Flora Baker for The Guardian: The food and colours of working life in the Andean foothills are captured in these images snapped while undertaking voluntary work. I’m a travel writer from London who spent 18 months volunteering in South America. In Bolivia, I volunteered at a rural library project in the village of Morado K’asa,…
MAS bets on turmoil to stay in government!
Grimaldes reports in El Deber: Protests affect much of Bolivia Heavy-load transport, factory workers dismissed from the Enatex textile company, people with disabilities, people of Guayaramerín and cement Fancesa owners are mobilized. The sectors of heavy-load transport, people with disabilities, owners of the National Cement Factory in Sucre, residents of Guayaramerín, residents of El Alto,…
The elegance of Bolivian “cholitas” reaches the Big Apple
EFE reports in Fox News Latino: The elegance of Bolivian “cholitas” reaches the Big Apple The elegant clothing style of the La Paz “cholita,” the emblematic indigenous Aymara woman who is the cultural icon of La Paz, will be seen for the first time during Fashion Week in New York this September. The famed New…
How important is Bolivia to the USA Government?
There are a number of us who think and feel the opposite of the coca grower caudillo. We have friends, family, education, jobs and fun in the USA and share our lives with our American friends and families. No doubt about that, despite the insane hatred that the masismo expressed for the last 10 years…
It gets harder to do business in Bolivia … WTH?!
I feel frustrated as I see my country loosing opportunities and time to catch up with the world in this century! We have been taken over by demagogue populists that only think about self-perpetuating in power … Only Venezuela and Haiti are ahead of us … nevertheless we fall third in this shameful list. Of…
Villena: “It would be very serious” failing to respect the referendum
ERBOL reports in Pagina Siete: Villena: “It would be very serious” failing to respect the referendum Former Ombudsman, Rolando Villena, expressed concern at the intention of the Movement Toward Socialism [MAS}, and President Evo Morales, of holding another referendum to make possible the Chief Executive to run for one additional term. He said the results…
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