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Where some see only an edible, hog-sized jungle rodent, others see economic opportunity. Indigenous communities from Bolivia's eastern lowlands are planning to export dried meat of the world's largest rodent to Venezuela, where the animal is widely consumed.
His presidential victory Sunday chalks up another important win for Bolivia's Evo Morales and the region's hard-left, Chávez-led bloc, which also includes Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Cuba.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The wind whips across a 3,900-square- mile expanse of salt on a desert plateau in Bolivia’s Andes Mountains. Plastic washtubs filled with an emerald-colored liquid rich in lithium dot the Uyuni Salt Flat, all the way to the volcanoes on the horizon.
President Evo Morales easily won re-election Sunday, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia’s long-suppressed indigenous majority.
The Associated Press President Evo Morales easily won re-election Sunday, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's long-suppressed indigenous majority.
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia | Bolivian President Evo Morales appeared headed for a decisive election win Sunday, a victory that opponents fear could lock the country into a socialist system modeled on that of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. "This election will vindicate the revolutionary process started by my government and the Bolivian people," Mr. Morales said in his final campaign speech. His ...
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LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales easily won re-election, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf...
President Evo Morales easily won re-election, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's long-suppressed indigenous majority.
Indigenous Former Coca-Growers' Union Leader Wins Overwhelming Mandate to Continue Social Reforms
LA PAZ, Bolivia -- The government of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela, facing a crisis at several banks acquired by his supporters, moved over the weekend to assert greater financial control by detaining one of the country's most powerful financiers and forcing the resignation of the banker's brother, who is a minister and a top Chávez aide.
LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Evo Morales appeared headed to easy re-election Sunday with a strong mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's long-suppressed indigenous majority.
(RTTNews) - Evo Morales, the leftist incumbent president of Bolivia, appears set to serve a second five-year term after exit polls projected his victory in the election Sunday, giving him almost two-thirds of the votes cast.
Leftist President Evo Morales claimed victory in Sunday's election promising more change in his second term in office, as his party locked in an absolute majority in Congress.
Bolivian President Evo Morales. appeared headed to easy re-election Sunday, with a strong mandate for further revolutionary.
BOLIVIA President Evo Morales easily won reelection Sunday, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's long-suppressed indigenous majority.
