Current Bolivian presidential hate to USA is no news and certainly goes in line with his populist, demagogue style; Pagina Siete reports: The Government introduced from 2006 until last month [March 2012] at least 20 complaints against United States for conspiracy against President Evo Morales; financing the opposition and indigenous protests; and terrorism. Pagina Siete…
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An old and ongoing relationship between the USA and Bolivia
Current Bolivian government is one day attacking the USG and the next signs agreements… is it politically correct or does it led to anything? Is Bolivia better off with or without the aid of the USA? In any case, our Bolivia humor portrayed this cartoon: It is from El Diario, April 2, 2012. While the…
EXPOFOREST 2012 – March 21 – 24
From http://www.hoybolivia.com: The 10th international fair of the forest, wood & technology “EXPOFOREST 2012”, to be held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, from 21 to 24 March 2012, the largest exhibition of forest industry of wood, furniture, biodiversity, research, technology, promotion of products of the forest, Bolivia and sustainable development projects. Activities of EXPOFOREST…
TIME reports: Bolivian Coca Farmers Switch to Coffee Beans
This is from TIME, Jean Friedman-Rudovsky reporting: For millennia, farmers in Bolivia’s breathtaking Yungas Valley terraced their steep mountainsides for coca. They grew just enough of the leaf, which is sacred to the indigenous peoples of South America’s Andes region, to make tea and chew to combat high-altitude exhaustion. That changed in the 20th century,…
Golden anniversary for USAID
This cartoon appeared in La Razon on November 15, 2011. Where you see two sides of current political party in government. Kudos for USAID’s golden anniversary! Fifty years helping the whole world. In case you didn’t know, USAID/Bolivia funded a great variety of infrastructure across our beautiful Bolivia: did you know about: the road La…
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