Tag: David Choquehuanca

Wednesday, July 3rd 2013 - 03:25 UTC
Evo Morales' plane rerouted on suspicion Snowden on board.

The plane carrying Bolivian President Evo Morales home from Russia was rerouted to Austria on Tuesday after France and Portugal refused to let it cross their airspace because of suspicions that NSA leaker Edward Snowden was on board, the country's foreign minister said.
Thursday, April 25th 2013 - 02:09 UTC
Bolivia takes Chile to the International Court of Justice to reclaim sea outlet

Landlocked Bolivia sued neighboring Chile on Wednesday in the Hague before the International Court of Justice as it pressed a longstanding claim to recover land lost in a 19th century war and thus regain access to the sea.<br />
Chile quickly responded that the issue was not negotiable.
Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:38 UTC
Major victory for President Morales: UN accepts “coca leaf chewing” in Bolivia

Bolivia will again belong to the 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs after its bid to rejoin with a reservation that it does not accept the treaty’s requirement that “coca leaf chewing must be banned” was successful Friday. Opponents needed one-third of the 184 signatory countries to object, but fell far, far short despite objections by the US and the International Narcotics Control Board.
Monday, November 26th 2012 - 22:57 UTC
Bolivian plans to belong to CAN and Mercosur face several hurdles

Foreign minister David Choquehuanca argued that Bolivia can become a full member of Mercosur and continue with the Community of Andean Nations, CAN, and can’t be forced to abandon a block to join another.
Thursday, November 22nd 2012 - 13:55 UTC
Bolivia formally invited to join Mercosur as full member at December’s summit

Bolivia was formally invited to join Mercosur as a full member for which negotiations can begin in the coming summit December 7 in Brasilia. The invitation was made official by Mercosur High Commissioner Ivan Ramalho during a visit to La Paz where the met with Foreign minister David Choquehuanca and Economy and Planning ministers Luis Arce and Viviana Caro.
Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 06:56 UTC
Bolivia asks Sean Penn to help lobby in the dispute with Chile over a sea outlet

Bolivia asked visiting Oscar-winner Sean Penn Tuesday to help lobby for La Paz to regain a bit of Pacific coast, and escape the ranks of landlocked states. Evo Morales, the populist president of the arid nation high in the Andes, asked the US actor to help its campaign to press Chile to overhaul treaties that ended a 19th-century war that cost Bolivia its coast and gave the land to Chile.
Thursday, August 2nd 2012 - 06:46 UTC
The next December solstice celebration in Bolivia will have Coca Cola after all

Bolivia said on Wednesday that statements from Foreign minister David Choquehuanca about “the end of Coca Cola” were taken out of context adding there are no plans to expulse the US Company from the country, as published in the local media.
Saturday, July 14th 2012 - 07:39 UTC
Bolivia announces the “end of Coca Cola and capitalism” for December 21

December 21, the austral summer solstice, will mark the end of Coca Cola and capitalism and the start of a new cosmic era of community spirit and love, announced Bolivia’s Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca.
Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 06:05 UTC
“Malvinas for Argentina and sea for Bolivia” battle cry at next OAS assembly

Bolivian president Evo Morales announced on Monday he will request at the coming Organization of American States, OAS General Assembly to be held in Cochabamba that the issues of Malvinas Argentine sovereignty and a sea outlet for Bolivia be discussed.
Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 01:17 UTC
Bolivian Indians defending their lands expose divisions in Morales government

Bolivia's Defence minister resigned on Monday to protest a police crackdown and arrests on anti-highway demonstrators which according to unconfirmed reports also caused the death of a baby and several disappeared.