Jeff John Roberts reports for Fortune: The Year’s Biggest Star Wars Rip-Off Is By Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is running around as a Jedi in a bid to stay in power. When you’re changing the constitution to stay in power, why not tap The Force? That seems to be the thinking behind a bizarre new…
Will Bolivia’s Lifeless Lake Poopo Ever Return?
Dimitri O’Donnell reports for teleSUR: Will Bolivia’s Lifeless Lake Poopo Ever Return? It was once Bolivia’s second biggest lake but climate change and industrial negligence has left it desertified. Bolivian’s fear this latest setback could be permanent. A two-hour drive from the western Bolivian city of Oruro takes you to a series of beaten off-road…
Bolivia has changed under current government! Anarchy rules!
EFE reports for Foxnews Latino: Pair rescued from lynch mob in Bolivia Published December 28, 2015 EFE Bolivian police rescued a pair of accused robbers from an enraged mob in the central part of the Chapare regipon before local residents could burn them alive. The incident occurred early Sunday morning, when two young men identified…
After a decade of cheap populism… reality is a Bolivian Declining Economy
A crude reality for Bolivia, an Editorial from El Diario: Declining economy Economic data has been published by El Diario newspaper in recent days, show that there is an alarming decline in this vital sector of national life. On good terms, one could say that if it were not for the natural gas exported by…
Bolivia Cholita Mountain Climbers
AP images spotlight reports: Bolivia Cholita Mountain Climbers Photos by Juan Karita At first glance, the indigenous Bolivian women don’t look much like mountain climbers, with their colorful, multilayered skirts and fringed shawls. But their helmets, polarized goggles and crampons attached to their shoes give them away as mountaineers who accompany their husbands, often as…
Bolivia has low consumption of vegetables
El Diario reports: Bolivia has low consumption of vegetables Every Bolivian consumes an average of 150 grams (g) of vegetables, when should eat about 400 grams to maintain their health, according to Juan Jose Estrada, coordinator of the National Vegetable Program, from the Rural Development Ministry. “Our consumption is low. Bolivia is one of the…
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