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Ship Named After Prominent Civil Rights Activist Cesar Chavez to be Christened by US Navy
May 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The Navy will christen and launch the dry cargo/ammunition ship the USNS Cesar Chavez, Saturday, May 5, 2012, during a 7:30 p.m. PDT ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. continue reading »
Spanish Company and Gov’t Expect Compensation From Bolivia
May 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The Spanish government and Spain-based power utility Red Electrica de España say they expect President Evo Morales' administration will provide fair compensation for the REE unit nationalized by Bolivia, a move officials in Madrid say is not linked to Argentina's expropriation of oil firm YPF. continue reading »
Bolivian Sex Workers Go on Hunger Strike to Demand Solution to End Doctors’ Strike
April 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Bolivian sex workers, both male and female, are currently on a hunger strike at a health center in El Alto demanding a solution be found to the doctor’s strike that has forced the closure of a number of Bolivian hospitals. continue reading »
Bolivia’s Evo Morales Released from Hospital, Resumes Presidential Duties
March 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Bolivian President Evo Morales on the weekend left the hospital in the central city of Cochabamba where he had been admitted suddenly 24 hours earlier, and specialists attending him said that he is in "very good health," the government-run media reported Sunday. continue reading »
Amnesty International: Violence Against Disabled Protesters in Bolivia Must be Investigated
February 26, 2012 | by Amnesty International
Bolivia’s authorities must initiate a prompt, full and independent investigation into reports that police used excessive force against people with disabilities during a demonstration in La Paz on Thursday, Amnesty International said. continue reading »
Are $300,000 Heroin-Laced Soccer Uniforms the Newest Fad?
December 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Police uncovered a shipment of $315,000 worth of heroin sewn into the lining of a Bolivian passenger’s soccer garments. continue reading »
McDonald’s Closes All Their Restaurants in Bolivia
December 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff
UPDATE: HS News -Bolivia became the first McDonald’s-free Latin American nation nearly a decade ago, after struggling for more than a decade to keep their numbers out of ‘the red.’ And that fact is still making news. continue reading »
Members of Bolivian Evangelical Church Arrested After Exorcism Results in Death
December 21, 2011 | by HS News Staff
A judge in the central Bolivian province of Cochabamba ordered two members of an evangelical group held after a young woman drowned during an attempted exorcism, police said Tuesday. continue reading »
Drunk Bolivian Teenager Killed By Flesh-Eating River Piranhas
December 7, 2011 | by HS News Staff
An unnamed 18-year-old fisherman was reportedly drunk when he jumped out of a canoe, and into the piranha infested Yata river. continue reading »
Bolivia to Strengthen Its Electrical Transmission System
December 1, 2011 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen
More Than 3,500 Children Work to Support Families in Bolivia
November 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff
The Bolivian families of low income force many children to work as a shoeshine, peddlers, window washers, carters. continue reading »
Join us This and Every Sunday At HS-News Open Mic
November 27, 2011 | by HS News Staff
Your backstage pass to HS-News showcase of emerging and established Latino musical talent. Introducing This Week From Bolivia: Desocupados continue reading »
Bolivia to Improve Social Policy Coverage
November 24, 2011 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen
Bolivian Narcos Dig Up Dead Narco Mule to Extract Cocaine Cargo
November 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff
A 55 year old man who had died in May got dug up recently, his insides dissected and spilled on the ground as narcos exhumed his body to retrieve the cocaine cargo in his belly. continue reading »
UN: Bolivia is Numero Uno Cocaine Suppler to South American Market
November 13, 2011 | by HS News Staff
The head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, or UNODC, in this Andean nation said in an interview published Sunday by the La Paz daily Pagina Siete that Bolivia was now the largest supplier continue reading »
