In Bolivia vote, Indian power a central issue
AP - Fri Dec 4, 1:06 pm ETIn Bolivia's biggest municipality, a scrub-brush expanse of cattle ranches and hardscrabble farms, Sunday's national elections aren't all about Evo Morales.
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DJ Currency Rates Of Coffee Producing, Consuming Countries
The Forex Market - Tue Nov 24, 4:23 am ETCurrent Prior Producers Angola (Readj Kwanza) AOA 85.8 86 Bolivia (Boliviano) BOB 7.02 7.02 Brazil (Real) BRL 1.727 1.732 Burundi (Franc) BIF 1235.5 1224.5 Central African States XAF 438.5 438 Central Bank of West AfriXOF 438.5 438.59 Colombia (Peso) COP 1967.5 1971.4 Costa Rica (Colon) CRC 558.9 557.3 Cuba (Peso) CUP 1 1 Dominican Rep (Peso) DOP 36.05 36.15 Ecuador (USD) USD 1 1 El Salvador ...
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Cat Rehab: Teacher raises money for jaguar home
Winston-Salem Journal - Mon Nov 23, 12:00 am ETJaguars in Bolivia may soon have a more comfortable home thanks to students, parents and teachers at Kernersville Middle School.
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China To Loan Bolivia $60 Million For Natural Gas Investment
Nasdaq - Wed Nov 18, 2:03 pm ETBUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- China will loan Bolivia$60 million to invest in natural gas drilling and distribution equipment, Bolivia's state news agency ABI reported Wednesday.
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Indians’ political awakening stirs Latin America
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Sat Nov 21, 12:05 am ETJESUS DE MACHACA, Bolivia—In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country’s 36 indigenous peoples the right to self-rule. All over Latin America, and especially in the Andes, a political awakening is emboldening Indians who have ...
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Best of both worlds: Quiroga's success story a round trip to Bolivia and back
Marblehead Reporter - Wed Nov 18, 1:25 pm ETWhen Marcel Quiroga moved back to the United States from Bolivia while in her late 30s, she knew she would be starting from scratch. She didn’t have a job, she didn’t have a place to call home, yet she had two children to support on her own. Cut to four years later, and the Marblehead resident is already on her way to ascending toward the top of the financial field.
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RADIO/PODCAST: The Jazz Session #112: Martin Urbach
All About Jazz - Fri Nov 20, 3:18 pm ETDrummer Martin Urbach is a citizen of the world. His travels have taken him from his native Bolivia to New Orleans and then New York. His experiences along the way are expressed musically on Free Will (Self Produced, 2008). In this interview, Urbach talks about his musical and cultural upbringing; h...
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Orvana Outlines Mine Development Plans and Reports Fiscal 2009 Production
Marketwire - Fri Nov 20, 10:47 am ETTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 20, 2009) - Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX:ORV) today announced preliminary mine development plans for its projects in Spain, the U.S. and Bolivia. The plans include initial targets for gold-copper production from the El Valle-Boinas/Carles underground mine project in northern Spain, which Orvana acquired in September 2009. Orvana also announced gold production ...
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Barcelona defender Milito back in action
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 18, 12:40 pm ETArgentine defender Gabriel Milito returned to action after an 18-month injury lay-off on Wednesday as Barcelona defeated Bolivar CF of Bolivia 4-1 in a friendly match.
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Rape broadcast causes outrage in Bolivia
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 18, 3:28 pm ETLa Paz - The broadcast of a rape on a Bolivian television network caused outrage Wednesday in the Andean country. We have witnessed Tuesday the footage of a sexual act in which four young men rape a 13-year-old girl, and that is outrageous, indecent...
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NDSU prepares students with International Education Week
The Spectrum - Thu Nov 19, 4:03 pm ETThe Office of International Programs organized International Education Week from Nov. 16 to 20. The event informed participants about study abroad opportunities, the international studies major, passport information and the similarities between sister land-grant institutions in Bolivia and North Dakota.
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Swimming & Diving. Crespo and Gomez Earn Medals At Bolivarian Games
Texas Christian University Athletics - Thu Nov 19, 12:55 pm ETCurrent TCU swimmers Maria Paula Alvarez and Edgar Crespo, alongside former Horned Frog Alejandro Gomez, competed this week at the 16th Annual Bolivarian Games in Sucre, Bolivia.
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DJ Currency Rates Of Coffee Producing, Consuming Countries
The Forex Market - Thu Nov 19, 4:23 am ETCurrent Prior Producers Angola (Readj Kwanza) AOA 85.8 86 Bolivia (Boliviano) BOB 7.02 7.02 Brazil (Real) BRL 1.7258 1.711 Burundi (Franc) BIF 1225.5 1225 Central African States XAF 441.5 440.5 Central Bank of West AfriXOF 441.16 440.48 Colombia (Peso) COP 1951.9 1965.7 Costa Rica (Colon) CRC 560.7 568.5 Cuba (Peso) CUP 1 1 Dominican Rep (Peso) DOP 36.15 36.15 Ecuador (USD) USD 1 1 El Salvador ...
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Bolivia: Lake Titicaca at dangerously low levels
FOX 11 Tucson - Mon Nov 16, 2:19 pm ETLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities said Thursday.
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Edgeworth native's group gives Bolivian women spirit and an income
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Wed Nov 18, 5:54 pm ETEdgeworth native Mimi Brooks Woodbridge, world traveler and Peace Corps volunteer, 15 years ago helped establish Spirit of the Andes, an organization that helps women earn a living by hand-knitting clothing that is sold to individuals and stores in Bolivia, England, the United States, Japan and Denmark.
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Voice of America boosts its signal in South America
McClatchy Washington Bureau - Wed Nov 18, 7:37 am ETFacing a group of presidents loudly critical of Washington, the U.S. government's Voice of America broadcast is expanding its audience in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua, VOA officials say.
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Bolivia's controversial Morales set for election win
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