Bolivia

Presentation Of Indigenous Autonomy In Reality And The New Bolivian Constitution Translated from the Spanish, Original Below Wednesday night July 01 in the building of the Vice President of Bolivia presented the book: "Indigenous Autonomy in reality and the new Bolivian Constitution" by Albó Xavier and Carlos Romero. The event was attended by Vice President Alvaro García Linera, the Secretary General of the institution Hector Ramirez, and representative of PADEP/GTZ, Marion Hoermann. The text was discussed by the Director of the Terra Foundation Gonzalo Colque. Vice President together more than 600 people who gathered to witness the presentation of the book "Indigenous Autonomy in ... Read Full Story

For years, the Salar de Uyuni has been a remote but popular tourist draw in southern Bolivia: the world's highest salt desert, whose blinding white expanse stretches to the horizon. Now, though, the backpackers and locals who depend on their trade fear this spectacular and vast landscape will soon be threatened by multinational mining companies. Because Bolivia, the poorest country in South America, is sitting on a bonanza in the Salar de Uyuni. The desert contains 5.4 million tons of lithium, around half the world's total supply. The soft metal is already used extensively in batteries for mobile telephones and computers, and is a ... Read Full Story

The U.S. government says it will end valuable tariff exemptions for Bolivia because the world's No. 3 cocaine-producing country is not adequately prosecuting the war on drugs. Bolivia's government has said that the increased tariffs could cost the impoverished country about 20,000 jobs in industries that rely heavily on exports to the U.S., such as textiles and leather. There has been "explicit acceptance and encouragement of coca production at the highest levels of the Bolivian government," the U.S. Trade Representative's Office said Tuesday. Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, is a former coca-growers' union leader and he expelled U.S. drug agents from his country last year. ... Read Full Story

Finally a solution for cellular phone rental Bolivia travelers can actually use! Bolivia tourists and travelers can now rent the Cellular Abroad mobile phone AND your calls benefit National Geographic Read Full Story

The Death Road (Bolivia) The North Yungas Road , also known as The Death Road, is a 61 to 69 km road leading from La Paz to Coroico (Bolivia's capital, to the Amazon region) in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme danger: in 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank christened it as the "world's most dangerous road. " One estimate is that 200-300 travelers were killed yearly along the road . The road includes crosses marking many of the spots where such vehicles have fallen. At the end of 2006, after 20 years of construction , a new road (a ... Read Full Story