Israel Matzav (Free subscription) | yesterday
A lone hunger striker is wandering around Bolivia in protest against the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Carlos Aliaga Uria, dressed in a black poncho with the yellow Star of David on the front, holds a poster that translates: “Ahmadinejad Denier of History and the Holocaust Get Out of Bolivia.”Aliaga began his hunger strike in La Paz to protest the November 24th visit of...
Venezuela News And Views (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Fortunately to save our honor in extremis , the students (who else?) did protest the visit of Ahmadinejerk to Chavez. A group them gathered in front of a Caracas hotel, where we presume was the Iran delegation, to protest. Promptly the Venezuelan repressive apparatus tried to dislodge them. That is all. Meanwhile there is an accusation that the the Iranian government lowered itself to confiscate the...
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Washington Times: Narco-trafficking cartels are migrating to the Andes region in Bolivia, where a diminished U.S. presence has allowed a boom in cocaine production and the opening of new drug routes, regional anti-drug officials say. Recent studies by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime show a steep rise in cocaine production in Bolivia and a smaller increase in Peru. They also show a drop in Colombian...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
JESUS DE MACHACA, Bolivia - In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools, and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country's 36 indigenous peoples the right to self-rule.
Bolivia Rising (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Arleen Rodríguez Derivet LA PAZ.—Evo Morales Ayma, the man who, four years ago, changed the history of Bolivia and shook the racist protocol of Western diplomacy, is virtually not sleeping in La Paz at the moment. Despite huge distances and appreciable differences in height and climate among the country’s nine departments, the president is touring them without a break, and with more...
Atlas Shrugs (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is Ahmadinejad's boy, Chave (whom Obama back in the Honduras coup). The strategic axis of evil in our Southern Hemisphere is becomes more embolden and fierce as the leader f the free world abandons good and embraces evil. Brazil, Venezuela, and Bolivia all scapegoating the Jews. It's just like the 1930's. The tiny Jewish people are once again the object of terrible blood libel when it is the Jews...
Symbols (Free subscription) | yesterday
I forgot Bolivia became one of our new states last week [pfft]. Yeah, that was a leftover from a part of the post that got edited out. The perils of copying and pasting while eating Thanksgiving dinner... On the list of my all time mistakes it didn't even make the top 500 though. "Sicks Everwhare" once again gets credit for blog pic. [Awww. Your author is too shy to use the guy's real tag...
Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | yesterday
Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya reads a letter he wrote to US President Barack Obama, in the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) TOP STORY - Obama, Honduras and Latin America (Two Weeks Notice) Bolivia - UN condemns political violence in Bolivian electoral campaign (Xinhua) Colombia - Government using Venezuela spat to bolster popularity: Piedad...
Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | yesterday
Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe, second left, looks up during a ceremony to celebrate the 118th anniversary of Colombia's National Police in Bogota, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Colombia's first lady Lina Moreno is at left, Colombia's Defense Minister Gabriel Silva is second right and Colombia's Police Chief, Gen. Oscar Naranjo, is at right. (AP Photo/William Fernando Martinez) TOP STORY - Colombian stuns...
- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | yesterday
Marjorie and Me: Wild Turkey Memories Blog » Blog Archive » The Holiday Feast frequent bouts of fun!: The Menu Amy’s kitchen: HAPPY THANKSGIVING Bolivia Blogs — Blog — What the hell is Poultry Seasoning!?! Does … I personally never put it in my gravy because I cook the neck and giblets and make a broth from that just for [...]...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
World's Top Golfer Tiger Woods Released From Hospital After Car Accident -- New York Daily News Tiger Woods was hospitalized early Friday when he struck a fire hydrant and a neighbor's tree while pulling his Cadillac Escalade out of the driveway at his Florida home. The world's greatest golfer hit the hydrant about 2:25 a.m. before driving into the tree on adjacent property in the gated community of...
Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya reads a letter asking presidents across the Americas to reject elections in Tegucigalpa, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Guerrero) TOP STORY - Honduras warning for Latin America (Guardian) Bolivia - Support for Morales’s Bid Increases in Bolivia (Angus Reid Global Monitor) Brazil - Brazil’s Lula: “Gringos” Should Pay to Prevent...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Image from The Wall Street Journal Drug Lords Finding Safe Haven In Bolivia -- Washington Times SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia | Narco-trafficking cartels are migrating to the Andes region in Bolivia, where a diminished U.S. presence has allowed a boom in cocaine production and the opening of new drug routes, regional anti-drug officials say. Recent studies by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime show a steep rise...
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Property developer Nakheel was behind the palm-shaped Palm Jumeirah island in Dubai Dubai In Deep Water As Ripples From Debt Crisis Spread Fears of a dangerous new phase in the economic crisis swept around the globe yesterday as traders responded to the shock announcement that a debt-laden Dubai state corporation was unable to meet its interest bill. Shares plunged, weak currencies were battered and...
Organized Rage (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Chavez Calls for International Organisation of Left Parties By Kiraz Janicke Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for the formation of a “Fifth International” of left parties and social movements to confront the challenge posed by the global crisis of capitalism. The president made the announcement during an international conference of more than fifty left organisations from thirty-one...
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