Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Bolivian national football team have refused to play in an international ‘friendly’ match at Bulgaria’s Vasil Levski National Stadium. The reasons for this refusal were purely financial. The Bolivians had, at the last moment, demanded a large sum of money to travel to Sofia, the Bulgarian Football Union announced on Friday. ...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Sick of being portrayed as helpless victims, indigenous peoples are now picking up the camera themselves. And the results, as seen in the Native Spirit film festival, are remarkable Cinema's relationship with indigenous tribal peoples has not been a happy one. Native Americans helped get the movies up and running by providing handy resistance to the winning of the west – which proved dramatically...
Sufiy. (Free subscription) | yesterday
Stratfor raises a very serious question: in green economy of the 21st century Lithium and REE become strategic commodities . We have wrote before about "Lithium in the Core of "The Next 100 Years" , now it is time to invest in secured Lithium supply in North America. "1. Lithium is Not only in Bolivia - for those who is afraid of Lithium availability for Green Mobility revolution...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today is a special day. Not just a new destination but a new country. Bolivia.The journey into Bolivia was a long one or at least it felt that way. Not as long as Ecuador into Peru but long enough nonetheless. Starting at 7am and finally arriving at our hotel around 4pm we travelled by both bus and boat to reach our destination for today Isla del Sol in Lago Titicaca.The boat journey taught u
Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
After leaving Sarah in Santiago Airport it was back to slumming it on my own around South America. Just my rucksack and a stomach full of red wine and steak. For two weeks we had dined on some of the best steak and drank some fantastic red wine. No more steak for me no more red wine I was going to be heading back to Bolivia where the staple diet wouldnrsquot consist of the any of the above. I
92Y Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Clockwise from top left: Ben Foster , Dorothy Hamilton, David Bouley , PFFR , Kumail Nanjiani Mon, Nov 9 Film: Coming Home (1978) Directed by Hal Ashby, Starring Jane Fonda Food Talks: Cooks Who Care: Connecting Community Through Food Film: The Messenger with actor Ben Foster and director Oren Moverman in person for post-screening Q&A moderated by Eric Kohn. Tue, Nov 10 Music: John Brodeur , FREE....
Jews sans frontieres (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Voting record of UN members on the General Assembly resolution: In favor: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Comoros, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People’s...
feed://hot-topic.co.nz/feed/ (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Oxfam’s messages on the battering effects of climate change on poorer countries continue with the publication this week of their report Bolivia: Climate Change, Poverty and Adaptation. Poverty and injustice in many countries of the world is what Oxfam works on, and this focus has inevitably led to concern about what climate change is adding to [...] [Get the full story at Hot Topic...]
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
After the shock of the prices in Chile which seemed especially high after a few weeks in Bolivia we were even more excited about crossing the border into Argentina the land of tango football wine and amazing steaks as well as glaciers and lots more However of those meat was foremost in our minds as Argentina was to be the place where Ben's travelling weightloss was to be reversed Not o
Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
UAE tops the list of nations who own highest number of phones per head. Every UAE resident has nearly 3 cell phones. Turkey is midway at 62 where is Pakistan lags behind Iraq at 121. Whereas shining India comes 159th, 2nd last from bottom, only nation below India is micronesia. Per capita cell phone ownership by country Rank Country Mobiles per 1000 people ===============================================...
Bristol Latin America Forum (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
see also http://bristol.indymedia.org.uk/article/691346 Tuesday 10th November - 8pm Cinema Klandestino present Our Oil and Other Tales Launch of Cine Rebelde mini-season First night of Environmental Justice week With introduction and discussion afterwards led by Mark Ellingsen (Bristol Solidarity with Venezuela) and Thomas Muhr (University of Bristol) A two-month journey across Venezuela, from Lake...
geeksugar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
In tough economic times, saving money is on everyone's mind, and maybe soon. . . on our phones? A group of economists recently conducted a study in Peru, Bolivia, and the Philippines that involved sending text messages to people encouraging them to save money in a savings account. Occasionally, participants would get a text message reminding them to save toward a specific goal. Researchers sent a...
Sustainable Future (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Here is an article from the RSC/Chemistry World website, followed by some comments from me:Bolivia plans to lead the electric revolution04 November 2009Ned Stafford/Hamburg, GermanyBolivia's decision to develop commercial-scale lithium mining by 2014 is good news for the emerging electric car industry and lithium battery producers, but exactly how the South American nation, one of the world's
The Jen and Terry Show (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The bright lights that illuminate the grand plaza, cathedral and restaurants of a typical well established (and affluent in comparison) Bolivian town like Santa Cruz were no more. The paved streets and expensive sandwiches were gone. The weird alien like people who were scattered across this town with their dungarees and weird alien/religious/evangelist look about them were no more (Terry was actually...
Naval Open Source INTelligence (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Whether it's called an "arms race" or a "coincidental modernization" of existing stocks, a wave of weapons purchases by Latin American nations is causing neighbors to watch each other with growing mistrust and fear. Brazil says it must protect its newfound oil and gas riches. Venezuela says the U.S. military might attack it. Colombia is worried by Venezuela, Ecuador is watching...
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