From The Guardian: Evo Morales celebrates 10 years as Bolivia’s ‘indigenous socialist’ president Jonathan Watts in La Paz, Bolivia In a riot of colour, noise and statistics, Bolivian president Evo Morales marked 10 years of his “indigenous socialist” rule on Friday, one month before a referendum that could extend his period in office until 2025….
Zika virus infection – Bolivia
The World Health Organization reports: Emergencies preparedness, response Zika virus infection – Bolivia Disease Outbreak News 20 January 2016 On 16 January 2016, Ministry of Health of Bolivia, through its National IHR Focal Points (NFP), notified PAHO/WHO of the first laboratory-confirmed cases of locally-acquired Zika virus infection in the country. The case is a 32-year-old…
At least nine dead in bus crash in Bolivia
EFE reports for Foxnews Latino: At least nine dead in bus crash in Bolivia [photo is from El Deber, to read that in Spanish, please use this link http://m.eldeber.com.bo/bolivia/nueve-muertos-tragico-accidente-yungas.html%5D At least nine people died and four were injured on Monday when the bus in which a Peruvian band was apparently riding went off the road…
Bolivian Economics 101: Low inflation in 2015
Armando Mendez writes in El Diario: Low inflation in 2015 Without doubt, a remarkable fact of the behavior of the Bolivian economy during year 2015 was the low rate of inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), published monthly by the National Statistics Institute. The year ended with an annual rate of 3%, while…
Rajinikanth to shoot a song in Bolivia for Shankar’s ‘2.0 – Sequel of Robot’
From DNA web team: It looks like the team will first go to Bolivia to can the song and then proceed to the United States for a long shoot. Director Shankar seems to have a love for South America. May be it’s because the continent is one of the few that have not been shown…
Alasita, the La Paz party who wandered all over the city
Randy Chavez reports for Pagina Siete: Alasita, the La Paz party who wandered all over the city It started in Churumbamba, with the indigenous people, arrived in San Francisco and even the Plaza Murillo. Before the Spanish arrived to the Chuquiago valley, what is now the city of La Paz, the Aymara and Quechua Indians…
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