Bolivia calls on Iran for industrial needs 
| Tehran Times , Aug 30, 2010 -- The president of Bolivia highlighted the importance of his country's economic and trade ties with Iran and said La Paz should fulfill its industrial needs from the Islamic Republic. |
Fires in Bolivia
| NASA, August 30, 2010 -- The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite detected 148,946 fires in this image on August 23, 2010. The fires are outlined in red. Most of the fires are concentrated in Bolivia, where the governments of two states had declared a state of emergency because of widespread fires three days earlier. Scores of fires also burn in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. |
Book by Fidel Castro Launched in Bolivia on Monday
| Cuban News Agency, August 30, 2010 -- The book "La victoria estratégica" (The Strategic Victory) by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, was launched in Bolivia on Monday. |
Alternative Energy Benefits Bolivian Families
| Insidecostarica.com, August 30, 2010 -- About 50,000 rural families in Bolivia are benefiting from electric power generation through alternative means, such as wind power and solar power. |
Fall in Acceptance for Evo Attributed to His Mishandling the Government
| El Mundo, August 30, 2010 -- After the publication of a survey by Ipsos Apoyo Opinion y Mercado in which it was revealed that the level of approval of President Evo Morales fell in August to its lowest level (46%) since he took office in 2006, representatives of different sectors and parliamentarians attributed this fall of the president's approval to the mismanagement his government has done, and that the continued infighting has caused a high grade of corruption that has been evident in its management. |
Government Silent on the Ship Held in Lebanon
| Los Tiempos, August 30, 2010 -- The government authorities have not confirmed or denied, so far, information on the boat "Mariam" allegedly carrying a "Bolivian flag," which could not sail on last Sunday the 22 passed Lebanon, Tripoli, to try to break the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip, carrying a group of women and humanitarian aid. |
Bolivia Moves to Community Socialism
La Razón, August 30, 2010 -- After eight months in office, the Government implements its plan to lead Bolivia to the EU model of socialism, as announced on 22 January, by President Evo Morales and Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera.
Report of a Large Uranium Deposit
| El Deber, August 30, 2010 -- From the satellite, Coroma looks like a tiny village of no more than 10 blocks, lost in the immensity of the Andes, but about the wealth it has, they say, can be achieved to maintain Bolivia for more than 100 years, but the issue is unknown by both regional and national authorities. |
The Narcos have their Dump in Pampa San Miguel
| Los Tiempos, August 30, 2010 -- Pampa San Miguel, an agricultural area at the entrance to K'ara K'ara, has become a dump for drug traffickers. There is crushed coca by the roadside near houses and playgrounds. |
The CONALCAM will Become a Superpower
| La Razón, August 30, 2010 -- In order to route Bolivia to a socialist community state, the Government will re-found the National Coordinator for Change (CONALCAM) that will have as its central task political indoctrination and preservation of the change process. |
Government Anticipates Greater Political and Social Conflicts
| El Diario, August 31, 2010 -- The transition towards a model of "multinational and autonomous state," which implies a decentralization of the administration of the various levels of government will lead to political, regional, social and legislative conflicts, according to perceptions from the second agent of State, Álvaro García Linera. |
Unions Announce National Mobilization and the Government Disqualifies Them
| El Mundo, August 31, 2010 -- The union sector has announced nationwide protests because their request to be taken into account in the agreement for the regulation of the Customs Act was not heeded, which is why today they started the protests demanding to be part of that commission to coordinate this new legislation. |
Bolivia Mining Boom Will Begin in 2012
| El Potosí, August 31, 2010 -- The country will begin to experience the "mining boom" in 2012, with sustained growth in production at the hand of the state mine, which will maintain current levels of extraction, including until 2011, says the General Mining director Freddy Beltran. |
Government Ratifies Charges Against Human Rights Activists
| Los Tiempos, August 31, 2010 -- Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Marcos Farfán, confirmed yesterday the charges against attorney Jorge Quiroz and justified the intrusion into the offices and home of the activist from the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights in La Paz (Apdhlp ), ensuring that they raided the same offices for a case of alleged drug trafficking. |
Evo Confirms His Alignment with Iran
| Los Tiempos, August 31, 2010 -- President Evo Morales placed Iran among peaceful countries and Israel among terrorists and criticized the United Nations for failing to halt what he called "Israeli nuclear arms race." |
Morales Stresses Bolivia's Support for Iran
| Fars News Agency, August 31, 2010 -- Bolivian President Evo Morales underlined his country's support for Iran's efforts in the establishment of peace in the world. |
The UN should place sanctions on Israel for its illegal possession of nuclear weapons instead of Iran: Bolivian President.
| Hamsayeh.net, August 31, 2010 -- Bolivian President Evo Morales has asked the United Nations to consider placing sanctions on Israel for its illegal stockpiling of nuclear weapons instead of punishing Iran for non-existent nuclear weapons in the oil-rich Middle Eastern nation. |
Iran approves $254 mln credit for Bolivia
| Xinhua, August 31, 2010 -- Iran will extend a credit of 200 million euros (254 million U.S. dollars) to Bolivia as development aid, visiting Iranian Industry and Mining Minister Ali Akbar Mehravian said Monday. |
Bolivia strengthens ties with Iran
Latin News Daily, August 31, 2010
The local and international press have seized on the possibility of Iran investing in developing Bolivia's as yet-untapped uranium deposits as the most controversial aspect of the agreement, although no concrete pledges in relation to this were made. Iranian investment in the sector would, however, set Bolivia on a collision course with the UN given that the latest round of UN sanctions on Iran, imposed in June this year (resolution 1929), states that "Iran shall not acquire an interest in any commercial activity in another State involving uranium mining, production or use of nuclear materials and technology."
The local and international press have seized on the possibility of Iran investing in developing Bolivia's as yet-untapped uranium deposits as the most controversial aspect of the agreement, although no concrete pledges in relation to this were made. Iranian investment in the sector would, however, set Bolivia on a collision course with the UN given that the latest round of UN sanctions on Iran, imposed in June this year (resolution 1929), states that "Iran shall not acquire an interest in any commercial activity in another State involving uranium mining, production or use of nuclear materials and technology."
Troves of lithium, valuable for batteries, boost mood in Bolivia and Afghanistan
| The Washington Post, August 31, 2010 -- Afghanistan isn't the only country trying to hitch its wagon to lithium's star. Bolivia, too, has vast deposits and has also started to refer to itself as "the Saudi Arabia of lithium." An article in the New Yorker in March detailed the trouble Bolivia is having attracting investors to its lithium, mainly because of inadequate infrastructure and President Evo Morales's predilection for nationalization. |
Evo Morales: We Cannot Become Instruments of Imperialism
| Cuban News Agency, August 31, 2010 -- "We cannot become instruments of Imperialism. That's the best tribute we can pay to the Cuban Revolution and to our Bolivian ancestors," said President Evo Morales on Monday in La Paz during the launch of Fidel Castro's recently published book La Victoria estratégica' (The Strategic Victory). |
Venezuela to sell cement to Bolivia
| El Universal (Venezuela), August 31, 2010 -- The Bolivian government will import Venezuelan cement to meet the shortage of the building material, as demand has grown in recent weeks, said Antonia Rodríguez, the Minister of Production Development, as quoted by AP. |
Press freedom threatened in Latin America
| Buenos Aires Herald, August 31, 2010 -- "Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Argentina are countries where bribery, threats, legislation and propaganda are all deployed against the freedom of information; a society without that right is not a democratic society," Alejandro Aguirre, the president of IAPA (the Inter-American Press Association), said recently. |
Iran loans 200 million euros to Bolivia
| Press TV, Sepember 01, 2010 -- Iran has extended a credit line of more than 200 million euros to Bolivia to help the industrial development of the South American country. |
Bolivia Nationalizes Private Stake in State Cement Company
| Latin American Herald Tribune (EFE), September 01, 2010 -- Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Wednesday the nationalization of the 33 percent of state-owned cement maker Fancesa that is in private hands. |
In South America, Clashing Visions of a Better Future
| Alternet, September 1, 2010 -- Miners in Potosí, Bolivia set off sticks of dynamite as cold winter winds zipped through the city, passing street barricades, protests, hunger strikers and an occupied electrical plant. These actions took place place from late July to mid-August against the perceived neglect of the Evo Morales administration toward the impoverished Potosí region. |
Why are Latin American democracies suddenly attacking the free press?
| Newsweek, August 31, 2010 -- Here's a puzzler. Latin America has never been more democratic: of 34 nations in Central and South America and the Caribbean, all except one (Cuba) are constitutional democracies, with laws guaranteeing open elections, independent courts, legislatures, and freedom of expression. So why do so many governments still trample on citizens' rights, bully journalists, harass private business, and generally lord over hearth and home? |
Morales Seeks Scapegoat for Statements about "Conspiracy"
| El Diario, September 1, 2010 -- State President, Evo Morales, came to report that there is an ongoing "conspiracy" against his regime, with alleged "infiltrators" from the U.S. embassy in military areas and social organizations themselves; statements were made yesterday in a meeting with the Armed Forces. For the deputy of National Convergence (CN), Andrés Ortega, this is one way in which the president chooses to seek falsely accountable people to explain the continuing social unrest in the country. |
Despite Criticism, the MAS takes Over the Mayorship of Warnes for Three Months
| El Mundo, September 1, 2010 -- City Council President of Warnes' jurisdiction, Mario Cronenbold, the MAS party, was elected in yesterday's session of the Council, as the new acting mayor of Warnes. This, because the elected mayor of this municipality, Nyls Carmona, filed a temporary license for a period of three months attributing it to poor health who has since undergone a heart operation. |
MAS Expects an Agreement to Discuss Social Legislation
| El Mundo, September 1, 2010 -- Legislators from the MAS party confirmed on Tuesday that the "social agreement" is essential to begin the discussion of social economic laws, which the Executive is discussing with various sectors. |
Japan Donates $US4.8 Million to Bolivia for Clean Energy Project
El Nacional, September 1, 2010 -- The Minister of Development Planning, Caro Viviana Hinojosa, representing the Bolivian government, and the Resident Representative of the International Cooperation Agency of Japan in Bolivia, Hirofumi Matsuyama, today signed a grant agreement for $4.8 million for the "Project to Introduce Clean Energy by the System to Generate Solar Electricity."
Evo Admits Differences with Social Sectors
| Opinion, September 1, 2010 -- President Evo Morales acknowledged yesterday that he has differences with some leaders of social sectors that support his management, because they intend to benefit only themselves with the exploitation of natural resources. He also admitted that his Government has contracted a domestic debt that, in his opinion, does not serve to cover up corruption problems but to invest in projects. |