Best of both worlds: Quiroga's success story a round trip to Bolivia and back Nov 19, 2009
Marcel Quiroga cooks up a Bolivian dish called saisi inside her Marblehead home ... Yet as she sat in her sun-drenched living room amid Bolivian artwork, Marblehead picture books, and photos of family, she downplayed her struggles while explaining how she s come to embrace both of her Bolivian and American cultural identities, all while working toward the success she s earned ... Quiroga was born in the United States to Bolivian parents. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Pyramid's adobe facelift reveals feat of clay Oct 22, 2009
The village of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes reckoned it could attract more tourists by giving an ancient pyramid a facelift. Workers plastered the Akapana pyramid - which predates the Incas and is one of the biggest constructions in South America - with adobe to make it look more impressive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Bolivia rejects pyramid criticism Oct 21, 2009
Jose Luis Paz, who was appointed in June to assess damage to the site, said the Bolivian state National Archaeology Union (Unar) had made a serious error in choosing to rebuild the pyramid using adobe when it was clearly built of stone. "They decided to go free-hand with the [new] design... There are no studies showing that the walls really looked like this," he told the Reuters news agency. (BBC News -- Americas)
Bolivian pyramid makeover disappoints Oct 20, 2009
Bolivian archeologist Jose Luis Paz points to stones pieces on the Akapana pyramid in the Tiawanaku ruins, 43 miles north of La Paz on Oct. 13, 2009 ... TIWANAKU, Bolivia - Eager to attract more tourists, the town of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes has spruced-up the ancient Akapana pyramid with adobe instead of stone, in what some experts are calling a renovation fiasco. (MSNBC -- International)
Highland fling: Peru and Bolivia row over Andean 'good luck' doll Sep 6, 2009
However, on Friday, the Bolivian ambassador in Peru, Franz Solano, acknowledged that the doll was present in both countries. His statement eased the national passions, at least on the Peruvian side of the border. (BBC News -- Americas)
Art.view: Flower power Aug 30, 2009
From the array of pubs, sushi-restaurant chains and pasta joints that line its streets, you would never guess that within 20 minutes you can find some the best Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Pakistani or Bolivian food in America. Its 18th-century homes have been carefully maintained; now that the nasty, dirty business of living in them is done, they are at last free to house upscale boutiques selling ornate pepper-shakers, local wine, birthday cakes for dogs and other essentials. (The Economist)
Police, Protesters Clash in Venezuela Aug 24, 2009
The Bolivian police probably got trained in Iran. by Sloughfoot August 23, 2009 12:00 PM EDT. (CBS News -- World)
Peru, Bolivia spar over Devils Dance Aug 22, 2009
"The devil has his home" in Bolivia's high-plains city of Oruro, said Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca ... And on Thursday night, hundreds of Bolivian dancers and musicians bedecked in the devilish attire swirled fiendishly around La Paz's central Murillo Square for more than three hours ... The Peruvian National Culture Institute was more diplomatic: Director Cecilia Bakula says the dance i 00003EDB s not only Bolivian and Peruvian, but Chilean as well. (MSNBC -- International)
Rivalry Between Peru And Bolivia Hits Dance Floor Aug 22, 2009
"The devil has his home" in Bolivia's high-plains city of Oruro, Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said recently ... The Peruvian National Culture Institute was more diplomatic: Director Cecilia Bakula says the dance is not only Bolivian and Peruvian, but Chilean as well ... But ideological differences between Peruvian President Alan Garcia and Bolivian President Evo Morales have distanced the brotherly neighbors. (CBS News -- World)
Costume sparks devil of a row between Peru and Bolivia Aug 15, 2009
Bolivia has accused the Miss Peru organisers of unfairly appropriating Bolivian cultural heritage ... It has prompted angry newspaper editorials and indignant blogs, and Bolivian Culture Minister Pablo Groux was quoted in Peruvian newspapers as saying that Bolivia would sue. (BBC News)
Country profile: China Aug 3, 2009
Bolivian Indians in historic step. WATCHED/LISTENED. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Russian car crash spate kills 100 Aug 3, 2009
Bolivian Indians in historic step. Mozart's 'missing link' revealed. (BBC News -- Europe)
Bolivian president's surprising critics Jul 27, 2009
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Bolivian president's surprising critics Jul 27, 2009
Since taking office three years ago, Bolivia's first indigenous president has been the target of numerous conservative critics in the resource-rich eastern lowlands, home to many Bolivians of European and mixed descent. This includes bankers, ranchers, investors, legislators and media moguls, who are irate over a rewritten Constitution approved by referendum in January that grants more rights to the nation's 5 million indigenous inhabitants, caps private property and gives the government more... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pirates' treasure Jul 23, 2009
Page last updated at 17:48 GMT, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 18:48 UK. Why the pirates are on the rise in Sweden. (BBC News -- Europe)
Own-faith officers for London Sikhs Jul 23, 2009
Page last updated at 05:52 GMT, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 06:52 UK. Victims to select own-faith officers. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Bolivian inequality May 25, 2009
In a restaurant near the exquisitely preserved old town of Sucre, high in the Bolivian Andes, a gaudy dance troupe entertain with performances depicting the many different regions of the country. At one of the tables is Alex Aillon, the executive director of the town's bicentenary commission. (BBC News -- Americas)
DVDs you should have seen: Bunuel, Hitchcock and more May 21, 2009
Among many other events, Marker covers the latter stages of the Vietnam War, the death of Che Guevara in the Bolivian highlands, the Paris uprising of May 1968, the Soviet intervention in Czechoslovakia and the CIA-sponsored coup against Salvador Allende in Chile. Although Marker's French title, "Le fond de l'air est rouge," can be roughly translated as "the temperature is red," he is in no way an apologist for Soviet-style communism. (Salon)
Bolivia: Into the wild May 9, 2009
The Bolivian government finally relented. Chalaln is the park's oldest and perhaps best-known eco-lodge, built and run by the villagers of San Jos. (Globe and Mail)
Bolivia's Morales Asks UN to Recognize Legal Use of Cocaine Raw Ingredient Mar 13, 2009
March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Bolivian President asked the United Nations to recognize traditional uses of the coca leaf, the raw ingredient in cocaine, in a letter addressed today to Secretary General ... Bolivia is the third-biggest producer of coca in the world after Colombia and Peru, and total production was about 28,900 hectares (71,413 acres) in 2007, more than double the 12,000 hectares allowed under Bolivian law, according to the most recent United Nations drug ... Moraless popularity has... (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Bolivia's Morales to Propose Decriminalization of Coca Leaf at UN Meeting Mar 11, 2009
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Bolivian President heads to Vienna today to ask a United Nations to reverse its 48-year-old decision to qualify the coca leaf as a narcotic, Foreign Minister said ... Coca is consumed widely by Bolivians who say it helps them endure long hours at high altitudes and quell hunger ... Moraless popularity has grown amid a surge in Bolivian nationalism that glorifies indigenous culture and demonizes the U.S. for its coca eradication programs. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Finding the lost city Feb 22, 2009
Yet in recent years archeologists have begun to find evidence of what Fawcett had always claimed: ancient ruins buried deep in the Amazon, in places ranging from the Bolivian flood plains to the Brazilian forests ... But once while Fawcett was climbing a desolate mound of earth above the flood plains of the Bolivian Amazon, he noticed something sticking out of the ground ... "Other scientists are fueling this revolution in archeology, which is upending the view of the Amazon as a place that... (Boston Globe)
Mineral wealth, political weapon Feb 10, 2009
"The ideological lines of the current government and its international relations have led Bolivia to sign mining-cooperation agreements with Venezuela and Iran, by which Bolivia would become a primary supplier of raw mineral products to those dangerous countries," said Oswaldo Barriga, president of the main Bolivian association of exporters known as CADEX. ... ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Above: Bolivian President Evo Morales (right) and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera gesture during the... (Insight on the News)
