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Actor Sean Penn Pleads for Prayers and Support for Ailing Hugo Chavez
December 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Actor Sean Penn, while in Bolivia, is pleading for prayers and support for ailing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. continue reading »
Bolivian Shipwreck Death Toll Now at 13, 27 Were Aboard
December 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Two more bodies were found Thursday near the site where a boat capsized in Lake Titicaca, bringing the confirmed death toll from the accident to 13, Bolivian authorities said. continue reading »
Boat Accident in Bolivia Leaves 11 Dead, 3 are Children
December 6, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Eleven people are confirmed dead and five others remain missing after a boat sank on Lake Titicaca, Bolivian authorities said Wednesday. continue reading »
Bolivian Officials Arrested After Demanding Bribes from Jailed American
November 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff
A senior government attorney and five other officials were arrested on charges they demanded $50,000 from a U.S. man who has spent 18 months in a Bolivian jail, the Andean nation's interior minister said Tuesday. continue reading »
Formal Invitation Offered to Bolivia to Join Mercosur Trade Pact
November 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Bolivia has been formally invited to join as a full member the largest trading bloc in Latin America, Mercosur. continue reading »
Bolivia Returns Stolen 700-Year-Old Mummy to Peru
November 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Two years ago, Bolivian police found the 700-year-old mummy belonging to Peru. Recently, that mummy was returned to Peru. Bolivian police say the mummy, which was that of a to continue reading »
IDB Loan Will Support the Productive Community Secondary Education Model in Bolivia
November 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a loan for $40 million to finance the 2010 “Avelino Siñani-Elizardo Pérez” Education Law in Bolivia, which requires that secondary education be obligatory and that it follow a humanistic and technical model, among other things. continue reading »
Spanish Photographer’s Photo of Bolivian Mennonite Wins Taylor Wessing Prize
November 8, 2012 | by National Portrait Gallery
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2012 has been awarded to Jordi Ruiz Cirera, 28, for a photograph of a 26-year-old woman from Bolivia - who was reluctant to sit for the camera. continue reading »
Bolivian Radio Presenter Fernando Vidal Set On Fire While on the Air
October 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Anyone listening to radio presenter Fernando Vidal on Bolivia’s Radio Popular station on Monday may have heard the gruesome attack against him. continue reading »
Bolivia Bus Accident Leaves 8 Dead, 20 Injured
October 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Eight people were killed and more than 20 others injured Monday when a bus smashed into a large outcropping of rock in southern Bolivia, police said. continue reading »
World Food Programme Wants You to Connect with Bolivian Students
October 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Providing nutritious meals in school is one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways one can make a difference in the life of a child. But the World Food Programme (WFP) not asking you to donate here – they want to invite you to get to know some of the kids WFP is supporting at the Huarimarca School in Bolivia. continue reading »
Pitbull Refuses to Take Stage in Bolivia Over Safety Concerns
October 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Pitbull cited safety problems when he declined to take the stage for a concert in the eastern Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, but media accounts Wednesday said he made the decision after two of the promoter's employees were arrested. continue reading »
STUDY: LatAm Women are Better Educated but Lower Paid
October 21, 2012 | by Inter-American Development Bank
Despite recent gains, the wage gap between men and women in Latin America still prevails, according to a new Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) study entitled “New Century, Old Disparities,” which compares surveys of representative households in 18 Latin American and Caribbean countries. continue reading »
Bolivian President Thanks Queen Sofia For Spanish Aid in Education, Health
October 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday thanked Spain's Queen Sofia for Madrid's help in improving health and education in Bolivia, expressed confidence that this would continue in the future and reconfirmed that he will attend the Ibero-American Summit in Cadiz, which will be held in mid-November. continue reading »
2 Die in Shootout between Drug Traffickers, Police in Bolivia
October 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Two people were killed in Bolivia's Santa Cruz region, which borders Brazil and Paraguay, in a shootout involving suspected drug traffickers and police officers who allegedly kidnapped one of the criminals, officials said. continue reading »
