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Bolivia: Surreal beauty in the high desert of the Andean plateau
POTOSÍ, Bolivia — A gentle breeze swept across Laguna Colorada, momentarily turning the magenta mineral lake water neon-orange as it rippled around the knobby knees of several dozen flamingos. Suddenly, a pair of frisky vicuñas trotted...
Tags: Mining, Landforms, Salt, Trips and Vacations, Mini
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Planning your trip to Bolivia
THE BEST WAY TO SUCRE, BOLIVIA From LAX, American, Copa and LATAM offer connecting service (change of planes) to Sucre, about 100 miles from Potosí. Restricted round-trip fares begin at $1,146, including all taxes and fees. U.S. citizens are...
Tags: Los Angeles International Airport, Tourism and Leisure, Salt, Trips and Vacations, Chile
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USAID develops a bad reputation among some foreign leaders
WASHINGTON — When Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his impoverished country last week, he complained that Washington "still has a mentality of domination and submission" in the region. It...
Tags: Political Systems, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Punishment, Russia
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Bolivia, angered by Kerry, says it is ejecting U.S. aid agency
This post has been updated. Please see the notes below for details. Bolivian President Evo Morales declared Wednesday he was expelling the U.S. Agency for International Development from the country, accusing the aid agency of conspiring against his...
Tags: Government, Evo Morales, Mexico, National Government, John Kerry
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Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in his heyday: A look at 'el comandante'
At midnight, Hugo Chavez and his entourage swept into the hotel lobby, transforming the drab venue in chilly, high-altitude La Paz into a sizzling vortex of tropical verve and chavista vigor. “Musicos!” the Venezuelan president declared upon...
Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Uruguay, Fidel Castro, Evo Morales, Human Interest
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President Hugo Chavez dies at 58; hero to Venezuela's poor
CARACAS, Venezuela —Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the charismatic socialist whose Bolivarian Revolution reduced poverty and galvanized anti-American sentiment across Latin America but left his nation deeply polarized and ever more dependent on...
Tags: Fidel Castro, Wars and Interventions, Evo Morales, Caracas (Venezuela), Agriculture
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World leaders react to death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
News of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the leftist leader who had been battling cancer, reverberated Tuesday around Latin America and the world. In La Paz, Bolivia, a teary-eyed Bolivian President Evo Morales said he was devastated,...
Tags: Government, West Bank, Evo Morales, William Hague, Hugo Chavez
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Bolivia opens first lithium plant on edge of Uyuni salt flats
Bolivia has announced the opening of its first lithium plant, as the South American nation seeks to tap its vast salt flats for the silvery element used in batteries for electric cars, cellphones and laptops. President Evo Morales heralded the opening...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Mining, Science and Technology, Evo Morales, Salt
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Quinoa and llamas: Food Sovereignty Tours heads to Bolivia
Food Sovereignty Tours, a project of the Institute for Food and Development Policy (or Food First) in Oakland, will be traveling to Bolivia on March 9 to 18 to explore Andean food and farming systems. The tour will highlight quinoa grown in the...
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Pictures in the News | Aug. 29, 2012
FrameworkWednesday's Pictures in the News begins in Louisiana, where research students from the the University of Alabama measure wind speeds as Hurricane Isaac makes landfall Wednesday in New Orleans. Isaac was packing 80 mph winds, making it a Category 1... -
White House: Peru displaces Colombia as top cocaine producer
World NowPeru has regained its former distinction as the world’s top cocaine producer, according to an annual White House report issued Monday that said Colombia’s output fell sharply last year, putting the former leader in third place behind Bolivia..... -
Bolivian marchers trek hundreds of miles to protest road -- again
World NowBolivia is undergoing déjà vu as a band of marchers treks from the balmy east to the dizzying heights of La Paz, hoping to stop the government from building a highway through a pristine national forest -- exactly like they did last year. Roughly 300...
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