Reach Great Heights When Visiting La Paz, Bolivia

Udaipur Kiran reports: Reach Great Heights When Visiting La Paz, Bolivia South America is a continent which is a stunning mixture of the old and the new. There are so many wonderful things to see and experience in this bold and timeless land that the erstwhile traveler may feel a bit lost. Lucky for you…

Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day

Linda Farthing reports for The Guardian: Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day Country wants to reclaim physical activity in age when young people are focused on computers, says government spokeswoman. Air pollution levels have plunged in cities across Bolivia as the country marked a nationwide car-free day in which all non-emergency vehicles…

Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road?

Emily Achtenberg writes for NACLA: Why is Evo Morales Reviving Bolivia’s Controversial TIPNIS Road? Six years after massive protests halted plans for a proposed highway through the TIPNIS, Bolivian President Evo Morales has promulgated a new law “de-protecting” the reserve and allowing construction of the road. On August 13, President Evo Morales promulgated a new…

Opposing Transgenic Foods in Bolivia

Maria Julia Jimenez reports for Slow Food: Opposing Transgenic Foods in Bolivia Like the rest of the continent and the world, Bolivia has not escaped the process of globalization that has shortened distances, brought information to the masses and turned local populations into consumers, imposing a global culture that marginalizes local identities. In tandem with…