Cochabamba, Bolivia News

“Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction and is prepared to use them.”

Over the weekend the Bush administration's former point man for Latin America, Roger Noriega, weighed in publicly on the criminal charges against former Bolivian President Gonzalo S nchez de Lozada, in an op-ed ... via Blog from Bolivia

“Your Blog posts are great, but I wish they would come to my email box so I would remember to take a look at them.”

Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 4:21 pm Press Release: The Democracy Center Bolivia The Democracy Center On-Line Volume 77 - November 5, 2007 Updates From Bolivia And Three New Publications Dear Readers: I ... via Scoop

For more than a year, Bolivia has been in the midst of a historic struggle to write a new constitution. via Blog from Bolivia

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is doing a great Latin Film festival this week. via Memphis . cool . movies

Readers: Today is the Catholic holiday of Todos Santos, a time when Latin Americans in particular practice rituals to remember loved ones who have died. via Blog from Bolivia

“My whole office is here. Obligatorio , they told us to come.”

The latest political squabble in Bolivia this week isn't over whether to move the national capital, or if soccer should be played at high altitude, or over Evo Morales' desires for a second term. via Blog from Bolivia

Hi everyone connected to Bolivia or other, I would like to ask if anyone knows how the situation in Bolivia is like on the moment. via Lonely Planet

“Unfortunately, there's just not going to be any more cheap water”

But climate change is producing less snowpack and causing it to melt prematurely, jeopardizing future supplies. via ThisCanadian

“Ambassador Goldberg resigned from his diplomatic career in order to help Evo Morales arrange the change of location of Disney World to Orinoca [Morales' hometown near Oruro].”

Newsflash: U.S. President George Bush has terminated the services of Ambassador Phillip Goldberg, and has announced that he is appointing a new Ambassador to Bolivia, former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. via Blog from Bolivia

“Where in Iraq there was an invasion that was followed by economic shock therapy”

Naomi Klein Inside her Canadian publisher's head office in downtown Toronto on a hazy, sun-filled Friday, activist-journalist Naomi Klein says it's what happened after the tsunami that really nailed it for her. via CANOE

Associated Press - October 17, 2007 3:24 PM ET Here's a look at Dr. Jose Veizaga-Mendez , whose Illinois medical license was indefinitely suspended by regulators under a deal he reached with the state. via WTHI-TV Terre Haute

“Communal property is what made Oruro a disaster after the decline of mining; farming collapsed under conditions in which nobody owned anything; now they (Morales' supporters) are trying to destroy Santa Cruz.”

However, the relationship between the United States and Bolivia is not the issue that most Bolivians are focused on. via New Republic

'The Family transmitter of Life' is the theme of Family Days and Family Week organised by Bolivian Life and Family Foundation 8-14 October in the 14 dioceses in the regions of Santa Cruz, Oruro, Cochabamba and ... via Fides News

At the north end of the plaza there were rappers, speeches, songs and a band, with hundreds of people gathered to listen. via Green Left Weekly

“Que lo sepan los nacidos y los que estan por nacer. Que los revolucionarios del mundo nacimos para vencer y no para ser vencidos”

Last week, Rub n Linares, national coordinator of the revolutionary Venezuelan trade union confederation, the UNT, came to Denmark on a speaking tour organised by the Danish Hands Off Venezuela campaign. via Hands Off Venezuela

Some 140 young people from all over the Los Valles region took part in the 1st Regional Mission Congress in 25 to 30 September in Tarija organised by the Bishops' Mission Commission and the national office of ... via Fides News

“The EPAs could crowd out local producers in many circumstances”

Opening up trade between the European Union and Africa risks violating basic human rights, according to campaigners. via Inter Press Service

“Alternatives for a parliament of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR)”

Cochabamba, Bolivia, Oct 5 Bolivian President Evo Morales affirmed Friday South America is a natural and moral reserve of the planet, and called to make the region an example of integration and complementation ... via Prensa Latina

“He is like a saint to us because he fought for the Campesino people and he died for his ideals.”

Tens of thousands of disciples of the revolutionary leader Che Guevara made the pilgrimage to Ville Grande in the Bolivian jungle yesterday the spot where he was executed exactly 40 years ago. via The Independent

La Paz, Oct 3 Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Tuesday that the upcoming summit to celebrate the Declaration on the Indigenous Peoples' Rights will contribute to reflection on how to save the planet. via Prensa Latina