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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.
La Paz - Polls closed Sunday without major incidents in Bolivian elections for a new president and National Congress. Four years after taking office, President Evo Morales - Bolivia's first indigenous head of state - was poised for re-election with a...
Incumbent Evo Morales was favored by a wide margin in Sunday's presidential election in Bolivia, polls indicated. Morales, 50, had strong support from the indigenous majority, which comprises more than 60 percent of Bolivia's population, The New York Times reported.
La Paz - Bolivians began voting on Sunday in elections for a a new president and parliament. Four years after taking office, President Evo Morales - Bolivia's first indigenous head of state - was poised for re-election with a first-round majority. ...
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales , who nationalized the energy industry and rewrote the constitution, heads for re-election Dec. 6 bolstered by an economy projected to grow faster than any other in the hemisphere this year.
Bolivia's President Evo Morales has nationalized natural gas reserves, ushered in a new constitution and redistributed land to his nation's poor, indigenous majority. He also kicked out the U.S. ambassador as well as U.S. drug enforcement authorities. Like him or loathe him, Bolivia's first indigenous president has made headlines. Sunday, Bolivians will decide whether to re-elect him. He's ...
Buenos Aires/La Paz - A year ago, Bolivia seemed haunted by the ghosts of civil war, with deep divisions between east and west, town and country, between President Evo Morales' supporters and opponents. In the run-up to S...
On December 6, national elections will be held in Bolivia. If President Evo Morales (Bolivia's version of Venezuela's populist authoritarian President Hugo Chavez) and his MAS party prevail, Morales's campaign to destroy constitutional democracy in Bolivia will be nearly complete.
BOGOTA (Dow Jones)--Colombia is an easier place to do business than Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela and Bolivia, a leading U.S. investor said Wednesday.
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales , who is running for re-election in a Dec. 6 vote, said he’s planning a justice system overhaul that would send leading challenger Manfred Reyes Villa to jail after the elections.
Bolivia will receive US$106 million in loans from the Inter-American Development Bank to finance the construction of the 80-MW Misicuni hydroelectric project.
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I recently moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, and will be publishing occasional pieces here on Bolivian politics as well as my personal adventures. Here's a piece...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 2, 2009) - Eaglecrest Explorations Ltd. ("Eaglecrest"; the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:EEL)(FRANKFURT:EAT) is pleased to report the expansion of the surface high-grade gold zone at the Buriti area of the San Simon project in Northeastern Bolivia. Ground crews have now extended the area of anomalous gold and gold-mineralized rock at Buriti to ...
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil will boost natural gas output from the Amazon region to reduce its dependence on Bolivian fuel, said Marcio Mello , a former Petroleo Brasileiro SA geologist who raised $276 million for exploration in the area.
Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- BG Group Plc , Repsol YPF SA and Pan American Energy LLC applied to the Bolivian government for approval to develop the Margarita field.
