Alicia Povey reports for besoccer.dom: After demonstrating their passion on the pitch, 30 Bolivian girls stood out among hundreds of women to be part of the professional team of a top club, the Tigre de La Paz. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) requires that all teams have a female squad so that clubs can attend the…
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Chepete and El Bala dams outline evo’s character: he is NOT pro environment NOR indigenous rights!
From the Ecologist: Development and duplicity in the case of the Chepete and El Bala dams Two proposed hydroelectric dams in Bolivia are set to create a serious socio-ecological calamity. They are emblematic of the injustices that have been a consistent feature of the Morales government. JONATHAN ELWELL investigates The decades-old developmental fantasy of using…
Sexual harassment and violence on female journalists! evo fails AGAIN!
Pagina Siete reports: Three organizations condemn harassment of journalists in Palacio Communicators reported that they suffered sexual aggression and violence during the inauguration of Casa Grande del Pueblo. The guild of the press asks for explanations. Three organizations of the journalistic union expressed “their strongest protest” for the aggressions and sexual harassment suffered by some…
Empowered Bolivian housewives win an American Award!
Anabel Vaca reports fro Pagina Siete: Bolivian Women at the wheel initiative wins US award The recognition Uniting the Americas is awarded by Brian Rashi and consists of $5,000 dollar incentive, plus training in Silicon Valley. Mujeres a Volante, a venture of Bolivian taxi drivers, won the Uniting the Americas award from Brian Rashid in…
How could we describe what really means to Be Bolivian?
Pagina Siete rightfully describes who we are: In the sights Be Bolivian We Bolivians are hard-working, enterprising people, of fortitude [ñeque], as they say in La Paz. But, just as we have that virtue, we are owners of a horrible defect: we do not like to comply with the law. All generalization is bad, but…
The Bolivian National Museum of Art celebrates its 52 years
Pagina Siete reports: The National Museum of Art celebrates its 52 years The National Museum of Art, dependent on the Cultural Foundation of the Central Bank of Bolivia, will inaugurate tomorrow two exhibitions of recovery of the country’s artistic heritage, in two-dimensional formats in painting and contemporary photographs of recent acquisition and other collections of…
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