La Paz (Region- Bolivia)

                   

Bolivia: Compromise and advance

greenleft.org.au
16-Nov-2008 3 related
        

The ominous clouds that seemed to indicate the worst of storms, and which tend to hypnotise analysts inside and outside of Bolivia, dissipated following a political agreement that has set January 25 as the date for a referendum...

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The Asian Brown Cloud: Global Climate Chaos and Tropical Glaciers

indymedia.org.uk
14-Nov-2008 1 related
        

A blog report about "newest" climate threat - the Asian Brown Cloud - combined with recent data about tropical glaciers in the Andes in South America. Alarming figures. Posted here with active links to sources:...

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Morales: Bolivia to seize fuel smugglers' vehicles

newsvine.com
13-Nov-2008 6 related
        

LA PAZ — Bolivian President Evo Morales says any vehicle caught smuggling fuel out of the country will be seized. The South American country is rich in natural gas but suffers chronic fuel shortages. That's because Bolivia...

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Bolivia asks US to extradite ex-president

newsvine.com
11-Nov-2008 22 related
        

Bolivian officials say they have formally asked the United States to extradite former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, who ordered a military crackdown on 2003 riots in which at least 60 people died.

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BOLIVIA: A Compromised Constitution

newsocialist.org
11-Nov-2008
        

Bolivia’s compromised constitution By Sarah Hines AS MANY as 100,000 supporters of Bolivian President Evo Morales joined the president in a march October 20 in the capital city of La Paz to demand that the Bolivian Congress...

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Bolivia's Witches' Market: Llama Foetuses and Dried Armadillos

oddee.com
12-Nov-2008
        

On July 2008, Oddee's crew went to one of the most bizarre street markets in South America. From Llama fetuses for prosperity, to toad talismans, owl feathers and stone amulets; meet Bolivia's Witches' Market.

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xinhuanet.com: A Bolivian indigenous woman sits near a skull during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls in a church at the General Cemetery of La Paz November 8, 2008. Bolivians who keep close relatives xinhuanet.com

Day of Skulls ceremony in Bolivia

xinhuanet.com
09-Nov-2008
        

A Bolivian indigenous woman sits near a skull during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls in a church at the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008. Bolivians who keep close relatives' skulls at home as a macabre talisman flock to...

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"Victor" and other skulls revered in Bolivia

reuters.com
08-Nov-2008
        

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Meet Captain Victor, the cigarette-stained skull of a former policeman that sits among bananas, candles, soda bottles and coca leaves on a folding table in Bolivia's highland capital.

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yahoo.com: Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the US Drug Enforcement Administration, which has been given three months to leave the country, of yahoo.com

Bolivia and the United States: Non grata

economist.com
06-Nov-2008 11 related
        

A tit-for-tat tiffIT BEGAN in June, when coca growers in the Chapare region of Bolivia threatened to ransack the local offices of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which has worked on anti-drug...

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DRUGS-BOLIVIA: DEA Ousted - What Now?

ipsnews.net
05-Nov-2008 2 related
        

LA PAZ, Nov 5 (IPS) - Relations between Bolivia and the United States have reached a new low over La Paz's recent decision to expel the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The fight against drug trafficking and...

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