Bolivia

El Museo del Barrio: Fifth Avenue on Fire

Jim Luce | Posted 11.12.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Forty years ago, El Museo del Barrio was a dream contained in a single classroom so far north that “sophisticated” Manhattanites would not...

Bolivia's Witch Markets Offer Llama Fetuses And More

GlobalPost | Sara Shahriari | Posted 10.30.2009 | World


By Sara Shahriari LA PAZ, Bolivia -- At first sight, Calle de las Brujas doesn't look so witchy -- there are no steaming cauldrons or pointy hats. ...

Bolivia summit adopts new currency

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home

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Latin American leaders agree to create currency that will scale back use of dollar....

Paraguay unveils archives from dictatorship

AP | PEDRO SERVIN | Posted 10.14.2009 | Home


ASUNCION, Paraguay — Human rights activists gained access Wednesday to a dictatorship-era military archive that appears to contain long-held secrets about Paraguay's persecution of opponents during Alfredo Stroessner's 1954-1989 rule.

The basement archive in the Ministry of Defense appears to hold some records about Operation Condor, a coordinated campaign by South American military governments against leftists during the 1970s and 80s, according to rights activist Martin Almada.

The discovery was announced hours after Almada gained access the rows of boxes and yellowed ledgers on Wednesday morning. He said the documents apparently contain names of Argentine opponents of Stroessner's government.

"In skimming through them, we uncovered some interesting information regarding Operation Condor," said Almada, who directs a museum about past government repression and torture.

Several South American military governments are accused of working together to crack down on leftist dissidents beginning in the mid-1970s.

Pro Mujer: Journey Towards Women's Empowerment In Latin America

Jim Luce | Posted 11.22.2009 | World


Jim Luce

Pro Mujer is helping some of the poorest women in Latin America to increase their income, develop their full potential, and claim their basic human rights, enabling them to become agents of change.

Route 36 In Bolivia: The World's First Cocaine Bar

The Guardian | Jonathan Franklin | Posted 09.21.2009 | World


"Tonight we have two types of cocaine; normal for 100 Bolivianos a gram, and strong cocaine for 150 [Bolivianos] a gram." The waiter has just finished...

Bolivia Bans All Circus Animals

AP | Posted 09.03.2009 | World


La Paz (AP) -- Bolivia has enacted what animal rights activists are calling the world's first ban on all animals in circuses. A handful of other coun...

Trucks, Drugs and NAFTA: Time for Congress to do the Right Thing

Gary Shapiro | Posted 08.29.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

Mexico did not take lightly to the U.S. closing our border to their trucks -- that's why they're called "trade wars."

Ants Kill Bolivian Farmworker

AP | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian police say that a 42-year-old man who fell asleep under an ant-infested tree has been killed by insect bites. Beni c...

Aide: Ousted president en route to Honduras

AP | JUAN ZAMORANO | Posted 08.16.2009 | Home


A top aide said exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was heading home Thursday to set up an alternative seat of government inside the country, and will use it as his headquarters in a "final battle" against the coup leaders.

Zelaya's foreign minister, Patricia Rodas, said he is "on his way" back, but refused to say how or when he planned to enter Honduras. Zelaya's current whereabouts are unclear and the leaders who replaced him after the military sent him into exile have vowed to arrest him if he returns.

"Our president will be in Honduras at some point and some moment. He is already on his way. God protect him and the people of the Americas who are with him," Rodas told reporters in La Paz, Bolivia, where she joined a meeting of leftist presidents.

"The establishment and installation of an alternative seat of government will be to direct what I will call the final battle" against leaders of the coup that toppled Zelaya, she said.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez – an ally of Zelaya – said he had spoken with Zelaya and the exiled leader told him: "I don't know if I will die, but I'm going to Honduras."

Bolivia's Biggest Cocaine Lab Raided (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.07.2009 | World


Bolivian drug enforcement agents have raided the biggest cocaine lab ever found in the country, BBC reports. The lab was able to produce up to 220 pou...

Evo Morales: Obama 'Lied' About Cooperation

AP | CARLOS VALDEZ | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Evo Morales on Wednesday accused Barack Obama of lying by pledging to change America's historically heavy-handed rel...

Multinationals Going Shopping For Lithium Below Bolivia's Salt Desert

The Guardian | Rory Carroll and Andres Schipani in Salar De Uyuni | Posted 07.19.2009 | Green


Stand in the middle of Salar de Uyuni, the world's greatest salt desert, and the first word that springs to mind is ­nothing. As far as the eye can s...

A Call for Excellent Public-Private-Partnerships

Michael Likosky | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics


Michael Likosky

Former Governor Howard Dean and Former Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, both now affiliated with the international law firm McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, just ...

Secret Israeli Report: Venezuela, Bolivia Supplying Iran With Uranium For Its Nuclear Program

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 06.25.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Venezuela and Bolivia are supplying Iran with uranium for its nuclear program, according to a secret Israeli government report obtai...

Morales: Relations Can Improve If US Stops Meddling

AP | CARLOS VALDEZ | Posted 06.21.2009 | World


LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Evo Morales called for an about-face in relations with Washington on Thursday, saying past diplomatic spats can be o...

Pickaxes break silence of Bolivia's expansive salt flats

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.15.2009 | Home

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At 4,085 square miles, the Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat. The Worldfocus signature story “Bolivia eyes lithium with hope...

Full Show: May 14, 2009

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.14.2009 | Home


Watch the show from Thursday, May 14: On patrol in Afghanistan, Myanmar pro-democracy leader charged, Polish Jews and Bolivia’s president speak...

Bolivia's Lithium Could Transform Economy In Greener World (VIDEO)

Worldfocus | Posted 06.14.2009 | World


Bolivia controls nearly half of the world's reserves of lithium, a metal crucial for electric cars and other alternative energy technologies. But w...

Bolivia eyes lithium with hopes to transform economy

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.13.2009 | Home

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Bolivia controls nearly half of the world’s reserves of lithium, a metal crucial for electric cars and other alternative energy technologies. Bu...

Bolivia's Chacaltaya Glacier Almost Gone: Scientists

BBC | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


Scientists in Bolivia say that one of the country's most famous glaciers has almost disappeared as a result of climate change....

Drug War Hurts Many Bolivian Farmers Who Rely On The Coca Plant

WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


For more than 30 years, a drug war was waged in Bolivia with the help of the U.S. drug enforcement administration. Bolivia's Yungas region is one o...

Passing through a drug checkpoint in Bolivia's mountains

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.11.2009 | Home

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Along a major highway heading in and out of the Yungas forest of the eastern Andes, Bolivian troops stop about 500 vehicles per day looking for cocain...

Bolivians depend on coca plant despite anti-drug efforts

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 06.11.2009 | Home

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For more than 30 years, a drug war was waged in Bolivia with the help of the U.S. drug enforcement administration. Bolivia’s Yungas region is o...

The Young Castro Comes Alive In Soderbergh's Epic Che Through Actor Demian Bichir's Performance

Brad Balfour | Posted 06.06.2009 | Entertainment


Brad Balfour

Now that director Steven Soderbergh is in the public consciousness again with his intimate portrait of a high-class escort in The Girlfriend Experienc...