resolute and modern

daily dos

thu 12/31/2009

 

Bolivian president Evo Morales is touting a new soft drink: Coca Colla. It’s exactly what you think it is as well as the latest effort to reconcile the nation’s indigenous culture with modern laws and norms.

 
 

party foul

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tue 12/15/2009

 

"Two years ago this was never a problem. But if there’s not water, you can’t live." A Bolivian woman describes how the glaciers her family relies on for water and electricity are melting. Most scientists believe glaciers in Bolivia are melting due to global warming.

 
 

can't stop the wayne

daily dos

tue 12/8/2009

 

Bolivian President Evo Morales has been "overwhelmingly" re-elected to a second five-year term after taking home over 60 percent of the presidential vote.

 
 

on the down low

daily dos

thu 9/10/2009

 

A Bolivian man who hijacked a plane in México says he did it because he wanted to "warn President Felipe Calderón of an impending earthquake." The man, described as a religious fanatic, says yesterday's date, 9-09-09, represented the satanic number "666."

 
 

thrill chill cult

daily dos

tue 9/1/2009

 

Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador: "Hey America, what’s up with all those military bases you want to put in next door?"

 
 

guessing game

daily dos

thu 5/14/2009

 

Relations between Bolivia and Perú have become strained as Perú granted refugee status to two Bolivian government officials who are fleeing genocide charges. The Bolivian politicians are allegedly orchestrated the killing of 63 protesters by soldiers in 2003. (via Foreign Policy)

 
 

tears for fears

daily dos

wed 4/29/2009

 

Paraguay and Bolivia have signed a pact that settles a border dispute between the countries that led to the Chaco War of the 1930s. The clash over the oil-rich region left an estimated 100,000 people dead.

 
 

inutil-ize it

daily dos

fri 4/17/2009

 

Bolivian president Evo Morales says three men who were plotting to assassinate him and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera were killed in a shootout with police.

 
 

bam bam

daily dos

thu 4/16/2009

 

Bolivian President Evo Morales ended a five-day hunger strike after the South American country's Senate passed a new electoral law that many predict will help Morales secure a second five-year term.

 
 

kicking up dust

daily dos

thu 4/9/2009

 

Bolivian President Evo Morales says he'll remain on a hunger strike until opposition party congressmen approve a new electoral law that many predict will help Morales get elected to a second five-year term.

 
 
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