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Bolivians stage miniature festival in tribute to god of abundance
Bolivia is throwing a little party. Literally. It’s a yearly festival in which street vendors hawk everything miniature — from houses to clothes to passports — for small bills of fake money. The old month-long fair that started Thursday is called ‘Alasita,’ which means ‘buy me’ in the indigenous Aymara…
Che Guevara’s diary published online by researcher
A copy of the handwritten diary that Che Guevara, the Argentine-born Cuban revolution hero, kept before his death in the mountains of Bolivia is now available online, a researcher said Monday. “The goal is for a historical document to be within everyone’s reach. And the Internet makes it possible for…
U.S. presses Brazil to take larger role in war on drugs
LA PAZ — Brazil should play a more dynamic role in the war on drugs in Bolivia since 60 percent of the latter country’s cocaine winds up in the former, a US diplomat has said. Under the principle of shared responsibility, Brazil should play a bigger part in discouraging Bolivia…
Bolivia’s president talks of nationalizing all natural resources
TIQUIPAYA, Bolivia — Bolivia’s leftist President Evo Morales, who has nationalized some utility companies, raised the possibility Sunday of making all natural resource-related industries property of the state. “Another policy ought to be how we recover, or nationalize, all natural resources, so they are in the people’s hands under state…
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