Stories about Bolivia from July, 2006
Bolivia: “Did Evo Really Blow It With The US?”
Boli-Nica asks if Evo Morales ruined the new bilateral understanding between Bolivia and the US established by visiting Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera.
Bolivia: Constituent assembly update
Miguel Centallas has an update on Bolivia's Constituent assembly.
The Week that Was – Bolivian Blogs
Bolivian Vice-President Alvaro Garcia Linera traveled north to the United States with a delegation of businessmen and members of Congressmen, both from the ruling party and the opposition. The main objective of this trip was to speak with their U.S. counterparts regarding an extension of the Andean Trade Promotion and...
Bolivia: Indigenous Studies Versus Global Competitiveness
Jaime Escalante, the real life Bolivian math teacher portrayed by Edward James Olmos in Stand and Deliver, argues that too much emphasis on indigenous language and education will take away from the global competitiveness of Bolivian students.
Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador: Indian Interest
Massimiliano Cali is surprised to read that, shortly after the nationalization of the natural gas sector, “the Bolivian government is set to approve a US$ 2.3bn bid by two Indian companies to extract of one of the world's largest untapped iron ore deposits.” Meanwhile, Boz notes that India also began...
The Week that Was – Bolivian Blogs
Este artículo también está disponible en español en el sitio Blogs de Bolivia Commemorations and anniversaries were on the minds of a handful of Bolivian blogger this week. Twenty-six years ago on July 17th, politician and writer Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz (ES) was kidnapped and murdered by the dictatorship government...
Bolivia: “Pink Floyd at the US Embassy”
Pink Floyd's “I Wish You Were Here” at the US Embassy in La Paz and an homage to Che Guevara requested by wealthy bankers: Ben Dangl's latest dispatch from Bolivia is description by juxtaposition.
Bolivia: Blog Evangelism
This is a translation of post originally written in Spanish at Blogs de Bolivia. As a result of the successful Second Meeting of Bloggers and Mundo al Reves Users held last Saturday, July 8th in Santa Cruz with a record attendance of 26 people, (mostly bloggers and blog readers), the...
Bolivia: Translated Interview with Evo Morales
Jonathan Olguin has translated an interview with Evo Morales from the Argentinean daily Página 12.
Bolivia: Purple Drinks,Fried Cheese, Hip-Hop, and Elections in La Paz
“Purple Drinks and Fried Cheese in La Paz.” I think the title speaks for itself. Also worth checking out is Dangl's post on “Hip-Hop and Electoral Adventures in Bolivia.”
The Week that Was – Bolivian Blogs
According to the National Electoral Court, the ballot count for the July 2 election and referendum was the quickest in history. The composition of the Constituent Assembly has now been finalized and Miguel Centellas of Ciao! helps analyze some of the results and thinks that Samuel Doria Medina’s Unidad Nacional...
Bolivia: Final Election Tally
Miguel Centallas writes that the official numbers from Bolivia's Sunday elections are now available. Morir antes que esclavos vivir says the narrow voting on the autonomy referendum reveals a divided country.
The Week that Was – Bolivian Blogs
Este artículo también está disponible en español en el sitio Blogs de Bolivia Unofficial results from last Sunday’s election in Bolivia provide a glimpse at how the Constituent Assembly and calls for departmental autonomy may shape up for the rest of the year. Bolivians took to the polls to elect...
