Record Coca Crops in Bolivia Feed a Growing Global Cocaine Demand

Coca cultivation in Bolivia reached record levels for the third consecutive year, in an expansion that appears to be driven by global demand for cocaine rather than by the country’s legal coca leaf markets. Bolivia has the world’s largest legal coca leaf …

Tri-Parish member sent to Bolivia with Salesian Lay Missioners: It’s either sink or float and nobody has sunk yet

Commissioned by the Salesian Lay Missioners in August and headed to Bolivia to serve at an orphanage home to girls aged infant to 18, Noelle Chmelik does not speak Spanish— Yet. Chmelik, Tri-parish member, Cottonwood, grew up on “the Prairie” in central …

Angola e Bolívia eliminam vistos para passaportes diplomáticos

Nova Iorque (Do enviado especial) – Angola e Bolívia assinaram, quinta-feira, em Nova Iorque, um acordo que elimina a exigência mútua de vistos para titulares de passaportes diplomáticos e de serviço, por períodos de até 90 dias por ano. O acordo foi …

New Wild Cat Species Discovered in Bolivia After Over a Century

For the first time in over a hundred years, a new wild cat species has been discovered in Bolivia. Zoologists have named the newly identified species Leopardus tilcayo. Weighing just 1.5 kilograms and measuring around 45 centimeters in length, this small …

Bolivia’s Rodrigo Paz at U.N.: Socialism ‘Doesn’t Put Food on the Table’

President of Bolivia Rodrigo Paz condemned socialism after it ravaged his country over the past two decades during his debut speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. Paz said that his government is intensely working to rebuild his country …

Bolivia to Establish Trade Office in Dakhla, Diplomatic Mission in Rabat

Marrakech – Bolivia has committed to opening a diplomatic representation in Rabat and a commercial office in Dakhla, cementing a decisive turn in its posture on Morocco’s Western Sahara. The pledge came in a joint communiqué signed Wednesday in New York by …

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‘You can’t just bet everything on exports’: as its gas runs out, is Bolivia doomed to repeat history?

Once hailed as the “energy heart of South America”, Bolivia’s economy was buoyed up by a fossil gas boom from 2006 to 2014. At its height, then-president Evo Morales commissioned a gleaming presidential skyscraper and installed the world’s longest urban …

Bolivia’s right-wing government eliminates diesel subsidy

Several labor organizations have announced that if the government does not reverse a measure that could raise prices by nearly 20%, there will be a new wave of anti-government protests – which have already erupted with great intensity against an …

Bolivia Wants to Open Trade Office in Dakhla, Gateway to African Markets

Bolivia looks forward to setting up a trade office in Dakhla, pearl of Moroccan Sahara, to serve as a hub for the exportation of Bolivian products to African markets. The Bolivian move was disclosed by foreign minister of this central South America country …