So far this year, 13 people were infected with hemorrhagic fever virus and seven died from disease development. Five municipalities have large populations of Beni mouse Calomys callosus, the government said. “For example in the municipality of Huacaraje was established that 10 rodents trapped, eight were infected with the virus, which is 80%. Populations where […]
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A couple was arrested after police in Chile cracked down on areas known to routinely see illegal merchandise trafficking, especially between Chile and Bolivia. The two were found near the village of Chiu Chiu, where officials observed a vehicle that had turned off its lights for an extended period of time. The occupants loaded the […]
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Skip Police arrested four subjects who moved to Chinese entered the country illegally. Police broke up a band that Skip was involved in human trafficking. The operation was performed on Provincial Route 5, near Las Lajitas. Salta was arrested four who were traveling in two cars, a Chevrolet Astra and Toyota Corolla, both recent bill, […]
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Bolivia is the new route for the movement of people, preferably young, said the special prosecutor in Paraguay Trafficking, Teresa Martinez, during an international seminar. The representative of the Public Ministry said they have evidence that in the city of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Paraguay some 250 are sexually exploited in nightclubs. He said that September […]
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A Bolivian teenager 16 years appeared yesterday in the Special Force to Fight Crime to report that for two years was the victim of sexual and labor exploitation in Brazil and who escaped with the help of her family. According to them, have other children in the same condition. The child was carried to the […]
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Franz Gonzalez Gonzalez, alias “El Vinchita” murderer of the daughter of a U.S. consul, was found dead on Friday after a brawl in the prison cell of Chonchocoro jail inmates reported that is in the highlands of La Paz. “The Vinchita was cut and bled to death. The man was too complicated and had many […]
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Several people were injured Sunday, including a native leader, in clashes between opposition and pro-government Indians for control of a union office in Santa Cruz (eastern Bolivia), in protests against the construction of a road in a reserve ecology. The clashes began when a group that supports native opposition leader Adolfo Chavez decided to take […]
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Elite troops began yesterday police searched the north of La Paz, Bolivia’s border with Peru, in coordination with authorities and security teams from the neighboring country to come up with the band Sunday docked the two buses in Apollo, according to Government Minister Carlos Romero. The police assumed that the passengers were people carrying gold […]
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Special Force to Fight Crime (FELCC) executed, yesterday, a requisition to several lodges and hotels in the city, in which 30 people arrested had no identity documents at the time of his arrest, according to spokesman of the police, Juan Carlos Corrales. This police operation was conducted to identify suspects in crimes of trafficking in […]
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From January to date anti-crime force (FELCC) rescued 15 girls clandestine brothels in the city center and captured two clans responsible for recruiting them. The Attorney and the Mayor announced operations against these illegal businesses. At least about 15 girls were rescued. We recently had nine cases of children on Figueroa Street and Santa Cruz, […]
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Two juveniles, one 10 years, were rescued from brothels in the city of La Paz during the raid late Friday and early yesterday morning, said the head of this agency deployment, Colonel Jose Luis Ramallo. The under 10 was in a brothel located across the street Hermanos Manchego Sopocachi area. Ramallo Colonel refused to advance […]
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An inspection surprise to city brothels found that a large part of the prostitutes not carry health cards or identity. We also found a minor in one of the premises. The more Jesus Flores commanded the operation, but before starting the tour these turned off their phones to avoid leaking any information. Subsequently, participants were […]
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“The Constitution says that the Bolivian state can not grant a safe conduct and can not accept political asylum to a person having ordinary processes of justice for reasons having to do with common crimes, and now Senator Pinto processed” , Davila said the media in La Paz. He reiterated that “deplores” the alleged “pressure” […]
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The District Attorney of La Paz reported that, pursuant to instructions issued by the Attorney General, opened a case to investigate a possible coup attempt led by police officers who participated in the riot that lasted from 21 to 27 June. “We and the prosecutor investigating, according to the instructions, the prosecutor assigned is Dr. […]
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Officials in Bolivia have confirmed the seizure of approximately 6,000 board feet of illegal timber in Cobija. The operation took place in Bella Flor, where officials found the undocumented timber that was to be sent to an unknown destination. No arrests were made. The illegal shipment contained several different types of wood. Read Article
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Customs officials at the Port of Arica in Chile intercepted a drug shipment intended for Spain. According to Informe 21, 350 kilos of cocaine were found inside four massive fake rocks. The rocks had been hidden in containers that had been shipped from Bolivia 15 days previously. The weight of the rocks alerted customers officials, […]
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The products identified as the most adulterated are suffering alcoholic beverages and canned brands, especially sardines are imported to other brands and labels are changed Bolivia. In the case of the conserved “lyddite” the authorities of the National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASAG) have detected X marks importing the product and to […]
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Alessandro Maria Maesano, head of the Italian Ndrangheta mafia wanted on multiple counts of narco-trafficking in Italy, was discovered in Santa Cruz, Bolivia after over a year of intelligence work. According to Los Tiempos, he had entered Bolivia via Chile with a false identity. The Ndrangheta is one of the largest mafias in Italy and […]
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According to a report published by El Sol, Brazilian drones will be used to help detect narco-trafficking and drug production activity in Bolivia. The two countries share a 1,300 kilometer border through jungle terrain. Drones had been used in a two-day operation in Santa Cruz, in which 240 cocaine factories and a clandestine airstrip were […]
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Six Bolivians were sentenced to a total of 67 years in prison for crimes of drug trafficking in Chile. 86 kilos of cocaine, valued at 1.29 million pesos, were involved in the case, La Tercera reports. During the first half of last year, officials in Chile learned that the Bolivian Germain Jairo Aguirre Gutierrez was […]
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Hundreds of Bolivian policemen, accompanied by their wives, have begun to plunder and destroy the headquarters of the intelligence of your institution and burning the files, close to the Palace of Government of La Paz, the capital of the country.Agents came out of the barracks unit tactics of police operations (UTOP), which already took by […]
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Anti-narcotics officials found that drug deals occur near 25 schools in El Alto, Bolivia, some of the deals including students themselves. This information was released during a public safety fair on June 20, 2012 as collaborative effort including multiple police units and the help of 20 students, La Razon reports. The drugs most commonly sold […]
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President Evo Morales and his colleague from Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this afternoon signed a memorandum of understanding for technology transfer between the two countries, including developing programs to combat drug trafficking and the development of a geological load the range. This is the third visit to La Paz the Iranian president (he had done in […]
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Police investigators in Chile discovered and seized 850 kilograms of cocaine bearing “made in Bolivia” labels, the largest cocaine shipment found in the country. According to Los Tiempos, the drugs made their way from Bolivia via an illegal border crossing and were discovered in the Mano del Desierto zone in Antofagasta. The shipment was disguised […]
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Each year, more than 6,000 kidney patients attending medical appointments. The head of Nephrology, Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Hospital Obrero in La Paz, Marlon Jaimes, said a total of 52 patients waiting for a kidney transplant or kidney graft to improve their quality of life. Read Article
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Members of the Bolivarian National Guard located and dismantled a clandestine airstrip 1.4 kilometers long in Apure, Venezuela, Venezolana de Televisión reports. The airstrip was located near the Juriepe River. 4,400 liters of vehicle gasoline were also discovered near the site, in addition to 220 liters of jet fuel. The operation was conducted with intelligence […]
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The Bolivian government denies it is persecuting the family of René Sanabria, ex-general of the police. Sanabria was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the United States for intending to traffick drugs into the country. Sanabria had denied links to drug activity within the government, Hoy Bolivia reports.The Bolivian government says it is not […]
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Foreign Minister of Colombia María Ángela Holguín warned on June 5, 2012 that Colombian cartels are operating in Bolivia. According to Erbol Digital, she hopes to launch a joint effort to curb their activities. The names of the trafficking organizations were not specified; however, she did state that detrimental consequences would arise if efforts are […]
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The infantry brigade of the army in Ecuador discovered 1,047 sticks of dynamite, 533 detonation capsules, 1,250 meters of fuses, and 450 pounds of aluminum nitrate. 245 of the dynamite sticks are thought to originate in Bolivia. They were discovered in the Chuquiribamba parish, as well as the Chaguarpamba county in Ecuador, La Hora reports. […]
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General Raul Salazar, on behalf of the police in Peru, agreed to an interview to discuss cocaine production in the country. While he admits cocaine production does occur in Peru, he states the same occurs in Bolivia, and that cocaine in Bolivia does not necessarily originate in Peru. Officials had discovered a cocaine route from […]
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On May 31, 2012, the Ministry of the Interior and Justice of Venezuela together with the National Armed Forces of Bolivia destroyed a clandestine airstrip that was used to traffick drugs in the Apure state. The government also claimed to have dismantled an additional 35 illegal runways along the border with Colombia, AVN reports. Since […]
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The project coordinator’s Work Grow MLAL Progettomondo Bolivia, Marco De Gaetano, reported that according to the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF for its acronym in English) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) The country has around one million child laborers. “An estimated one million children and adolescents at the Bolivian workers and global estimates […]
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The Bolivian National Guard has recently taken measures to crack down on drug trafficking organizations attempting to bring drugs into the country. Within the first 24 hours of the intensified security operations, officials seized 114 kilos of marijuana and 40 kilos of cocaine. The first discovery occurred in the Santo Domingo airport, where two citizens […]
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Luz Espinoza, head of ticket sales, was unable to explain how 600 sticks of dynamite found their way onto an Arequipa charter bus headed toward Chala. According to the RPP Nacional, the dynamite was accompanied by other types of explosive materials. This discovery has resulted in the adoption of new security measures, including increased supervision […]
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A study of the League of Environmental Defense (LIDEMA) identifies a number of impacts and threats to the environment and biodiversity Bolivian border areas and even in protected areas of immense value. The greatest threat area is the border with Brazil, due to the construction of megaprojects, intensive farming and agribusiness, to poaching and deforestation […]
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Some 80 Bolivians, including several minors, were rescued yesterday in 12 operations carried out in houses and clandestine textile workshops Argentina’s capital city and its belt, police said. The raids, ordered by Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide, were made by the Federal Police, who arrested 23 Bolivians accused of working in slavery to his countrymen. Read […]
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A hit man, aged about 30, came yesterday in a restaurant the third ring and Busch Avenue in the city of Santa Cruz and riddled dead Cossio Williams Evans (42), a lawyer who usually attended large drug cases. It is the second case of this nature is recorded in Santa Cruz in less than 24 […]
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Drivers of public transport in Bolivia harshly punished visitors and residents of La Paz, a city that has been virtually besieged yesterday and today by the closure of streets and avenues with buses and minibuses. Drivers have called this 48-hour strike to protest against the new Municipal Urban Transport Act, which regulates the sector. The […]
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By Presidential Decree 1213 President Evo Morales, announced this morning at the Presidential Palace mínimonacional wage increase of 1,000 bolivianos, despite the disagreement of the Bolivian Workers Central (COB), who marched with their affiliated sectors across the country.The president also announced the salary increase of 8% for education and as a basis for negotiation for […]
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Medical students from La Paz in Bolivia was crucified, while others drew blood with syringes to write posters in support of public health doctors on strike against the extension of working hours. Meanwhile, the Indians are preparing for a march from the Amazon yto peace, demanding social demands.
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Aerosur, the line of Bolivia international flights canceled, stranding hundreds of passengers and ended last Monday suspended by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), promised to open next Wednesday, the procedure for returning the tickets issued the company in Argentina. So he communicated by telephone, the Argentina Association of Travel Agencies and Tourism. The announcement […]
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A real paradox. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, will open next May 1 the second gas processing plant of Repsol Margarita field, whose production is destined to Argentina. In the official ceremony, the President will be accompanied by the owner of the oil company, Antonio Brufau, officials said. Note that the Bolivian government announced […]
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With more than 1,600 antennas and base stations installed throughout the country, the National Telecommunications Company (Entel) managed to expand its service network and is one step to reach 100% coverage of the 337 municipalities of Bolivia. “When we talk about business growth in the last four years, after nationalization, we can say we got […]
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La Paz, April 23: Eight people, including opposition Senator Gerald Ortiz, were killed in two separate plane crashes in Bolivia, officials said. The senator died along with his father, Luis Ortiz, who was flying the plane, and mechanic Mario Torres when their aircraft went down near Viru Viru international airport in the eastern city of […]
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At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded last night in Bolivia, when a bus fell into a ravine several hundred feet on a road between La Paz and the Yungas area, said Unit Fire. The bus company Trans August 24, fell at a place called The Castle, about 60 kilometers from La Paz, […]
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You can decide to boycott the Copenhagen Accord — but that comes at a price. For Bolivia, that’s $3 million; for Ecuador, it’s $2.5 million. Bolivia emerged as one of the most vociferous critics of the U.S.- brokered climate deal last December, arguing that the political deal aimed at establishing a global trading system for […]
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Innternational flights AeroSur to San Paulo and Buenos Aires, via Santa Cruz, returned to normal yesterday after they were overcome internal and technical problems that plagued the airline, officials of the company. Today, users of this company expressed his complaints about flight delays and lack of information, as to address the aircraft moved to El […]
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HSBC Global Research estimated that the GDP of our country will be 735 billion dollars this year, plus a per capita income of 18 thousand 940 U.S. dollars. HSBC Global Research estimated that the GDP of Peru country will be 735 billion dollars this year, plus a per capita income of 18 thousand 940 U.S. […]
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U.S. citizen Jacob Oestreicher (53) is preventively detained for 10 months in prison Palmasola of the city of Santa Cruz for the crime of money laundering. However, according to a publication released by Univision AP, after more than two dozen court hearings, prosecutors have not presented evidence to support their suspicions that the U.S. 53 […]
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Government Minister, Carlos Romero, said the Attorney General to intervene in the social movements that fall into excesses such as damage of public goods must also identify those responsible for them, by which your portfolio will be the complainant. He explained that violates other rights mobilization must act to counter it as required by the […]
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Health authorities of the Bolivian department of Beni ordered today to reinforce preventive measures and establish a tough disease control an outbreak of H1N1 flu, according to Prensa Latina. According to the Head of Epidemiology Department of Health Services (Headquarters), Wilfredo Camargo, evil has had a significant rise in the provinces of Fencing and Marbán. […]
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The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announced today an increase in economic investment in the border areas in order to “improve the quality of life of the population living in these places and establish sovereignty.” “I want to say that the ministers and ministers have an instruction to make greater investment in borders borders can […]
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The deputy of the Movement Toward Social (MAS), Galo Bonifaz, this morning presented a bill aimed at investigating the fortunes of judges, prosecutors and police, as part of the policy against corruption that is implemented in the country. Read Article
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Over 140 kilos of cocaine were seized and two people were arrested during a raid on the coast of Rio Bermejo in Salta department of Oran, on a boat from Bolivia. Sources of National Gendarmerie, by the procedure, reported today that the operation took place yesterday and was in charge of troops from 20 Squadron […]
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The Traffic Operations Unit of La Paz on Wednesday controls implemented surprise with undercover agents to apprehend drivers of public transport users who abuse and violate norms of behavior and good conduct, police said. Traffic Commander, Osvaldo Carlos Gutierrez told reporters that such controls will be permanent in response to persistent complaints from users. Read […]
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The doctors rejected the eight hours of work, because he refuses a job conquest. They demand the repeal of the DS 1126 which was put into effect by the Government. A government decision to enforce the eight hour working day, the doctors responded to the indefinite national strike marks from today. The National Health Committee […]
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El Alto, La Paz, Tarija, Uyuni and other regions. They also asked that the tests are free for those under 18, taking into account the data on the incidence of HIV / AIDS show that this is the sector of the population with largest increase in cases across the country. Different centers for youth and […]
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Military leaders of Bolivia and Brazil began a meeting yesterday in the city of Santa Cruz to plan joint air exercises in the framework of the fight against drugs by the two countries agreed last October. This is the Initial Meeting Planning BOLBRA II operation, which runs until Friday, detailed the Brazilian Embassy in La […]
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The transfer of weapons at a U.S. diplomatic vehicle, from Trinidad to Santa Cruz, unleashed another impasse between that country and Bolivia. The Government said the move threatened the security of the state, although the northern country denies irregularities. The car of the U.S. Embassy, registration number 27-MI-30, was arrested yesterday at about 05.00, in […]
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The Maldivian authorities confirmed that operations were suspended rescue of a cargo ship flying the flag of Bolivia, who was kidnapped by pirates because it was away from the guarded waters. In a statement from the Maldives National Defense learned that the ship MV Eglantine sailing the Indian Ocean on Monday, when he was approached […]
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Those who maintain the disease is by abandoning treatment Bolivarian government expanded by 90% cure of TB patients Home » Developments , Public Health Those who maintain the disease is by abandoning treatment Bolivarian government expanded by 90% cure of TB patients March 26, 2012 | Make a comment 1 The information was released by […]
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While Bolivian Fiscal Oilfields (YPFB) announced that Colombia’s Ecopetrol signed in the next ten days an agreement to begin exploration projects in country, two energy analysts agree that if the government provides legislative backing to international companies want to invest in the country realize the intentions of bilateral relations will be impossible. Alvaro Rios energy […]
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The governments of Bolivia and Chile on Friday staged a verbal duel hard on the conflict unresolved maritime and marked greater distances around a possible dialogue. While President Evo Morales of Bolivia claimed the right to keep all instances, including an international tribunal, the government of Santiago dismissed all value the statements of the president. […]
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In less than four years, Russia has gone from being considered by the Bolivian government as the best ally against drug trafficking to be excluded from the new agreement against drug trafficking, especially cocaine, has signed with Brazil and the U.S.. And without any explanation from the government of Morales, who in recent days also […]
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Peru, Colombia and Bolivia seek to establish a system to measure the same criteria as the production of coca leaf, informed the president of the Peruvian anti-drug office, Carmen Masias. The decision, which includes the formation of teams in the three countries, was taken after the last two years to discrepancies about the amount of […]
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, denounced a “stagnation” of the rights of indigenous peoples in Bolivia, in a report from his office in that country presented on Wednesday in Geneva. They “showed stagnation, particularly regarding the right of consultation on projects and administrative or legislative measures which may affect” the Indians, […]
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President Evo Morales warned to “close” the U.S. Embassy in La Paz, if “still bothering” their government, following a wave of social protests in Bolivia and regional of various kinds, as the government reported Sunday. “I want to warn publicly, I have no fear. If again the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia continues to trouble, as […]
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Romanian lawyer Radu Eugen Alexandru was arrested on March 09, 2012, for trying to influence the judges in a drug trafficking case. The smugglers were arrested for bringing into Constanta 160 kilos of cocaine, drugs with a street value of 10 million euros . The container came from Santa Cruz, Bolivia with final destination Western […]
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Hundreds of farmers gathered in the streets in cities across the country on Monday and proceeded to chew coca in coincidence with the intervention of President Evo Morales early in Vienna before the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, United Nations. defended the traditional uses of this plant. Farmers camped in squares of La Paz, Cochabamba, Sucre […]
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Quila Quila – Near Sucre Bolivia In a pit, handcuffed and signs having been beaten and stoned. So two men were found denounced by the church theft The two men accused of robbing the church of Quila Quila yesterday lay in a pit, handcuffed and visible signs of having been beaten and stoned. Thus the […]
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Hours after the government and the residents of El Alto agreed to the creation of neighborhood brigades, a mob burned the vehicle and the house suspected of murdering two brothers journalists. It was not coincidental but a major mistake. First was the announcement by neighborhood leaders of El Alto (Bolivia) the creation of brigades surveillance […]
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The Bolivian Foreign Ministry announced today that defined the mechanism for returning to Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Paraguay than 1,400 stolen vehicles were entered Bolivia illegally. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Alurralde, to return it, the countries concerned must require, through its own prosecution, seizure of the stolen vehicles in its territory […]
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El Alto residents burned alive to find a thief caught in flagrante delicto. There were other similar cases. This reignited the debate over the death penalty, although the government denied. The lynching of offenders occurred on Sunday after he was caught stealing a house in the Rio Seco neighborhood, said Jorge Toro, national director of […]
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Bolivian President Evo Morales, today signed contracts for the implementation of a sugar mill in the town of San Buenaventura, from the department of La Paz. The Chinese company Camce will be responsible for constructing the work in 33 months, whose infrastructure and operation cost $ 168 million, which will be covered by the Central […]
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The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, he resumed his official duties on Monday after two days of rest in which he was subjected to routine medical checks, said the presidential Palacio Quemado. Morales met early “with the Joint Chiefs of Staff office” in the city of La Paz, as they do every Monday, according to […]
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Magnitude 4.5 – POTOSI, BOLIVIA 2012 March 03 09:38:05 UTC Earthquake Details This event has been reviewed by a seismologist. Magnitude 4.5 Date-Time Saturday, March 03, 2012 at 09:38:05 UTC Saturday, March 03, 2012 at 05:38:05 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 21.262°S, 67.502°W Depth 192.5 km (119.6 miles) Region […]
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A brother and sister who worked in broadcasting were found murdered, family members and Bolivian authorities said Monday. The bodies of Veronica Penasco, 36, and brother Victor Hugo, 32, were discovered over the weekend in El Alto, a gritty industrial city near La Paz, their cousin Hernan Amaru told the media. Penasco worked for San […]
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In search of the ‘Islamic menace’ in Bolivia One US congresswoman is convinced that the Iranian government is a danger to Latin American countries such as Bolivia. he possibility of a bomb in La Paz was raised in December 2011 by Ros-Lehtinen, co-star of a non-factual documentary entitled “La amenaza iraní” (“The Iranian Threat”), in […]
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They grew just enough of the leaf, which is sacred to the indigenous peoples of South America’s Andes region, to make tea and chew to combat high-altitude exhaustion. That changed in the 20th century, when the U.S. and European appetite for cocaine created an equally insatiable demand for the drug’s key ingredient. Coca harvests exploded, […]
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The gang called “Culebra del Norte” again outwitted the authorities, several trucks entering contraband goods from the border with Bolivia to Juliaca. On the way they clashed violently with police and troops of Customs. The authorities waited for the trucks with smuggled Huancané, but when they tried to stop them, they continued their way. Police, […]
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Bolivia: release of eight involved in disturbances of handicapped Eight people involved in riots, including two handicapped, were released by court order on charges of serious and minor injuries to police suppressed a demonstration calling for a state subsidy, reported Sunday the defense. Disabled and “infiltrators”, according to the government, attacked with sticks and stones […]
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One hundred disabled people remain in vigil, two blocks from the main square, where four others on Friday simulated a crucifixion at the door of a temple although lifted last night as the heavy rain. Read Article
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The defense minister, Ruben Saavedra, reported today that the Government declared a national emergency by rains that have caused havoc in the nine departments, and said that there are about 1,000 homeless families in Pando. He explained that backed the 2140 law was declared national emergency, a move that will allow municipalities and governorates to […]
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Minister of Government of Bolivia, Carlos Romero, said Tuesday from La Paz, which has reinforced the border to prevent the dangerous offenders entering the prison escapees Peruvian Challapalca southern border with Bolivia, in dialogue with the station RPP.”The Bolivian police have reinforced patrols the plateau to prevent the entry of dangerous criminals Peruvians to Bolivia,” […]
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Two elderly Bolivians defrauded the state more than one hundred thousand dollars over eight years using dozens of fake IDs to collect a monthly rent of $ 29, said the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Read Article
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At least 26 policemen injured, indigenous and journalists was the balance of the income of the marchers of the Indigenous Council of the South (CONISUR) to the Plaza Murillo. Sticks and stones, Indian police exceeded the barrier which failed to act, as in the past, using tear gas to prevent such excesses. The march of […]
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The director of the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) of Santa Cruz, Joaquin Monasteries, said Tuesday on red alert that department oriental by increased cases of dengue. According to a previous report, in Santa Cruz there were 157 confirmed cases and at least 820 suspected cases, but that figure is expected to increase with the latest […]
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Two new cases of dengue were confirmed yesterday in Cochabamba, said Amadeo Rojas, Head of Epidemiology Department of Health Services (Headquarters). In Santa Cruz on Friday attended 276 people with symptoms of the disease. The first concerns a young man of 22 years who was allegedly bitten by third time by the mosquito that transmits […]
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The Minister of Interior of Chile, Rodrigo Ubilla announced Friday that drones deployed to control its border with Bolivia and Peru, in order to prevent the passage of drug trafficking and smuggling. Friday, January 27, 2012. Chile-the-sum-to-country-that-fight-drug-intensified-in-the-borders-with-Bolivia Ref Photography: Frontera. The Plan, which aims to strengthen control of its three regions: Arica-Parinacota, Tarapaca and Antofagasta, […]
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The Government’s position on economic agendas with private entrepreneurs to work in the productive, motivated companies such as Latin America Invest to consolidate meetings with the private business sector and facilitate the entry of foreign investment to the country, said the director of this Company, Damián Valenzuela. According to the executive, the conditions in Bolivia […]
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The government has already nationalized 15 companies between May 1, 2006 and January 2012, a report by the Millennium Foundation, but notes that many former owners have not yet reached an agreement. Read Article
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Jorochito Dermatological Hospital, located 43 kilometers southeast of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, still feel the void left by the Sisters of the Congregation “Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.” In the corridors of the hospital, where the nuns used to run from one place to another in search of medical care for […]
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Growing tension and conflict militarized gas in Bolivia Tarija airport Before the announcements of a possible takeover of Tarija International Airport, Oriel Lea Plaza, by those who support the indefinite strike in defense of the Margarita field, Armed Forces authorities decided to hide these facilities, resulting in the suspension of all flights air. Troops have […]
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Three friends were on vacation in Copacabana on the shores of Lake Titicaca, where Sergio Gachon began to feel ill. In a hospital provided him with penicillin, he was allergic and died later in a hostel. The boy’s family says it would be a Bolivian professional malpractice, while the consul of Chile in Bolivia says […]
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The governments of the United States, Brazil and Bolivia signed in La Paz yesterday finally to verify agreement with the UN as an observer, the destruction of illegal plantations of coca leaves to manufacture cocaine base, after several failed attempts to sign it for almost a year. Read Article
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Some Spanish college students across the Atlantic in search of employment in Latin America. Not many, but the number is growing, as recognized by Spanish diplomats. It happens that in Latin America, unemployment has fallen to 6.8% in 2011, said Thursday the International Labour Organization (ILO) in its annual employment outlook for the region. This […]
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A Military Air Transport plane (TAM) landed “panzazo” Monday morning at the airport Guayaramerín Beni population and all its occupants were not injured, reported the radio “Bamboo” Erbol Network.The incident occurred at about 07.20, when the TAM plane, registration FAB-96 MA-60, from Riberalta, suffered the incident after landing his train did not open, according to […]
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The state line Boliviana de Aviacion (BoA) today received official permission to operate in Peru in the transport of passengers, cargo and mail, according to a resolution of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The line will operate traffic rights on routes La Paz and / or Cochabamba and […]
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he Bolivians feel that social conflict will increase in 2012, according to the results of a public survey released Monday. According to public opinion survey, 56% of respondents believe that social conflicts will increase, while only 16% expect the situation becomes more calm and to reduce social protests. In contrast, for 21% of respondents did […]
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