The United Kingdom has issued a travel warning for people who want to come to Bolivia: Foreign Travel Advice BOLIVIA Summary Still current at: 21 July 2015 Updated: 21 July 2015 Latest update: Summary – industrial action in Potosí has led to road closures and shortages of food and water; if you attempt travel…
Peanut captures the attention of European companies
Tatiana Chavez reports for Los Tiempos: Peanut captures the attention of European companies In the Second Business Roundtable of Bolivia Pavilion at Expo Milan, the Cochabamba peanut struck 34 European business representatives. Its nutritional properties, its biological quality, but above all its flavor caused impact on European companies, especially in the 14 specialized in dried…
Flood the Madidi to stay in power
Raul Penaranda writes in Pagina Siete: Flood the Madidi to stay in power There is only limited economic vision that drives the Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, a drive almost exclusively on extractive tasks to achieve economic growth. His close look, in which (almost) only enter options as drilling gas fields and mining, as well…
Bolivian Carmen Rosa: The fearless cholita wrestler
From Sounds and Colors: CARMEN ROSA: THE FEARLESS CHOLITA WRESTLER By Ellen Gordon: The indigenous Aymara people have been discriminated against since colonial times and make up the second largest ethnic group In Bolivia. The Aymara’s knowledge of the land, ability to adapt to modernisation, and extensive trading networks have ensured their survival even when…
Pope rebukes Bolivia’s President Evo Morales for gift of crucifix mounted on hammer and sickle
From The Telegraph: Pope rebukes Bolivia’s President Evo Morales for gift of crucifix mounted on hammer and sickle Pope Francis makes clear he is not amused as Evo Morales, Bolivia’s left-wing leader, presents gift that mixes the symbols of Christianity and communism. Pope Francis has rebuked his host Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, after the…
Pope Francis at Bolivian prison, calls himself man ‘saved from his many sins”
From Catholic News Service: By David Agren Catholic News Service SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (CNS) — Pope Francis visited one of Latin America’s most notorious prisons, calling himself “a man who was and is saved from his many sins.” “I couldn’t leave Bolivia without seeing you, without sharing the hope and faith given in the cross,”…
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