Will Brumleve reports for the Ford County record: EIEC lineman helps bring power to Bolivian villages SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — For three weeks, Terry Riggins was constantly pestered by bugs as he endured 12-hour workdays in 90-degree heat in the mountains of Bolivia. After work, he would try his best to sleep in what he…
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Electric Cooperatives of Oklahoma bring power to remote villages in Bolivia
Sequoyah County Times reports: Electric Cooperatives of Oklahoma bring power to remote villages in Bolivia Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CHEC) is pleased to announce the completion of a volunteer electrification project that took place in August 2016 in the Amazonian area of Bolivia. One of CHEC’s linemen and Sallisaw resident, Jeremy Baker, served as…
Former Suffolk fire engine spotted in Bolivia
Ipswich Star reports: Former Suffolk fire engine spotted in Bolivia A former Suffolk fire engine has been spotted still serving the community – in Bolivia, it has emerged. The former Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service appliance was seen by eagle-eyed photographer Jon Howard-Brand. The old fire engine saw service in Suffolk in the 1990s and…
Good sustainable energy news from Cobija, Pando, but the government…?!
Carlos Miranda analysis for Pagina Siete: Speaking of energy Finally a good news, bioelectricity in Cobija The nationalization of electricity of La Paz and Oruro distributorships shows the strategy of the “energy Talibans” of the Government. Creating a crisis to cover another. Nationalize to put the concerns about the extortion in the justice system to…
Briefs: Margarita gas field; crafts; electricity prices
Margarita gas field: Yesterday in La Paz, Chuquisaca and Tarija walked out the meeting without solution. For details, see link: https://bolivianthoughts.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/campo-margarita-royalties-issue-between-chuquisaca-and-tarija/ La Razon reports: After a lengthy meeting with energy sector officials, representatives of both departments left the central office facilities of YPFB in the city of La Paz, but not before ratifying and insisting on their…
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