help Bolivia with access to Pacific
EFE reports in Latino Fox News: Peru ready to help Bolivia with access to Pacific SUCRE – Bolivian President Evo Morales and Peru’s Pedro Pablo Kuczynski agreed here Friday on a program that promises to give landlocked Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean. One major element of the plan calls for including Bolivia on the…
Bolivia lost $5,600 million dollars in exports
El Diario reports: Bolivia lost $5,600 million dollars in exports • According to the IBCE, foreign trade of Bolivia since 2015 does not undergo a good time • External sales fell about $4,200 million last year and nearly $1,500 million in 2016 Bolivia lost $5,600 million dollars for the decline in exports in the last…
Carlos Mesa: Chile has an obligation to guarantee free transit to Bolivia
Hoybolivia.com reports: Mesa: Chile has an obligation to guarantee free transit to Bolivia The official spokesman for the Bolivian maritime claim [and former Bolivian President], Carlos Mesa, said on Tuesday that Chile has an obligation to guarantee free transit to Bolivia, regardless of internal conflicts in the neighboring country. “The Government of Bolivia and the Bolivian…
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