Bolivia News Archives

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'Walking with Jesus, accompanying our people' is the theme of the 16th Encounter for National Youth Ministry Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean, taking place October 25-30 in Vinto, Cochabamba , which has brought together 130 representatives from 20 countries across the continent.

The Department of State welcomes Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and the Bolivian delegation to Washington for the second meeting of the U.S.-Bolivia Dialogue, which will take place on October 27, 2009.

The Bolivian government ordered a U.S.-owned mining company to cease operations on the summit of Cerro Rico, responding to protests by residents of the nearby city of Potosi that the activity was damaging the distinctive conical shape of 'rich mountain,' which has been producing silver for 464 years.

Cochabamba, Bolivia, Oct 17 A mass popular concentration at Cochabamba''s Felix Carriles Stadium will close the 7th Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America Saturday.

Bolivia's President Evo Morales, center, and Bolivia's Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, left, attend the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA, Bolivarian Alternative of the Americas group, Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct.

Norman Pillsbury is a professor emeritus of Cal Poly State University in forestry and hydrology.

Eager to attract more tourists, the town of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes has spruced-up the ancient Akapana pyramid with adobe instead of stone, in what some experts are calling a renovation fiasco.

Venezuelaa s president has said that countries including Venezuela, Russia and Iran have proposed the U.S. dollar should be replaced as the currency used for oil trade.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez said Iran is helping his country explore for uranium, but stressed his government would only seek to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia - Leaders of a bloc of leftist Latin American nations say they have decided to explore creating state-sponsored food and mining multinationals.

Cochabamba, Bolivia, Oct 16 Faithful to traditions of hospitality, the people of Cochabamba, in Bolivia, welcome proudly Friday the Seventh Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America .

Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya, left, posses for pictures as he watches the U-20 World Cup final soccer match between Brazil and Ghana, inside of the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Friday, Oct 16, 2009 Topics : Supreme Court , Honduran Congress , Honduras , TEGUCIGALPA , Cochabamba TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Negotiations to end the ...

In Bolivia buses are the most common form of transportation in the city and between cities.

Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Oct 14 A huge fire spreads along Bolivian Chaco threatening to approach Charagua city, in the eastern department of Santa Cruz.

Cochabamba, Bolivia, Oct 11 Bolivian President Evo Morales thanked his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, for asking Congress to approve a donation of four helicopters to fight drug trafficking in Bolivia.

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 8 Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia has accused the opposition of using different social sectors to make a counter-drive to create conflict during the electoral campaign for the December general elections.

La Paz, Oct 6 Representantives of social movements from 40 countries are expected to attend the 1st Summit of Councils of Social Movements of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas in Bolivia on October 15-17. Executive Secretary of the Single Farmer Union Confederation of Bolivia , Isaac Avalos, said that indigenous and work ...

La Paz, Oct 5 The eight Bolivian political parties vying for power in the December 6 general elections has begun their electoral campaign and advertisements Monday, but only two have their strategy ready.

BOLIVIA Ecotourism, an Alternative for Bolivia's Amazon Indians By Soledad Alvarez SAN MIGUEL DEL BALA, Bolivia - Ecotourism is becoming an economic alternative for the indigenous peoples of Bolivia's Amazon region, where the Tacanas are already managing a hostel near Madidi Park.

What is believed to be the world's only commercial lounge openly serving cocaine operates in La Paz, Bolivia, though the owners of "Route 36" have to change locations from time to time, depending on the moods of the bribed authorities.