Why lithium power politics are playing out very differently in Chile and Bolivia
By Vijay Prashad and Taroa Zúñiga Silva / Globetrotter In late July, a large sinkhole appeared near the town of Tierra Amarilla in Chile’s Copiapó province in the Atacama salt flat. The crater, which has a diameter of more than 100 feet,…
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Despite U.S. dirty tricks, Bolivia is finding a way to stay Independent
By Vijay Prashad / Globetrotter Sentiments in Bolivia for and against the coup d’etat of November 2019 are predictably along class lines. Those from more affluent sections felt that the socialist policies of the government of President Evo Morales (which…
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Sanders: Don’t believe the story we’ve been fed – there was a coup d’etat in Bolivia
By SIR RONALD SANDERS From Tribune 242 CALLED by any other name, there was a coup d’état in Bolivia on November 10. To be clear, an elected president and the government were forcibly removed from office. The term in office…
OPINION: The peoples popular uprising in Bolivia
By Jolly Green On October 20, 2019, general elections took place in Bolivia. The incumbent, pro-Venezuela and pro-Cuba Evo Morales, was a candidate after ignoring a national referendum that voted not to allow him to run for a third term…
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World court sinks Bolivia bid for sea access
By AFP From This Is Money UK Bolivia — South America’s poorest country — became landlocked after losing a four-year war against Chile at the end of the 19th century, forfeiting territory and its access to the Pacific coast The…
Ministry officials and experts from Latin America and the Caribbean craft proposal to meet education 2030 agenda targets
From UNESCO Education ministry officials and technicians from throughout the region are convening on July 23 and 24, 2018 in Cochabamba, Bolivia for a high-level technical meeting to review the proposed roadmap for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 4,…
OPINION: Simon Bolivar and chemical weapons
From Jolly Green ALBA or ALBA-TCP, formally the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America is an intergovernmental organization based on the idea of the social, political and economic integration of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean….
PAHO issues yellow fever warning
BY NELSON A. KING From Caribbean Life The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has reiterated its previous recommendation that Caribbean and other international travelers be vaccinated at least 10 days prior to traveling to or visiting areas where yellow fever…
Bolivia’s path to urban resilience
BY MELANIE KAPPES From World Bank Imagine you live in a city that floods, sometime for weeks, after extreme rainfalls. Imagine you live in that flooded city, where you and thousands of your neighbors must find a place to stay…
Banyan Air Service hosts upcoming Garmin seminar
SOURCE: BANYAN AIR SERVICE Fort Lauderdale, FL – Banyan Air Service (KFXE) will host a free Garmin seminar on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. The seminar will be presented by Dave Brown and Joseph Stewart…
