Tag: Bolivia

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:43 UTC

  Bolivia declares dengue emergency as six deaths are reported

  

  The Bolivian province of Santa Cruz has declared a sanitary emergency in the region following an outbreak of the mosquito transmitted dengue fever which has already caused at least six deaths, according to local officials.

• Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 23:11 UTC

  Bolivian government promises neighbouring countries to return thousands of stolen cars

  

  The Bolivian government promised to call the ambassadors from neighbouring countries to define a legal framework that allows the devolution of thousands of cars stolen in their countries and which found their way to the landlocked country.

• Saturday, January 14th 2012 - 06:16 UTC

  Bolivia ratifies complete support for Argentina’s Malvinas sovereignty claim

  

  Bolivian president Evo Morales said the Malvinas Islands are Argentine and gave full support to his peer Cristina Fernandez siding with Mercosur in the dispute with the UK over the South Atlantic Islands sovereignty and the latest decision to bar all Falklands flagged vessels from regional ports.

• Wednesday, December 14th 2011 - 04:02 UTC

  US tries to re-establish full relations with Ecuador, Bolivia and Venezuela

  

  United States continues to dialogue with Venezuela, Bolivia and Ecuador, countries where it has no ambassadors in an attempt to normalize relations, said State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 22:11 UTC

  China and Bolivia agree on closer military cooperation and high level exchanges

  

  China and Bolivia have agreed to strengthen military relations which are a continuation of the “excellent links in other fields”, according to an official press release in Beijing

• Saturday, November 26th 2011 - 03:16 UTC

  Bolivia admits 26.1% live in extreme poverty but not on the hunger fringe

  

  The Bolivian government strongly rejected a statement from a FAO (UN Food and Agriculture Organization) official saying that 26% of the population (2.5 million people) is on the hunger fringe since they can not satisfy their basic food needs.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:25 UTC

  Bolivia and Washington restore full diplomatic relations

  

  Bolivia and the United States restored full diplomatic ties Monday for the first time since 2008. Three years ago the Andean nation's government expelled the US ambassador and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The US expelled the Bolivian ambassador in return.

• Thursday, October 20th 2011 - 06:55 UTC

  Amazon Indians reach La Paz rattling Morales grip over government

  

  Hundreds of members from indigenous tribes opposing a jungle highway financed by Brazil and that they say will spoil their lands in Bolivia's Amazon drew cheers Wednesday when they paraded into the capital La Paz after a 63-day protest march.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 20:40 UTC

  Human rights commission calls on Morales to protect Amazon Indian tribes

  

  The Inter American Human Rights Commission called on the Bolivian government to protect the indigenous tribes protesting the construction of a road crossing their reservation, following on reports of use of excess of force by the police in charge of containing the protest march.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2011 - 15:33 UTC

  Bolivians reject Morales judicial reforms: 60% spoiled or left ballots blank

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales suffered a major setback on Sunday when many Bolivians spoiled or left their ballots blank in the first elections for the country’s top judges, La Razon reported.