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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In Bolivia's biggest municipality, a scrub-brush expanse of cattle ranches and hardscrabble farms, Sunday's national elections aren't all about Evo Morales.
JESUS 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 across Latin America, and especially in the Andes, a political awakening is emboldening Indians who have ...
One of the poorest and least developed Latin American nations, Bolivia has South America’s lowest mobile penetration and second lowest fixed-line teledensity. Mobile telephony suffers from poor quality of service and inadequate network capacity.
2009-11-05 | Indigenous Peoples from Bolivia, Alaska, and throughout Indian country gathered at the 7th Southwest Indigenous Uranium Forum and told the same story: Uranium mining is a hate crime in Indian country.
Current Prior Producers Angola (Readj Kwanza) AOA 86 86 Bolivia (Boliviano) BOB 7.02 7.02 Brazil (Real) BRL 1.7214 1.7455 Burundi (Franc) BIF 1224.5 1224.5 Central African States XAF 442.5 444.5 Central Bank of West AfriXOF 442.395 443.5 Colombia (Peso) COP 1967 1988.4 Costa Rica (Colon) CRC 575.7 575.4 Cuba (Peso) CUP 1 1 Dominican Rep (Peso) DOP 36.125 36.125 Ecuador (USD) USD 1 1 El Salvador ...
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho----Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation today announced record silver production of 5.2 million ounces during the third quarter of 2009. This record production represents an 86% increase compared to last year’s third quarter and was driven by Coeur’s two new large, long-life mines - San Bartolomé in Bolivia and Palmarejo in Mexico - which combined for a total of 3.4 million ...
In Bolivia's biggest municipality, a scrub-brush expanse of cattle ranches and hardscrabble farms, Sunday's national elections aren't all about Evo Morales.
CHARAGUA, Bolivia (AP) — In Bolivia's biggest municipality, a scrub-brush expanse of cattle ranches and hardscrabble farms, Sunday's national elections aren't all about Evo Morales.
CHARAGUA, Bolivia (AP) — In Bolivia's biggest municipality, a scrub-brush expanse of cattle ranches and hardscrabble farms, Sunday's national elections aren't all about Evo Morales.
In Bolivia's biggest municipality, a scrub-brush expanse of cattle ranches and hardscrabble farms, Sunday's national elections aren't all about Evo Morales.
In Bolivia's biggest municipality, a scrub-brush expanse of cattle ranches and hardscrabble farms, Sunday's national elections aren't all about Evo Morales.
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.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 12/02/09) - Eaglecrest Explorations Ltd. ("Eaglecrest"; the "Company") (TSX-V: EEL - News )(Frankfurt: EAT - News ) 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.
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...
The Spanish-Argentine petroleum company Repsol says it plans to invest $1.5 billion to develop reserves and boost production in Bolivia.