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Bolivian Catholics asked to forgo human skulls

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

Bolivia's Catholic church has called on the faithful to stop using human skulls at special Mass celebrations, a practice some link to occult powers. The Bolivian Episcopal Conference on Friday asked the overwhelmingly Catholic nation to cast aside the "growing" trend of ...

Bolivian circus lions await new life in U.S. sanctuary

Reuters Life! Online Report 23 days ago

COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (Reuters Life!) - After growing up in a Bolivian circus and being confined to a small cage, Simba the lion is getting in touch with his wild side in preparation for a new life in a big U.S. wildlife sanctuary. ...

China to help Bolivia launch satellite by 2013

AFP Global Edition 29 days ago

Bolivia signed a memorandum of understanding Friday with Chinese officials for the construction and launch of a communications satellite. President Evo Morales said the 300-million-dollar satellite, whose design is set to be completed by March 2010, would be named after Tupac Katari, ...

Bolivia ALBA Summit

AP News 31 days ago

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez raises his arm as he embraces girl during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. During the two-day summit, hosted by Bolivia's President Evo Morales, Chavez offered to share use ...

APTOPIX Bolivia ALBA Summit

AP News 31 days ago

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, sings as Bolivia's President Evo Morales looks on during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009. During the two-day summit, hosted by Morales, Chavez offered to share use of ...

Bolivian politician free to campaign, from jail

AP News 31 days ago

Bolivia allows candidate for vice president to campaign from jail while killings investigated Bolivian election officials say a jailed opposition politician can campaign for vice president from behind bars. Former Pando state Gov. Leopoldo Fernandez is being held without charges while authorities ...

Bolivia pyramid archaeological makeover disappoints

Reuters US Online Report Science News 33 days ago

TIWANAKU, Bolivia (Reuters) - Eager to attract more tourists, the town of Tiwanaku in the Bolivian Andes has spruced-up the ancient Akapana pyramid with adobe instead of stone, in what some experts are calling a renovation fiasco. Now, the Akapana pyramid risks ...

Latam leftists agree on new currency, sanction Honduras

AFP Global Edition 35 days ago

Leftist Latin American leaders have agreed on the creation of a regional currency to scale back on the use of the US dollar as well as economic sanctions against Honduran coup leaders. Nine countries of ALBA, a leftist bloc conceived by Venezuelan ...

LatAm leftists tackle dollar with new currency

AFP Global Edition 35 days ago

Leftist Latin American leaders agreed here on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar. Nine countries of ALBA, a leftist bloc conceived by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, met in Bolivia where ...

Bolivia down Brazil

AFP Global Edition 40 days ago

Brazil, already qualified for the World Cup, had no answer to a lively Bolivia playing at high altitude here in the Andes on Sunday. The Brazilians were 1-0 down after just 10 minutes when Edgar Olivares netted. Werder Bremen's Marcelo Martins doubled ...

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