Lewis Panther rerports for Mirror: British drug smuggler describes life inside notorious Bolivian jail where governor snorted cocaine and murder was part of everyday life Thomas McFadden spent five years inside a jail in Bolivia and watched men beaten to death but lived to tell the tale in a new film. Turning up to prison…
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Bolivia is becoming like Somalia or Afghanistan, cocaine is taking over!
This cartoon is from Pagina Siete, 03/06/2017: It shows, a coca grower desire to pay an annual tax of only Bs50, less than $10 dollars! Somalia and/or Afghanistan have fallen to the control of small groups who with guns and money do as they [lease in those countries … similar thing is happening in Bolivia….
Inside the vibrant suburb that looks like a video game: The $1million technicolour towers that are transforming a Bolivian city
Harriet Mallinson reports for MailOnLine and AFP: Inside the vibrant suburb that looks like a video game: The $1million technicolour towers that are transforming a Bolivian city Fluorescent-coloured walls tower for up to seven stories at an altitude of 13,000ft in the city of El Alto Called ‘cholets’ by the locals they were built by…
Bolivia’s Desperate Miners Are Doing Desperate Things—Like Murder
From Bloomberg Business Week: Bolivia’s Desperate Miners Are Doing Desperate Things—Like Murder Everyone knows who killed Rodolfo Illanes. So why is his death such a mystery? by Monte Reel Clashes at a roadblock on Aug. 25, the day Illanes was killed. Photographer: Juan Karita/AP Photo Rodolfo Illanes, the vice minister in charge of domestic affairs…
At Last! evo’s 101: Morales built a $7.1 million museum to himself. That’s not his biggest ego trip
Andres Oppenheimer reports for The Miami Herald: Bolivia’s Morales built a $7.1 million museum to himself. That’s not his biggest ego trip In this Jan. 22, 2009, file photo, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales waves a Bolivian flag during a rally in support of the proposed new constitution in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Morales inaugurated a $7 million…
We are very sorry! … Polish missionary murdered in Bolivia
Vatican Radio reports: Polish missionary murdered in Bolivia (Vatican Radio) A Polish missionary has been murdered during an attack on a childcare center in Cochabamba, central Bolivia. The young lay missionary, Helena Kmieć, was reportedly stabbed on Tuesday, and died of her wounds. The Salvator Missionary Volunteering group, with whom Helena worked, had organized her…
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