27/10/07

2 justices quit amid struggle for Bolivian courts
International Herald Tribune – France
AP LA PAZ, Bolivia: Two of five justices on Bolivia’s highest court
resigned Friday, a victory for President Evo Morales in a nearly year-long
struggle for …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/27
/america/LA-GEN-Bolivia-Court-Battle.php

Presidents of Bolivia and Mexico to Meet in Chile
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Mexico, Oct 26 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca
confirmed on Friday that presidents Evo Morales (Bolivia) and Felipe
Calderon …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7BAF002509-
2055-409B-8AB1-7BDAEB670A0D%7D&language=EN

26/10/07

Brazil Police Nab Man in Powder Mailing
The Associated Press –
The Brazil missions of Israel, Iran, Bolivia, Great Britain, Syria, Germany
and Saudi Arabia were among those receiving the envelopes. …
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hoBC
eWKYBu8fZ-3Ke8bFyX8_20qAD8SH3HDG0

ANALYSIS-Alberta royalty hike far cry from nationalization
Reuters UK – UK
By Scott Haggett CALGARY, Alberta, Oct 26 (Reuters) – Alberta has just
joined Venezuela, Russia, Kazakhstan and Bolivia as it looks to enjoy a
bigger share …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN2636246120071026

Prostitutes in Bolivia Sew Lips Together in Protest Against …
By Vinny’s Blog(Vinny’s Blog)
Prostitution in Bolivia is legal but pimping is not. LA PAZ (Reuters) – Prostitutes in the Bolivian city of El Alto sewed their lips together Wednesday as part of a hunger strike to demand that the mayor reopen brothels and bars ordered …
vinnysa1store.blogspot.com/2007/10/
prostitutes-in-bolivia-lips-together-in.html

Bolivia – Journalists continue to be victims of political tension …
Reporters Without Borders calls for dialogue between La Paz and
provincial authorities that are opposed to the central government after
new clashes in the eastern province of Santa Cruz in which several
journalists were injured. …
www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24158

Che Guevara’s Hair, Mementos Sell for $119500 (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
The seller claimed the body was still in Bolivia, contrary to Fidel
Castro’s claim that it is in Cuba, Heritage said. DNA from the hair ``can
determine who …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601088&sid=abZQ3NMjbfm4&refer=muse

Che Guevara’s hair sold for £50000
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
The hair was collected by Gustavo Villoldo, a former CIA operative and
Cuban exile who was involved in Guevara’s capture in Bolivia. …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtm
l?xml=/news/2007/10/26/wche126.xml

25/10/07

Bolivia: Violence in Santa Cruz
By Eduardo Avila
Andrés Pucci [ES] criticizes individuals from Santa Cruz that
participated in violent acts of vandalism during protests regarding
hydrocarbon taxes.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/
10/26/bolivia-violence-in-santa-cruz/

Prostitutes Strike in Bolivia
TIME – USA
As of Wednesday morning, Bolivia’s “night-workers” are on strike. Up to
35000 prostitutes across the country have refused to report for the medical
checkups …
time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1675348,00.html?imw=Y

Repsol hopes for huge Bolivia natgas find – report
Reuters UK – UK
A Repsol YPF spokeswoman in Bolivia said she had nothing to add to Garcia’s
comments. After meeting with Repsol officials on Wednesday, the governor of
…
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN2525526920071025

Lock of hair from Che Guevara up for auction in US
International Herald Tribune – France
The Cuban government announced in 1995 that its anthropologists had
uncovered Guevara’s remains from Bolivia, and re-interred them in Cuba
without doing DNA …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/
25/america/NA-GEN-US-Che-Auction.php

Bolivia: Prostitutes on hunger strike
By Erwin C.(Taylor Kirk)
Prostitutes in a city near the Bolivian capital of La Paz have sown their lips shut as part of a hunger strike. Though prostitution is legal in the Andean country, sex workers in El Alto are protesting at a health center against the …
ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/2007/10/
bolivia-prostitutes-on-hunger-strike.html

Bolivia sex workers in protest fast
By Wendy McElroy
At least 50 prostitutes near the Bolivian capital of La Paz have gone on a hunger strike and threatened to march naked down the streets of El Alto, a nearby town.
www.ifeminists.net/news.php?item.8029.3

Empowering the fruitcakes
Asia Times Online – Kowloon,Hong Kong
Evo Morales, the President of Bolivia, is a follower of Venezuela’s Hugo
Chavez, but appears to be considerably less of a thug than Chavez. …
www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/IJ26Dj02.html

Bolivia sex workers in protest fast
MWC News – Vancouver,Canada
By Agencies At least 50 prostitutes near the Bolivian capital of La Paz
have gone on a hunger strike and threatened to march naked down the streets
of El …
mwcnews.net/content/view/17605&Itemid=1

Bolivia: The Bolivian government requested oil companies to …
RedBolivia.com – USA
The Bolivian government requested oil companies in Bolivia to accelerate
the gas production in order to supply external market. “We requested oil
companies …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News%
20in%20English/Bolivia/59353.html

Bolivia: Peasants and colonists won’t tolerate President Morales …
RedBolivia.com – USA
The statements made by Governor Ruben Costas against President Evo Morales
were condemned by the social movements in Bolivia and they affirmed they
would …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News
%20in%20English/Bolivia/59352.html

Bolivia: Police captures former MNR parliamentarian accused of …
RedBolivia.com – USA
Former MNR parliamentarian Carlos Pinto was arrested in Guayaramerin, Beni.
He is accused of negotiating Visas for Chinese citizens, and for ignoring
two …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News%
20in%20English/Bolivia/59355.html

24/10/07

Latest News : Bolivia accepts US ambassador’s apologies
Tehran Times – Iran
LIMA (Xinhua) — The Bolivian government accepted Monday apologies from US
ambassador to Bolivia for his remarks on Bolivian President Evo Morales.
…
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=155646

Russian Minister stresses energetic alliance with Brazil …
Mathaba.Net – London,UK
In Bolivia, after the signing of a memo last February with the gas and oil
company, Gazprom “already defined the future oil and natural gas fields
where the …
mathaba.net/news/?x=568324

Bolivia: Chancellor Choquehuanca travels to Mexico to sign …
Choquehuanca’s trip has the purpose of open better markets that go beyond the Free Trade Agreement signed with Mexico ten years ago.
www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=10082

23/10/07

Telecom Italia wants arbitration over Bolivian firm
Reuters – USA
LA PAZ, Oct 23 (Reuters) – Bolivia’s government said on Tuesday that
Telecom Italia has sought international arbitration to block the state
takeover of its …
www.reuters.com/article/mergers
News/idUSN2331222920071023

Bolivia: The Confederation of the Bolivian Press express support …
RedBolivia.com – USA
From his point of view the measure has the objective of reducing
Bolivia’s high poverty index. Therefore, people should applaud the
measure, …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News
%20in%20English/Bolivia/59291.html

Bolivia: On Tuesday deputies will treat Old Age Dignity Pension …
RedBolivia.com – USA
monthly (that is to say 2.400 bolivian pesos annually). That payment will
come from the profits of the hydrocarbons called “Impuesto Directo a los
…
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News%
20in%20English/Bolivia/59288.html

Bolivia: Santa Cruz’s AASANA used illegal practices to pay workers …
RedBolivia.com – USA
The Minister informed that the salary’s payroll establishes a wage of 700
thousand bolivian pesos per month and a sum of 500 bolivian pesos for
overtime …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News%
20in%20English/Bolivia/59287.html

Brazil, Bolivia Appraise Energy Links
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian and Brazilian energy authorities
are negotiating trade and industrialization of natural gas, official
sources …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BEE794B1D-
FF2D-44DD-991C-91FBCD458E46%7D)&language=EN

Venezuelan consulate, Cuban house in Bolivia bomb attack, no …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
China’s Xinhua: The Venezuelan consulate and a house of a Cuban doctor in
Bolivia were attacked by explosives on Monday, causing damage but no
victims, …
www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=76508

Bolivia: Mayors in Bolivia confirm meeting with president Evo …
RedBolivia.com – USA
… decided to cut their budget in order to finance the Lifetime Old Age
Pension for people over 60 years in Bolivia that will go in effect on
January 2008. …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News
%20in%20English/Bolivia/59285.html

State Firm Eyes Copper Mine in Bolivia
Korea Times – South Korea
By Ryu Jin Korea Resources Corporation (KORES), the state mining company,
said Tuesday that it plans to develop a copper mine in Bolivia in Latin
America …
www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2007/10/123_12417.html

Bolivia accepts Ambassador Goldberg’s apologies and ends a …
RedBolivia.com – USA
This past Monday, the Bolivian Government ended a diplomatic problem with
the United States Ambassador in Bolivia, Philip Goldberg, after receiving
the …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News
%20in%20English/Bolivia/59282.html

Bolivia: Workers will mobilize a national support so the profits …
RedBolivia.com – USA
“Those people believe they own Bolivia’s natural resources, they don’t
want the resources profits to help elderly people over 60 years of age”,
…
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News%20in%20English/Bolivia/59280.html

Bolivia: Chancellor Choquehuanca travels to Mexico to sign …
RedBolivia.com – USA
According to Prensa Latina, today, a Bolivian delegation headed by Vice
minister of Economical Affairs Pablo Guzman arrived at Mexico , and will
participate …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News
%20in%20English/Bolivia/59281.html

Bolivia started investigation on explosions against Venezuelan …
mathaba – …more.
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=568186

Attacks Target Venezuelan, Cuban Interests in Bolivia
Voice of America – USA
Last week, some international flights out of the city’s Viru Viru airport –
Bolivia’s busiest – were delayed in a dispute between local authorities and
the …
www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-22-voa65.cfm

Maduro blames “racist oligarchy” for blasts in Bolivia
El Universal – Venezuela
“This terrorist attack has mastermind and perpetrator: (Bolivia’s) racist
and reactionary oligarchy,” said the minister. “We have seen in the last
few hours …
english.eluniversal.com/2007/10/22/en_
pol_art_maduro-blames-racis_22A1143879.shtml

Brazil to make 385-mln-dollar bid for orbit concession
Xinhua – China
Costa will have a meeting Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, with
representatives from Colombia, Bolivia and Peru to solve the impasse
concerning the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/23/content_6927907.htm

Thousands wrest control of Bolivia’s busiest airport from …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia: Thousands of residents of Bolivia’s wealthiest
province seized control of the country’s busiest airport from government
troops, …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/20
/america/LA-GEN-Bolivia-Airport-Dispute.php

Eva Golinger: Bolivia under attack
October 16
From Chomsky in Boston to Evo in Bolivia, things have been a bit busy for me this month. Sorry for the slacking on the Blog, but duty calls!

BOLIVIA : Venezuelan and Cuban offices attacked in Bolivia
[AP] BOLIVIA : Venezuelan, Cuban offices attacked in Bolivia "Unknown assailants tossed sticks of dynamite early Monday at the Venezuelan consulate in the eastern Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, while others hurled Molotov cocktails at a ...
http://www.globalincidentmap.com/eventdetail.php?ID=5479

Attacks Target Venezuelan, Cuban Interests in Bolivia
Voice of America - USA
Last week, some international flights out of the city's Viru Viru airport -
Bolivia's busiest - were delayed in a dispute between local authorities and
the ...
http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-22-voa65.cfm

Maduro blames "racist oligarchy" for blasts in Bolivia
El Universal - Venezuela
"This terrorist attack has mastermind and perpetrator: (Bolivia's) racist
and reactionary oligarchy," said the minister. "We have seen in the last
few hours ...
http://english.eluniversal.com/2007/10/22/
en_pol_art_maduro-blames-racis_22A1143879.shtml

Brazil to make 385-mln-dollar bid for orbit concession
Xinhua - China
Costa will have a meeting Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, with
representatives from Colombia, Bolivia and Peru to solve the impasse
concerning the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/23/content_6927907.htm

Thousands wrest control of Bolivia's busiest airport from ...
International Herald Tribune - France
AP SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia: Thousands of residents of Bolivia's wealthiest
province seized control of the country's busiest airport from government
troops, ...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/20/
america/LA-GEN-Bolivia-Airport-Dispute.php

Violent protest in Bolivia
Both Bolivia and Venezuela described the incident as an act of terrorism. There have been increasing protests from right-wing Bolivians against the close ties President Evo Morales has with Venezuela and Cuba. …
www.radionetherlands.nl/news/intern
ational/5485151/Violent-protest-in-Bolivia

22/10/07

Eva Golinger: Bolivia under attack
By Bolivia Rising(Bolivia Rising)
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the funding arm of the Department of State, has major investments in Bolivia. In fact, Bolivia is the recipient of more USAID funding than any other nation in Latin America …
boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/10/
eva-golinger-bolivia-under-attack.html

Dynamite thrown near Venezuela consulate in Bolivia
Reuters – USA
Bolivia’s leftist president, Evo Morales, has formed close ties with
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro since taking office in
January 2006. …
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN22446096

Residents protest for control of Bolivia’s busiest airport
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Police disperse demonstrators demanding the end of a military intervention
at Viru Viru airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia yesterday. …
www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/oct/19/
bolivia.theairlineindustry?gusrc=rss&feed=travel

Looking for the Revolution
Sydney Morning Herald – Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Che Guevara, the face that launched a thousand T-shirts, died in Bolivia
trying to bring revolution to South America. He was killed at the hands of
the …
www.smh.com.au/news/tv-reviews/looking-
for-the-revolution/2007/10/22/1192940970591.html

Bolivia: Opposition politico calls Chavez a “monkey”
By Erwin C.(Taylor Kirk)
Bolivia ’s government strongly criticized the governor of Santa Cruz
province for making “racist and xenophobic” comments against
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Presidential spokesman Ramon Quintana
denounced remarks by Ruben Costas …
ourlatinamerica.blogspot.com/2007
/10/bolivia-opposition-politico-calls.html

Armed groups attempt to extort local landing fees at Bolivia’s top …
Flight International – USA
By Rainer Uphoff Civil groups backed by a local governor last week occupied
Bolivia’s principal international airport at Santa Cruz and disrupted
airline …
www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/10/22/218805/armed-gro
ups-attempt-to-extort-local-landing-fees-at-bolivias-top.html

Troops, residents fight for control of Bolivia’s busiest airport
The Canadian Press –
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia – Soldiers fired tear gas at angry residents who tried
to storm Bolivia’s busiest airport Thursday as the facility became a focal
point …
canadianpress.google.com/article/
ALeqM5jHcbTQFoQLGpKv4zKQbacVoxiyww

Bolivia: Columnist Uses Blog to Draft Cyber-Proposal With Readers
By Eduardo Avila
The Bolivian government announced a drastic change in providing
retirement benefits to elderly Bolivian under a plan called “Renta
Dignidad”. These funds replace the annual “Bonosol”, and will
come directly from the Direct Hydrocarbons …
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/10/22/bolivia-colum
nist-uses-blog-to-draft-cyber-proposal-with-readers/

21/10/07

Bolivia Illiteracy Decreases with Cuban Method
La Paz, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) To the recent declaration of Chulumani as region free of illiteracy, people in 42 Bolivian municipalities are now added to those who can now know to read and write thanks to the Cuban method “Yes, I can.”
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B7518FA03-
8BF2-4343-9716-00EC41CD202C%7D&language=EN

President Hugo Chavez accused of financing a popular rebellion in …
VHeadline.com – Worth,IL,USA
Caracas Daily Journal (Marivi Coello): Media reports claim that Mauricio
Balcazar, spokesman and son-in-law of former Bolivian President Gonzalo
Sanchez de …
www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=76471

Bolivia Opposition Prefect Urged to Investigate Corruption
La Paz, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian government urged today.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B7DD8155E-
617B-4D71-B844-A72D00D1C569%7D&language=EN

Thousands storm Bolivia’s busiest airport, wrest control from …
By Lovebug Honey
And they did it with clubs, no guns. When is America going to wake up and cease control. of the White house back from the criminal cabal in charge. I personally commend these citizens for standing up. America could learn something here …
www.care2.com/news/member/964698695/516354

Protesters take over Bolivian airport
United Press International – USA
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia, Oct. 20 (UPI) — About 7000 people urged on by their
local governor swarmed the airport in Santa Cruz Friday, a day after
Bolivian …
www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/10/2
0/protesters_take_over_bolivian_airport/9878/

Bolivia: Declaration of World Encounter of Indigenous Peoples
By Brenda Norrell(Brenda Norrell)
We will remain vigilant of any internal or external threat, to Bolivia and we request the support and solidarity of all peoples of the planet for this process, which should serve as an example so all Peoples, Nations and States of the …
censored-news.blogspot.com/2007/10/
bolivia-declaration-of-world-encounter.html

American Held Over Bullets In Luggage In Bolivia
By June Marshall
An American woman was briefly detained in Bolivia after arriving on an American Airlines flight from Miami with 500 bullets in her luggage, the state news agency reported. News agency ABI said the woman, who it identified as Din Dona …
www.care2.com/news/member/830646067/516213

American Held Over Bullets In Luggage In Bolivia
American Held Over Bullets In Luggage In Bolivia October 20, 2007 An American woman was briefly detained in Bolivia after arriving on an American Airlines flight from Miami with 500 bullets in her luggage, the state news agency reported …
www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/
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