Sucre, Bolivia News

Sucre, Bolivia, Nov 26 The Bolivian Justice Ministry requested that the Supreme Court issued an arrest warrant against revoked Cochabamba Mayor Manfred Reyes Villa, for avoiding a judicial order.

Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz was elected for the seventh time as President of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference .

Sucre, Bolivia, Nov 21 The Bolivian government dismissed Victor Barrientos from his post as Deputy Sports Minister for serious irregularities in the organization of the 16th Bolivarian Sports Games in Sucre.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Photo: DAVID MERCADO/REUTERS Competitors from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela race during the BMX Championships at the Bolivarianos Games in Sucre, Bolivia.

Sucre, Bolivia, Nov 14 The city of Sucre, Bolivia''s constitutional capital, will open today the 16th Bolivarian Sports Games, gathering athletes from six countries.

Quito, Nov 12 Technical delegates from the countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America discussed in Quito details about the Unified System for Regional Compensation , the virtual commerce currency.

The Latin American Herald Tribune reports on the ALBA summit: ALBA Strengthens Trade Alliance, Ratifies Struggle Against the "Empire" The treaty for a Unified Regional Compensation System, or SUCRE, was the most important economic measure approved at the presidential meeting.

The Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas , an association of the Latin American trade bloc, agreed to stop using U.S. dollars for regional commerce from next year, AP reported Saturday.

That'll be the real switch. Everything that's used to create food, for instance, will have to be bought and sold using regional currency.

Leftist Latin American leaders agreed here Friday on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar.

Wazzup with all the different types of bus stations in Bolivia? Did you that know at bus stations in Bolivia you usually can't reserve bus tickets in advance? Here in Bolivia there are dozens of bus companies.

La Paz, Oct 10 Cuban ambassador to Bolivia Rafael Dausa highlighted Saturday the scopes of the 7th Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas from October 16 to 17 in Cochamba city.

Churches abound in Bolivia and Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion. According to the last census over 90% of Bolivians consider themselves Catholic, although many other religions are present in Bolivia as well.

La Paz, Oct 6 The Bolivian district attorney, Roger Velasquez, ordered Tuesday the arrest of the opposition prefect of Chusquisaca, Savina Cuellar, for refusing to appear before the attorney general''s office in this city, accused of alleged corruption.

The Land Rover G4 Challenge crosses Bolivia this week. It's a perilous journey. Jeremy Hart knows - he reccied the route Barely a decade ago, a revolution came to the Bolivian village of Terevinto.

Sucre, Bolivia, Aug 25 The public hearing against Bolivian ex President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada , due to the massacre on October, 2003, was postponed for September 1, government sources said on Tuesday.

Managua, Aug 12 The Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our Americas will discuss on Wednesday in this capital about the Regional Single Compensation System .

A lovely whitewashed colonial city, and the judicial capital of Bolivia. We visited Bolivias version of the White House which contained Bolivias declaration of Independence, the first flag etc.

A lovely whitewashed colonial city, and the judicial capital of Bolivia. We visited Bolivias version of the White House which contained Bolivias declaration of Independence, the first flag etc.

Bolivian Independence Day is August 6th each year. The country gained its freedom from Spain after several centuries of occupation and celebrated by signing the Declaration of Independence on August 6th, 1825.