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(Eagle News) — The Philippines’ first ever candidate in the Reina Hispanoamericana, young TV celebrity Teresita Ssen “Wynwyn” Marquez, won the 2017 pageant held in Bolivia Sunday morning. “Wynwyn,” the daughter of Philippine celebrities Joey Marquez and Alma Morena, bested 26 other candidates in the pageant that celebrated Hispanic culture and heritage. After her victory, Wynwyn thanked everyone and vowed to make the “Hispanic culture alive” as she tries to learn the Spanish […]
by Alexandre Grosbois Agence France-Presse HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) – A half-century after his death, Ernesto “Che” Guevara will be remembered in ceremonies next week in Cuba and in Bolivia, whose CIA-trained troops sent shockwaves around the world when they executed the Cold War revolutionary icon in 1967. In Cuba — where schoolchildren still begin their day with a raised fist salute and chant “Pioneers for communism, we will be like Che” — President Raul Castro […]
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (Reuters) — Bolivian authorities detained on Tuesday (December 6) the chief executive of airline LaMia, the owner of the plane that crashed last week in Colombia and killed nearly all of Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team, prosecutors said. Gustavo Vargas, the chief executive, and two other employees of the tiny Bolivia-based charter airline were taken to a prosecutor’s office in Santa Cruz for up to eight hours of questioning before prosecutors decide if […]
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) — Bolivia has detected its first three cases of microcephaly caused by the Zika virus, local media reported Wednesday, citing health authorities. Two babies were born with the birth defect in September and a third in October, said the director of the public health service for the department of Santa Cruz, Aida Aguilera, quoted by local newspaper El Dia de Santa Cruz. She said the eastern region had registered 127 cases […]
PANDURO, Bolivia (Reuters) — The Bolivian government confirmed on Thursday (August 25) that Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes was beaten to death by striking mineworkers after being kidnapped. “Everything indicates that our Vice Minister of the Interior, Rodolfo Illanes, was killed in a cowardly and brutal way. We are organizing to receive the body. We are deeply pained. We pray for the pain of the family,” said Government Minister Carlos Romero on state television. […]
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has lost his bid to seek a fourth term, his first direct election defeat since taking office in 2006, according to official results released Tuesday. Morales, 56, has been in power for a decade, thanks largely to support from indigenous groups and grassroots organizations in one of the Americas’ poorest countries. While refusing to concede until the very end, Morales has promised to respect the official results […]
La Paz, Bolivia (AFP)—Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has lost his bid to seek a fourth term, his first direct election defeat since taking office in 2006, according to official results released Tuesday. Morales, 56, has been in power for a decade, thanks largely to support from indigenous groups and grassroots organizations in one of the Americas’ poorest countries. While refusing to concede until the very end, Morales has promised to respect the official results of […]
EL ALTO, Bolivia (Reuters) — Six local government workers died of asphyxiation in the Bolivian city of El Alto after a group of protesters occupied and set fire to the municipal offices on Wednesday (February 17), El Alto’s local government said. The municipal government of El Alto – a fast-growing satellite city of La Paz – said in a statement that six of its workers had died after the violent occupation of their offices by […]
Landslides and mudslides caused by heavy El Niño rains destroyed an important road near Cochabamba in central Bolivia on Monday (January 4), causing a massive traffic jam. According to local media reports, delays extended trips by up to eight hours. Thousands of cars, trucks and buses have been stranded for up to 48 hours on the road that connects the cities of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz in the South American country. Officials said repairs were […]
BOLIVIA — Bolivian authorities on Tuesday (April 21) said they had seized more than 650 kilograms (1,400 pounds) of cocaine and arrested six suspected drug traffickers. Bolivian government minister Hugo Moldiz said the sting was an operation that lasted several months that led to the arrest of the suspects and the seizure of the drugs which he said were destined for Spain. Narcotics police officers displayed the more than 600 bricks of cocaine for journalists […]
Torrential rain and floods have left hundreds homeless in central Bolivia, the government said on Tuesday (February 17). According to preliminary reports, some 182 families have been affected, 91 hectares of crops were damaged and 12 homes were flooded in four municipalities in the region of Cochabamba in the Andean country. In the municipality of Sicaya in the province of Capinota, four communities were affected by overflowing rivers. At least 92 families lost their crops […]
(Reuters) — Torrential rains continue to wreck havoc in Bolivia’s rural areas as farmers are helpless to save their livestock from the flood waters. Thousands of head of cattle and other livestock that sought refuge on small patches of higher ground are now trapped there surrounded by the water which is expected to stay at it’s current level for at least the next ten days. Unable to feed them the farmers are helpless to save their […]
