News: Bolivia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Bolivia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Bolivia: news

Radical pension reform in Bolivia

Saturday, December 11th 2010, 2:28

Bolivia lowers its retirement age and extends the state pension to people working in the informal sector.
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Roads or heritage?

Sunday, December 5th 2010, 16:42

The fight to preserve Bolivia's remarkable Jesuit culture
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Living with HIV

Tuesday, November 23rd 2010, 9:53

Aids activist in Bolivia on tackling discrimination and ignorance
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Morales attacks US 'coup plots'

Tuesday, November 23rd 2010, 9:18
related countries: United States

Bolivian President Evo Morales accuses the US of backing coup attempts against him and other left-wing Latin American leaders
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Bolivia defends nationalisations

Friday, November 12th 2010, 16:40

Bolivia's government defends its policy of nationalising companies that it says are vital to the country's economy.
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Cinema classic

Friday, October 29th 2010, 23:07

Bolivia's struggle to preserve its film heritage
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Ahmadinejad plays Morales at football

Wednesday, October 27th 2010, 9:46
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his visiting Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales have taken part in football game in Tehran.
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Bolivian government axes coca law

Monday, October 11th 2010, 23:47

The Bolivian government says it has annulled a new coca production law which cut by two-thirds the number of coca leaves which growers could sell.
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French couple missing in Bolivia

Thursday, September 23rd 2010, 10:24
related countries: Brazil, France

The French embassy in Bolivia expresses concern for a French couple who went missing more than three weeks ago in a Bolivian village on the border with Brazil.
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Bolivia declares fires emergency

Friday, August 20th 2010, 2:33

A state of emergency has been declared in Bolivia as forest fires spread across the country, destroying homes and farmland.
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Protesters lift Bolivia blockade

Tuesday, August 17th 2010, 1:10
related places: Potosi

Protesters in Bolivia's Potosi region end three weeks of strikes and blockades after reaching a deal with the government.
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Changing faces

Saturday, August 14th 2010, 2:29

Cheap nose-jobs tempt Bolivia's indigenous people
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Bolivia protest talks break down

Friday, August 13th 2010, 9:38
related places: Potosi

Bolivia's government rejects demands that President Evo Morales meet protesters to end unrest in Potosi.
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Bolivia protests hit mine output

Thursday, August 12th 2010, 9:30
related places: Potosi

Anti-government protests, including strikes and road blocks, in the Bolivian region of Potosi disrupt mining operations.
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Salt of the earth

Sunday, July 18th 2010, 11:58

The hard lives of Bolivia's salt gatherers
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Coca conundrum

Wednesday, June 16th 2010, 16:04

Bolivia struggles with a rise in cocaine production
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Indigenous justice law in Bolivia

Tuesday, June 8th 2010, 23:45

Bolivia's parliament approves a law giving indigenous groups the right to administer their own justice systems.
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Bolivian group hands over bodies

Saturday, June 5th 2010, 1:32

An indigenous group in rural Bolivia hands over the bodies of four policemen lynched 12 days ago.
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Bolivia new-born 'sold for $140'

Friday, June 4th 2010, 3:08

A woman in Bolivia admits selling her new-born baby for $140 to a woman who could not have children, police say.
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Bolivia negotiates over lynching

Friday, May 28th 2010, 22:54

The Bolivian government says it will negotiate with the indigenous group which lynched four policemen
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Morales urges Pope scrap celibacy

Tuesday, May 18th 2010, 16:10

Bolivian President Evo Morales urges the Pope to abolish the celibacy rule for Catholic priests and says the Church should allow women to join the priesthood.
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Bolivian president meets the Pope

Monday, May 17th 2010, 12:07
related countries: Italy
related places: Rome

Bolivian President Evo Morales meets Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, signalling a thaw in relations between the Catholic Church and the Bolivian leader.
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