Ultimos Posts 1. 14/05/2013 02:36 - El alto - a colorful bolivian bastion, floating above it all William Neuman EL ALTO, Bolivia ? Turn a corner in this sprawling, bustling, fast-growing city and the Ovando family home suddenly bursts into view, a party-colored mirage floating above the drab, brick-red metropolis like a beacon of an alternate Andean future. Brightly colored buildings are often topped with homes for the newly prosperous merchant class. ?We didn?t want it ... 2. 12/05/2013 19:37 - Morales inaugurates bolivia?s 1st natural gas liquids separation plant LA PAZ ? Bolivian President Evo Morales inaugurated his country?s first natural gas liquids separation plant, saying it marks the start of a new era. He presided over the start-up of the plant in the eastern town of Rio Grande, Santa Cruz province, in a ceremony also attended by Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, Hydrocarbons Minister Juan Jose Sosa and the president of state ene... 3. 07/05/2013 00:28 - Using the cold war: the truman administration?s response to the bolivian national revolution Benjamin Dangl Author?s note: At a May Day speech this month, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that his government would be expelling the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) out of the country for seeking to undermine the leftist policies and agenda of the Morales government. As I wrote in an investigative article on this topic in 2008 f... 4. 03/05/2013 21:20 - Bolivia earns $16 billion from energy industry since nationalization LA PAZ ? Bolivia has earned more than $16 billion from the energy industry since President Evo Morales nationalized the sector in 2006, officials said. ?Seven years before the nationalization, from 1999 to 2005, the state received around $2 billion. After these seven years, the state received more than $16 billion,? Hydrocarbons Minister Juan Jose Sosa said. Morales issued an execu... 5. 02/05/2013 17:31 - Bolivian president morales shuns usaid: why he may not need the money Jacey Fortin, International Business Times Bolivian President Evo Morales sparked controversy on Wednesday when he called for the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, to leave his country. The statement came during a May Day rally in La Paz, the Bolivian seat of government. Morales, who leads the Movimiento al Socialismo, or MAS, has long accused the U.S. government... |