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Bolivian President to UN: Global Anti-drug Strategy a Failure
March 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Current international policy against drugs has failed, creating more violence and operating as an "instrument of geopolitical domination," Bolivian President Evo Morales said here Monday before the U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs. continue reading »
Bolivia Partners with Spanish Firms For Gas Plant
March 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Bolivian state-owned energy company YPFB signed a contract with Sener Ingenieria y Sistemas SA and Ros Roca Indox Cryo Energy for the design and construction of a natural gas liquefaction plant. continue reading »
Bolivia Says No Need to Fear Nationalization, Only Those Who Steal from Us Should Fear
February 21, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Bolivia President Evo Morales wants to assure potential and current investors not to fear nationalization of their businesses in the country. This statement came after Spanish-firm managing the country's airports was taken over. continue reading »
Bad for Business: Bolivia Nationalizes Spanish Firm Running Its Airports
February 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff
The Bolivian government on Monday nationalized the Spanish-owned firm that runs the Andean nation's three largest airports, accusing the company of not investing enough in improvements. continue reading »
Latin America News: Bolivia Bus Crash Leaves 7 Dead, 23 Injured
February 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Seven people died and 23 were injured Tuesday when a bus overturned on a road in southwestern Bolivia, police said. continue reading »
Bolivia Unveils World’s Largest Virgin Mary Statue
February 5, 2013 | by Catholic News Agency
The largest statue of the Virgin Mary in the world, dedicated to Our Lady of Socavon, was inaugurated at a Feb. 1 ceremony in the city of Oruro, Bolivia. continue reading »
Fourth Serious Accident in a Week in Bolivia Leaves 17 Dead
January 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Seventeen people were killed and 30 others injured in the fourth serious accident on Bolivia's roads in a week, authorities said Thursday. continue reading »
Latin America News: 20 Die, 30 Injured in Bolivia Bus Crash
January 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff
More than 20 people were killed Wednesday and 30 others injured when a bus plunged into a ravine in the Andes, Bolivian police said. continue reading »
Eat Healthy But Cuidado with Superfoods
January 19, 2013 | by NewsTaco
Are you familiar with superfoods? A story in The Guardian this week highlighted an issue that has been popping up in recent years: our “superfoods” are the regular foods of communities in other places. One case in example is quinoa from Bolivia—and how with our increased consumption, there is a negative impact on the communities that produce it. continue reading »
Latin America News: Bolivia and China Partner to Make Lithium Batteries
January 7, 2013 | by HS News Staff
Bolivia will receive a $2.9 million Chinese-made pilot plant for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries in the next few weeks, with production expected to start up in the second half of this year, a government official said. continue reading »
Bolivian Government Takes Over 4 Spanish-owned Firms
December 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff
President Evo Morales announced Saturday the nationalization of four Bolivian units of Spanish utility Iberdrola, including the main electricity distributors in La Paz and Oruro provinces. continue reading »
Mexico’s Atlas Soccer Team Announces Addition of Jose Luis Chavez
December 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Bolivian midfielder Jose Luis Chavez will play for Mexico's Atlas soccer team starting with the Clausura 2013 tournament, the club said in a statement. continue reading »
American Jailed in Bolivia To Move to House Arrest
December 19, 2012 | by HS News Staff
A U.S. man who has spent 18 months in a Bolivian jail on charges of money laundering is to be shifted to house arrest, a judge in the eastern city of Santa Cruz ordered Tuesday. continue reading »
190,000 Households to Benefit From Improved Waste Management in Bolivia
December 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Bolivia will improve municipal solid waste management services including sweeping, collection, transportation, and disposal, with a $20 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). continue reading »
Chinese Company Inching Towards Dam Project in Bolivia
December 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Bolivia's government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese company Sinohydro Corporation Ltd., which pledged to review existing studies for a hydroelectric dam project in the northern Amazon region of Beni. continue reading »
