Tag: Bolivia

Friday, January 3rd 2014 - 18:40 UTC
'Andean super crop' quinoa opens the way for the UN Year of Family Farming

Increased production and consumption of quinoa, coupled with higher visibility of and greater scientific knowledge about the so-called “Andean super crop” is the legacy left to the world by the International Year of Quinoa 2013, the closing ceremonies of which were held in Bolivia and Peru.
Friday, November 22nd 2013 - 02:02 UTC
Morales orders double Christmas bonus for Bolivia's 300.000 public employees

In what seems a partial contagion of what is happening in Venezuela, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that he will double the Christmas bonus for Bolivia’s public employees which will be the equivalent of two months extra salary.
Monday, October 21st 2013 - 05:25 UTC
Brazil will not return Bolivian Senator who is wanted by the government of President Morales

Brazil will not return opposition Senator Roger Pinto to Bolivia, who last August fled the country with the help from Brazilian diplomats, said President Dilma Rousseff advisor on foreign affairs Marco Aurelio Garcia.
Monday, October 14th 2013 - 23:40 UTC
Bolivian president claims US and Pacific Alliance conspiring to divide UNASUR

Bolivian president Evo Morales claimed that the Pacific Alliance (Colombia, Chile, Peru and Mexico) is part of a major conspiration plotted “from the north” and directed to divide the Union of South American Nations, Unasur.
Thursday, October 3rd 2013 - 07:19 UTC
Repsol expands 70% a natural gas processing plant capacity in Bolivia

Bolivian President Evo Morales and the chairman and CEO of Spanish energy major Repsol, Antonio Brufau, inaugurated the newly expanded Margarita natural gas processing plant, with a capacity increased of nearly 70%.
Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 01:19 UTC
Brazilian foreign minister removed following diplomatic incident with Bolivia

Brazilian foreign minister Antonio Patriota has stepped down and will be replaced by the current representative before United Nations Ambassador Luis Alberto Figueiredo Machado, it was confirmed Monday evening by the spokesperson from President Dilma Rousseff’s office.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 07:30 UTC
Bolivian Senator arrives in Brazil after being granted political asylum

Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto, who had taken refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz, left the country in an official Brazilian vehicle escorted by soldiers, Brazilian Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Ricardo Ferraço said on Sunday.
Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:07 UTC
Argentine military sent napalm bombs to Bolivia to help hunt Che Guevara reveal Brazil documents

The military government that ruled Argentina in 1967 provided its Bolivian peers with napalm bombs and other arms to help combat guerrillas headed by Ernesto Che Guevara who three months after delivery was killed, according to released documents in Brazil and published by O Estado de Sao Paulo.
Monday, August 5th 2013 - 01:51 UTC
Iran after closer relations with Latinamerica, says new president Rouhani

New Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met in Tehran on Sunday with Cuban Vice President Ricardo Cabrisas and said his country wanted to expand its relations with Latin America, “especially with Cuba,” Iran's Isna news agency reported.<br />
Cabrisas traveled to Iran for Rouhani's inauguration on Sunday.
Saturday, July 20th 2013 - 05:27 UTC
Bolivia’s Morales apologizes to for 2011 incident when a Brazilian Defence ministry aircraft was searched

Bolivia's President Evo Morales apologized to Brazil Friday for a 2011 incident in which authorities searched a Brazilian military aircraft for drugs. Brazil lodged an official complaint several days ago as Morales was demanding apologies from European countries for blocking his flight home from Moscow earlier this month.