InSight Crime reports: UN Reports Small Decrease in Bolivia Coca Cultivation Written by Deborah Bonello Coca cultivation in Bolivia has reached its lowest levels since United Nations monitoring began in 2003, moving the country closer to policy makers’ de facto cap on coca crops. But as transnational drug trafficking intensifies, the world’s third-largest coca producer…
Category: La Paz
Government extends winter time in schools of La Paz, Oruro and Potosi
Erbol reports in Pagina Siete: Government extends winter time in schools of La Paz, Oruro and Potosi Tolerance is for the primary level, from Monday at 09.00 and pre-school enter, at 10.00. Education Minister Roberto Aguilar, reported this Sunday that it was resolved to extend the hours of winter entrance to educational establishments in the…
They control the stuffers impact on the environment
Pagina Siete reports from El Alto: They control the stuffers impact on the environment To prevent the waste generated in the manufacture of sausages that cause environmental pollution, especially on Lake Titicaca, the El Alto municipality inspections began in 21 industries in this sector. Companies must have treatment plants. “We are verifying that factories have…
Melting Pot and Manq’a Bolivia proves it can be done!
Melting Pot Bolivia reports: Learning to cook together for a better world” The MANQ’A Project (Aymara word meaning “food”), is an initiative of Melting Pot Bolivia created with the aim of improving the quality of life of the community in El Alto within the principles of gender equity, multiculturalism and food sovereignty. The MANQ’A project…
Two Mass. men say they have found long-lost ‘black boxes’ in Bolivia
Astead W. Herndon reports for The Boston Globe: Two Mass. men say they have found long-lost ‘black boxes’ in Bolivia Searching for the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder of Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 in Bolivia were (from left) Jose Lazo, Peter Frick-Wright, Robert Rauch, Dan Futrell, and Isaac Stoner. For two…
Outrageous Bolivian populist gov behavior!
Euro News reports: Shocking scenes at disabled protest in Bolivia By Catherine Hardy There have been shocking scenes at the end of a demonstration in Bolivia as disabled people clashed with riot police. Tear gas was let off as the protesters, some on crutches or in wheelchairs, advanced down the street in the city of…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 