Bolivia

Colombia’s success in curbing the drug trade has created more opportunities for countries hostile to the United States. What happens when coca farmers and their allies are in charge?   In the dusty town of Villa Tunari in Bolivia’s tropical coca-growing region, farmers used to barricade their roads against U.S.-backed drug police sent to prevent their leafy crop from becoming cocaine. These days, the police are gone, the coca is plentiful and locals close off roads for multiday block parties...Read Full Story

LA PAZ, Bolivia – Bolivia's long-downtrodden indigenous majority adored President Evo Morales as he championed a new constitution that promised the nation's 36 ethnicities unprecedented autonomy.Read Full Story

Bolivia: Rough justice – The Economist The Justice System in Bolivia: The wrong way to reform the courts. In the streets of El Alto, Bolivia’s poorest and fastest-growing city, scarecrow dummies hang grotesquely from lampposts with ropes around their necks as a macabre warning to potential thieves and criminals. The threat is not idle. Residents have little faith in the police or the courts. Instead, they often take justice into their own hands: the lynching and killing of alleged offenders...Read Full Story

The National Academy of Bolivia has gained momentum around Bolivia, 3 academies installed in La Paz, Tarija and Cochabamba with the most current training techniques for teaching the sport, enhancing all areas to have a competitive game and effectively and achieve the objectives with better results. market players such as Felipe Mercado, Jorge Luis Michel, Masiel Rivera, Yesid Bazoberry, Dennis Jimenez, Willams , Mario Mercado, Chistian Mina, Franco Gutierrez, Mikaela Mendez, Brenda Laime and...Read Full Story

Of late tourism in Bogota is on the rise. There are newer galleries, cafes and hotels and innumerable places to see. With the kind of relaxations pleasures that you have here, the place is an ideal getaway spot for many in this part of the world. So visit this lively tourist friendly city and enjoy the pleasures of travelling here with a lot more to do and much more to see. So while you are in Bogota, learn about the travel attractions here. Visit the Cerro de Monseratte which is the...Read Full Story

LA PAZ, Bolivia – Bolivian authorities say they've seized 17 properties from a provincial clan ostensibly in the gravel business that it suspects of laundering drug money through real estate.Read Full Story

Models strutted in lingerie during a promotional event on a passenger plane run by Bolivia's state airline BoA during a commerial flight from La Paz to Cochabamba, Bolivia. Models for the Colombian lingerie brand Ronied exit a plane after modeling lingerie on the plane during a promotional event by Bolivia's state airline BoA that flew from La Paz to Cochabamba, Bolivia, Friday December 9, 2011 A model wears a creation by the Colombian lingerie company Ronied during a promotional event on a...Read Full Story

Salar de Uyuni (or even Salar de Tunupa) may be the planet’s biggest sodium toned from 10, 582 sq . kms (four, 086 sq mi). This is found in the actual Potosí as well as Oruro sections within south west Bolivia, close to the crest from the Andes , and it is raised 3, 656 yards (11, 995 foot) over the actual imply ocean degree. Gran Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia The actual Salar had been created due to changes in between a number of prehistoric ponds. It’s included in several yards associated with...Read Full Story

Salar de Uyuni attracts tourists from around the world. As it is located far from the cities, a number of hotels have been built for accommodation. Due to lack of conventional construction materials, many of them are almost entirely built with salt blocks cut from the Salar - including walls, roof and furniture. The first such hotel, Hotel de Sal Playa, was erected in 1993-1995 in the middle of the salt flat, and soon became a popular tourist destination. Many more hotels and hostels made...Read Full Story

Built out of salt blocks, the amazing Palacio de Sal (Palace of Salt to English folks) is located at the edge of the Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat. The Salar de Uyuni has long been a popular tourist attraction for travelers around the world. Due to the scarcity of construction materials in the area the hotel was created out of the one material that is plentiful in area. The first hotel was built between 1993 and 1995 and soon became a popular tourist destination featuring 12...Read Full Story