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…
Bolivia reports first 3 Zika-linked microcephaly cases
AFP reports in AU News: Bolivia reports first 3 Zika-linked microcephaly cases La Paz (AFP) – Bolivia has detected its first three cases of microcephaly caused by the Zika virus, local media reported Wednesday, citing health authorities. Two babies were born with the birth defect in September and a third in October, said the director…
Bolivian businessmen say that 2016 was negative, this government flunked!
El Diario reports: Businessmen say that 2016 was negative Two months after end of the year, private entrepreneurs of Cochabamba already have an opinion on what happened in the present year. They believe that 2016 was negative and estimate a 2017 unfavorable for the productive sector. MASSIVE CLOSURE “There has been a contraction, has been…
University students in Bolivia create chip that helps detect tuberculosis
Latino Fox News reports: University students in Bolivia create chip that helps detect tuberculosis LA PAZ, BOLIVIA – Two Bolivian university students have created a chip for microscopes that automatically detects tuberculosis in sputum samples, a procedure that in Bolivia and other developing countries is normally done with not always accurate bacilloscopy. Rodrigo Loza, 22,…
Mountain biker conquered the Bolivian “Road of Death”
Stu Hunt writes for Nelson mail: From Bolivia to Nelson: Kiwi mountainbiker who conquered the “Road of Death” returns home When Alistair Matthew first moved to Bolivia he knew four words of Spanish he’d gleaned from kids cartoon Speedy Gonzales. But by the time the pioneering mountainbiker moved back to New Zealand last year after…
The sour legacy that 11+ years under the coca grower leaves to Bolivia …
It is no secret that Bolivia experienced the best economic time possible, unfortunately the nightmare began as the coca grower caudillo seized power and had total control of ALL state powers … This cartoon from El Diario (10/17/2016), shows one angle, the enormous loan debt he made us engage as country … after he wasted…
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