A community portal about Bolivia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Bolivia, officially the Republic of Bolivia, named after Simón Bolívar, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by...
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A community portal about Bolivia with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Bolivia, officially the Republic of Bolivia, named after Simón Bolívar, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west.
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... Read Full Story
It couldn’t be otherwise. Today marks the 130th anniversary of Bolivia’s loss of access to the Pacific when, after a short expansionist war motivated by Chile’s desire for nitrates, Bolivia was left landlocked at the heart of South America. The fact that, years later, rich copper deposits were found in the conquered land only sealed the fate of Bolivian demands in the international stage that have gone from demands to return this land, to appeals for some form of access to the sea. Not a... Read Full Story
It couldn’t be otherwise. Today marks the 130th anniversary of Bolivia’s loss of access to the Pacific when, after a short expansionist war motivated by Chile’s desire for nitrates, Bolivia was left landlocked at the heart of South America. The fact that, years later, rich copper deposits were found in the conquered land only sealed the fate of Bolivian demands in the international stage that have gone from demands to return this land, to appeals for some form of access to the sea. Not a... Read Full Story
WARDEN MESSAGE U.S. EMBASSY LA PAZ, BOLIVIA August 18, 2008 This warden message is being issued to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Read Full Story
LA FLORIDA, Bolivia, Aug. 17 (UPI) --
A bus plunged off a mountain road in Bolivia, killing at 19 people and injuring 26 others, state-run media reported Monday.
The Agencia Boliviana de Informacion said the accident happened Sunday about 43 miles southeast of the capital La Paz near the city of La Florida, CNN reported.
The U.S. broadcaster said Bolivia's ATB TV showed video of rescue workers clambering down sheer mountain faces on ropes to reach the wreckage. One survivor told the... Read Full Story
It´s an important time for art in Marbella. This coming June Marbella will hold the 1st Festival International de Arte Marbella, FIAM. A unique chance for artists from around the Costa del Sol to show off their talent and have closer contact with the community. Houses of Art, Marbella are sponsoring young artists in the Festival, and will promote artists and share their enthusiasm for art by holding a Young Artists Contest. Artists between 16 and 30 are invited to take part in the Contest... Read Full Story
What a month! With all this stuff about the new constitution going on, I have had little time to write about anything else. The truth is that approving a new constitution is not something a country does every day. It is certainly something that deserves to be discussed and debated. This much can clearly be said about Bolivia: the new constitutional text might not be perfect but it has been debated ad nauseam first in the constitutional assembly in Sucre, and then in the media ever since the... Read Full Story
2009 GFTN BOLIVIA BUSINESS TRADE MISSION SANTA CRUZ DE LA SIERRA (BOLIVIA) The Bolivia Global Forest and Trade Network (GFTN) is organizing the Read Full Story
This is a country very keen on its anniversaries and its history, a country with a big chip on its shoulders keen to emphasise national unity and create the semblance of a nation state. This, even though the state does not get to all those corners of the country where there is no health care, no education, no police presence, no justice… So, anniversaries cover every single important event in Bolivia and in Latin America’s history. It was from current Bolivia after all, that the Latin... Read Full Story
This is a country very keen on its anniversaries and its history, a country with a big chip on its shoulders keen to emphasise national unity and create the semblance of a nation state. This, even though the state does not get to all those corners of the country where there is no health care, no education, no police presence, no justice… So, anniversaries cover every single important event in Bolivia and in Latin America’s history. It was from current Bolivia after all, that the Latin... Read Full Story
