Bolivia

Narcisco Roca Tomichá, Presidente de la Central de Comunidades Indígenas de Chiquitos (TURUBO), Santa Cruz, Bolivia: Video Recording At Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hear about human rights abuses stemming from Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) Narcisco Roca Tomichá, Presidente de la Central de Comunidades Indígenas de Chiquitos (TURUBO), Santa Cruz, Bolivia Líder indígena... For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources. Read Full Story

Rodolfo Lopez, Primer Cacique General de la Organización Indígena Chiquitana Santa Cruz, Bolivia: Video Recording At Inter-American Commission On Human Rights Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hear about human rights abuses stemming from Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) Rodolfo Lopez, Primer Cacique General de la Organización Indígena Chiquitana Santa Cruz, Bolivia "Líder comunitario habla de los efectos negativos de la... For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources. Read Full Story

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Reuters Life!) - After growing up in a Bolivian circus and being confined to a small cage, Simba the lion is getting in touch with his wild side in preparation for a new life in a big U.S. wildlife sanctuary. The three-year-old feline, who weighs about 440 pounds, is one of the first animals to benefit from a new Bolivian law that defines the use of circus animals as "an act of cruelty." Turned over to an animal rights group by his former circus trainer, Simba is living in a temporary home in a public park in the central Bolivian city of ... Read Full Story

Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on the creation of a regional currency to scale back on the use of the US dollar as well as economic sanctions against Honduran coup leaders. Nine countries of ALBA, a leftist bloc conceived by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, met Friday in Bolivia where they vowed to press ahead with a new currency for intra-regional trade to replace the US dollar. "The document is approved," said Bolivia's President Evo Morales, who is hosting the summit. The new currency, named the Sucre after Jose Antonio de Sucre, who fought for independence from Spain alongside Venezuelan hero Simon Bolivar in ... Read Full Story

Leftist Latin American leaders agreed here on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar. Nine countries of ALBA, a leftist bloc conceived by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, met in Bolivia where they vowed to press ahead with a new currency for intra-regional trade to replace the US dollar. "The document is approved," said Bolivia's President Evo Morales, who is hosting the summit. The new currency, dubbed the Sucre, would be rolled out beginning in 2010 in a non-paper form. That move echoes the European Union's introduction of the euro precursor, the ECU, an ... Read Full Story