Rotary provides water to impoverished communities in Bolivia

Megan Thorstad reports for Sun Post: Rotary provides water to impoverished communities in Bolivia New Hope, Crystal, Robbinsdale club assists in international project The Crystal-New Hope-Robbinsdale Rotary Club recently made a financial contribution to Mano a Mano International for the construction of farm ponds along the Mizque River in the Omereque region of Bolivia. The…

S&T students to spend Thanksgiving break in Bolivia

The Rolla Daily News reports: S&T students to spend Thanksgiving break in Bolivia The student chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) at Missouri University of Science and Technology will travel to Puerto Pando, Bolivia, to continue its work to help provide access to safe drinking water for the local community. The students will travel to…

Silala: Chile not satisfied with the copper and seacoast they violently took away from Bolivia, wants more!

From The Editors for World Politics Review: The Political and Legal Stakes of a Feud Over a Tiny South American River Earlier this month, Bolivian President Evo Morales publicly berated his Chilean counterpart, Michelle Bachelet, for allegedly disclosing the contents of a filing before the International Court of Justice in The Hague concerning the two countries’ battle over the Silala…

‘Engineering with soul’ can help solve the world’s problems

Dave Cook reports for The Seattle Times: ‘Engineering with soul’ can help solve the world’s problems I’m bullish on our country’s scientific and engineering future because more scientists and engineers are multiculturalists, sensitive and empathetic. I was in the Bolivian Andes, 14,000 feet up. The 1970s-vintage water pipeline that snaked from a seep, across a…