Andres Oppenheimer reports for The Miami Herald: Bolivia’s Morales built a $7.1 million museum to himself. That’s not his biggest ego trip In this Jan. 22, 2009, file photo, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales waves a Bolivian flag during a rally in support of the proposed new constitution in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Morales inaugurated a $7 million…
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No alcohol, no violence: life inside the Bolivian community led by women
Amy Booth reports fro The Guardian: No alcohol, no violence: life inside the Bolivian community led by women The barrio of Maria Auxiliadora slopes up one of the many hills in the dusty mountain bowl surrounding Cochabamba, Bolivia. Visually, there is little to distinguish it from the other barrios of the city’s working-class southern periphery:…
Bolivia declares emergency over locust plague
BBC reports: Bolivia declares emergency over locust plague The Bolivian government has declared a state of emergency in a vast agricultural area affected by a plague of locusts. President Evo Morales has announced a contingency plan, which includes $700,000 in extra funds for fumigation. The swarm first appeared over a week ago near the low-lying…
Livestock sector calls for law to regulate burning
El Deber reports: Livestock sector calls for law to regulate burning The livestock sector of Santa Cruz, within the framework of the sectoral congress held at Fegasacruz facilities, among other points, resolved to take steps before the Government to accede to the approval of a law that permits regularization of the fires and thus exempt…
UNODC Provides Bolivia with $20 Million to Tackle Drug Trade
InSight Crime reports: UNODC Provides Bolivia with $20 Million to Tackle Drug Trade Written by Tristan Clavel The UNODC is providing Bolivia’s government with over $20 million in aid to combat organized crime, drug trafficking and corruption, a sign of the international community’s continued support for the Andean nation in the wake of its diplomatic…
Assessing the epidemiological situation of Chagas disease among German citizens of Bolivian origin
Medical Press reports: Assessing the epidemiological situation of Chagas disease among German citizens of Bolivian origin The pathogen: The unicellular protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, surrounded by red blood cells. Source: Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, LMU Medical Center. How does one combat a tropical disease when most of those infected are unaware that they…
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