RSSPublished by Panorama November 28, 2009 Brasil, México y Colombia seguirán siendo las prioridades de Washington en una Latinoamérica de poca importancia para la Casa Blanca. Texto: Juan Pablo Crespo Una nueva cara, de orígen hispanoparlante, no se traduce necesariamente en un cambio profundo e[...]
Archive for the ‘Bolivia’ Category
December 3rd, 2009 - 12:40 pm § in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, In the News, Obama, Venezuela
COHA In The News: América Latina, la materia pendiente para Barack Obama
A Grey Goldmine: Recent Developments in Lithium Extraction in Bolivia and Alternative Energy Projects
According to Bolivian President Evo Morales, lithium is not only important to his country’s economic future but is “the hope of humanity,” as the lightweight metal efficiently stores energy capable of powering the eco-friendly cars of the future. Bolivia’s lithium reserves have made headline[...]
Bolivia: The myth of the Saudi Arabia of lithium
Published by Reve October 28, 2009 Bolivia produces no lithium, though it is sometimes called “the Saudi Arabia of lithium” because its still-untapped salares are thought to contain nearly 50 percent of the world’s estimated lithium reserves. Lithium can be obtained in small quantities in the [...]
Bolivian Indians in historic step
August 3, 2009 By Parker Moore Austrian State Radio News The Bolivian government has begun implementing provisions outlined in the new constitution that give indigenous people the chance to govern themselves. President Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous leader, enacted a decree setting ou[...]
June 19th, 2009 - 10:18 am § in Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Environment, Free Trade, Front Page, In the News-Front Page, Press Releases, Venezuela
Water for Sale
Thirst for Profit: Corporate Control of Water in Latin America -What is called for is an international code for the public’s access to a guaranteed supply of water as a basic human right. The Corporate Crusade to Commodify Water Water has been characterized as the oil of the 21st century. Blue[...]
June 17th, 2009 - 7:45 am § in Bolivia, In the News
Bolivia Becoming a Hotbed of Islamic Extremism, Report Concludes
June 16, 2009 By Nora Zimmett Fox News A poor, agrarian, landlocked country in South America with a nearly 100 percent Christian population is hardly the place one would expect to become a hotbed of Islamic extremism in the Western Hemisphere. But a recent report by the Open Source Center (OSC) of t[...]
U.S.-Bolivian Relations: Halting an Avalanche
Since the inauguration of President Evo Morales in 2006, relations between Bolivia and the United States have taken an unprecedented, although sometime episodic, turn for the worse. Issue after issue in which the countries are engaged has ended up as being abrasive, including trade, development, and[...]
Chávez and Morales Take On Sweeping Measures at Land Reform
Andean leaders engage in radical measures to redistribute large, often unproductive agricultural holdings Bolivia risks witnessing a violent class war in the cause of indigenous rights Chávez seeks to utilize land that historically has been underutilized in an effort to bolster national food prod[...]
April 17th, 2009 - 6:00 pm § in Bolivia, Brazil, In the News, In the News-Front Page, Mexico, Uncategorized
Bolivie: un complot contre Morales aurait été déjoué
By Lamia Oualalou Rio de Janeiro April 17, 2009 Le chef de l’État bolivien devait être la cible d’un commando terroriste comprenant des Européens. Il faisait encore nuit quand les premiers coups de feu ont retenti dans les couloirs de l’hôtel Las Americas, en plein centre de Sa[...]
Diplomacy at the Summit of the Americas: Courting Morales and Chávez
White House advisor Jeffrey Davidow, former ambassador to Venezuela and Mexico under President Clinton, has got some ideas Obama must put his best foot forward if he genuinely wants to patch things up with Bolivia and Venezuela Cuba will be a point of contention between the U.S. arrayed against vi[...]