<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" ><channel><title>Newsvine - Bolivia   </title><link>http://bolivia.newsvine.com/</link><description>Newsvine - Bolivia   </description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:15:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 2 Dec 2009 22:59:25 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title> Chaos in Bolivia! 4 of 9 Provinces Break From Socialist Government</title><description><![CDATA[''Undeterred by the failure of his big brother Hugo Chavez in Venezuela to consolidate dictatorship, Bolivian madman Evo Morales is pressing ahead with his own version of a plan to do the same, placing the nation on the brink of civil war.'']]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/16/1167075-chaos-in-bolivia-4-of-9-provinces-break-from-socialist-government</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/16/1167075-chaos-in-bolivia-4-of-9-provinces-break-from-socialist-government</guid><category>world-news</category><category>bolivia</category><category>evo-morales</category><category>socialism</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>civil-war</category><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:15:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bolivians attack Venezuelan army plane with stones</title><description><![CDATA[n a violent show of anti-Venezuela sentiment, a crowd of about 200 Bolivians hurled stones at a Venezuelan military plane and prevented it from refueling after it landed on Thursday, local radio reported.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/07/1147342-bolivians-attack-venezuelan-army-plane-with-stones</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/07/1147342-bolivians-attack-venezuelan-army-plane-with-stones</guid><category>world-news</category><category>bolivia</category><category>venezuela</category><category>chavez</category><category>evo-morales</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Dec 2007 06:28:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ahmadinejad Lashes Out at US</title><description><![CDATA[Speaking at a mosque in Tehran yesterday, Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at the United States, and at the eternal Islamic bogeyman, the dreaded Zionists: 

Excerpts:]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/04/1003154-ahmadinejad-lashes-out-at-us</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/04/1003154-ahmadinejad-lashes-out-at-us</guid><category>politics</category><category>isalmic-republic</category><category>mahmoud-ahmadinejad</category><category>iran</category><category>colulmbia</category><category>free-speech</category><category>dialogue</category><category>zionism</category><category>islamic-fundamentalism</category><category>palestine</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:16:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Rare skeleton, jewels found in Bolivia pyramid</title><description><![CDATA[Archeologists have uncovered the 1,300-year-old skeleton of a ruler or priest of the ancient Tiwanaku civilization together with precious jewels inside a much-looted pyramid in western Bolivia.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kerstin]]></dc:creator><link>http://vitriolicdiatribe.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/04/700236-rare-skeleton-jewels-found-in-bolivia-pyramid</link><guid>http://vitriolicdiatribe.newsvine.com/_news/2007/05/04/700236-rare-skeleton-jewels-found-in-bolivia-pyramid</guid><category>world-news</category><category>archaeology</category><category>bolivia</category><category>pyramids</category><pubDate>Fri, 4 May 2007 09:05:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The Shifting Weight of US Funding in Bolivia</title><description><![CDATA[U.S. funding decisions on Bolivia, especially tied to drug control programs, have long shaped policy within South America's poorest nation. In the past, the threat of funding cuts as a result of "decertification," a decision by the U.S.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/29/639004-the-shifting-weight-of-us-funding-in-bolivia</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/29/639004-the-shifting-weight-of-us-funding-in-bolivia</guid><category>world-news</category><category>international-narcotics-control</category><category>evo-morales</category><category>drug-war</category><category>war-on-drugs</category><category>bolivia</category><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:17:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>A Movement Towards or Beyond 'Statism'?</title><description><![CDATA[Evo Morales's MAS (Movement Toward Socialism) was elected on a campaign promise to reverse the damage wrought by twenty years of neoliberalism. He has followed through on many of his election promises foremost among them the promise to "decolonize" the state.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/25/632271-a-movement-towards-or-beyond-statism</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/25/632271-a-movement-towards-or-beyond-statism</guid><category>world-news</category><category>hydrocarbons</category><category>mas</category><category>evo-morales</category><category>nationalization</category><category>gas</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:32:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bolivia: The Complex Process of Designing a New State</title><description><![CDATA[A unified but decentralized state that recognizes Bolivia's cultural and ethnic diversity is the vision that is gradually gaining broad support in the constituent assembly currently rewriting the country's constitution. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/22/626613-bolivia-the-complex-process-of-designing-a-new-state</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/22/626613-bolivia-the-complex-process-of-designing-a-new-state</guid><category>world-news</category><category>bolivia</category><category>evo-morales</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:21:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>parque nacional noel kempff mercado</title><description><![CDATA[articulo sobre el parque nacional noel kempff mercado cercano a santa cruz de la sierra en bolivia]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[diegomdz]]></dc:creator><link>http://diego-ortegaj.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/17/618910-parque-nacional-noel-kempff-mercado</link><guid>http://diego-ortegaj.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/17/618910-parque-nacional-noel-kempff-mercado</guid><category>travel</category><category>south-america</category><category>bolivia</category><category>santa-cruz-de-la-sierra</category><category>nature</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2007 14:24:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bolivia move to protect coca name</title><description><![CDATA[International firms like Coca-Cola may have to stop using the word coca in brand names if Bolivia's coca leaf farmers get their way.

The growers say the leaf is part of Bolivia's cultural heritage and merits protection like regional products such as champagne and feta cheese.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/17/618533-bolivia-move-to-protect-coca-name</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/17/618533-bolivia-move-to-protect-coca-name</guid><category>politics</category><category>bolivia</category><category>federal-government</category><category>legal</category><category>copyright</category><category>culture</category><category>coca-cola</category><pubDate>Sat, 17 Mar 2007 05:52:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bolivia: Oil Companies Cheat</title><description><![CDATA[An audit of 54 foreign oil companies and fuel transportation firms operating in Bolivia unveiled failure to honor contracts signed with the government in 1996.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[NACLA]]></dc:creator><link>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/613101-bolivia-oil-companies-cheat</link><guid>http://nacla.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/13/613101-bolivia-oil-companies-cheat</guid><category>world-news</category><category>bolivia</category><category>evo-morales</category><category>gas</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:39:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>SOS Emergency Aid for flood victims in Bolivia</title><description><![CDATA[SOS Children's Villages is all set to begin its emergency relief efforts for children and families affected by the worst floods to hit Bolivia in 25 years.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornelis]]></dc:creator><link>http://cornelis.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/592831-sos-emergency-aid-for-flood-victims-in-bolivia</link><guid>http://cornelis.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/01/592831-sos-emergency-aid-for-flood-victims-in-bolivia</guid><category>world-news</category><category>reset-bolivia</category><category>south-american</category><category>sos-children-villages</category><category>flood-bolivia</category><category>emergencies</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Mar 2007 14:59:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>oruro:santuario del socavón</title><description><![CDATA[articulo sobre el santuario de la virgen del socavon, patrona de los mineros, en las afueras de oruro, bolivia]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[diegomdz]]></dc:creator><link>http://diego-ortegaj.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/22/580951-orurosantuario-del-socavn</link><guid>http://diego-ortegaj.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/22/580951-orurosantuario-del-socavn</guid><category>travel</category><category>south-america</category><category>bolivia</category><category>oruro</category><category>plustravel</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:10:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Ritual Fades Into Blur of Drinking and Fighting</title><description><![CDATA[For hundreds of years, the Indians of Bolivia's high plains have trekked to this town in early February. They dance, drink chicha, the fermented beverage made here from rye, and then fight one another until blood stains the dirt alleyways.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aine MacDermot]]></dc:creator><link>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/12/564418-ritual-fades-into-blur-of-drinking-and-fighting</link><guid>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/12/564418-ritual-fades-into-blur-of-drinking-and-fighting</guid><category>world-news</category><category>bolivia</category><category>chicha</category><category>tinku</category><category>aymara</category><category>quechua</category><category>indigenous-culture</category><category>ritual-fighting</category><category>ethnoscapes</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:11:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Evo Morales Ratifies Mine Nationalization</title><description><![CDATA[Bolivian President Evo Morales stated that recovery of control over the metal smelting plant in Vinto, is just the beginning of the nationalization process of the mining sector.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[St. Joseph the Worker]]></dc:creator><link>http://josephschroeder.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/09/560948-evo-morales-ratifies-mine-nationalization</link><guid>http://josephschroeder.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/09/560948-evo-morales-ratifies-mine-nationalization</guid><category>world-news</category><category>democracy</category><category>bolivarian-revolution</category><category>bolivia</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Feb 2007 22:36:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>carnaval de oruro</title><description><![CDATA[artículo sobre el carnaval de oruro]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[diegomdz]]></dc:creator><link>http://diego-ortegaj.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/09/560884-carnaval-de-oruro</link><guid>http://diego-ortegaj.newsvine.com/_news/2007/02/09/560884-carnaval-de-oruro</guid><category>travel</category><category>oruro</category><category>bolivia</category><category>south-america</category><category>plustravel</category><category>carnaval</category><pubDate>Fri, 9 Feb 2007 21:48:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Evo Morales – Prêmio Nobel da Paz 2007</title><description><![CDATA[Todos os que desejem aderir à campanha para que o Prêmio Nobel da Paz de 2007 seja entregue a Evo Morales, cuja candidatura foi lançada por Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, devem enviar a este blog seu nome, profissão, cidade, Estado e país onde vivem.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[cesarschirmer]]></dc:creator><link>http://animot.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/05/508008-evo-morales-prmio-nobel-da-paz-2007</link><guid>http://animot.newsvine.com/_news/2007/01/05/508008-evo-morales-prmio-nobel-da-paz-2007</guid><category>politics</category><category>bolivia</category><category>evo-morales</category><category>nobel</category><category>2007</category><pubDate>Fri, 5 Jan 2007 20:45:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Morales says Cuban doctors top US medical aid</title><description><![CDATA[The United States sent an estimated $145 million in total aid to Bolivia in 2006, with $17 million set aside for medical programs. Free clinics hosted by U.S. military doctors treated some 12,000 Bolivians this year, according to figures provided by the U.S. embassy in La Paz.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Red Wolf]]></dc:creator><link>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/31/501848-morales-says-cuban-doctors-top-us-medical-aid</link><guid>http://redwolf.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/31/501848-morales-says-cuban-doctors-top-us-medical-aid</guid><category>politics</category><category>bolivia</category><category>united-states</category><category>cuba</category><category>federal-government</category><category>humanitarian-aid</category><category>evo-morales</category><category>fidel-castro</category><category>health</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Jan 2007 01:51:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Noam Chomsky on The South Amerian Union</title><description><![CDATA[The South American Community of Nations, hosted by Evo Morales in Cochabamba, the president of Bolivia. The leaders -- reading just now --agreed to form a study group to look at the possibility of creating a continent-wide union and even a South American parliament.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aunk (The Cultural Health Guy)]]></dc:creator><link>http://Aunk.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/20/489407-noam-chomsky-on-the-south-amerian-union</link><guid>http://Aunk.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/20/489407-noam-chomsky-on-the-south-amerian-union</guid><category>world-news</category><category>south-america</category><category>politics</category><pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:47:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bolivia nationalizes natural gas industry</title><description><![CDATA[President Evo Morales issued a decree formalizing Bolivia's takeover of the natural gas industry, which he proclaimed as the final step in his country's "fight to reclaim its natural resources" from foreign investors.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aine MacDermot]]></dc:creator><link>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/03/467614-bolivia-nationalizes-natural-gas-industry</link><guid>http://aine.newsvine.com/_news/2006/12/03/467614-bolivia-nationalizes-natural-gas-industry</guid><category>world-news</category><category>bolivia</category><category>natural-gas</category><category>energy</category><category>business</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Dec 2006 02:58:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bolivia assemblies oppose reforms</title><description><![CDATA[Two regions of Bolivia have formally stated their opposition to the president's plans to redistribute land and rewrite the constitution.

President Evo Morales wants to redistribute up to 20m hectares of land to indigenous and peasant communities.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fipe]]></dc:creator><link>http://fipe.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/25/456357-bolivia-assemblies-oppose-reforms</link><guid>http://fipe.newsvine.com/_news/2006/11/25/456357-bolivia-assemblies-oppose-reforms</guid><category>world-news</category><category>bolivia</category><category>evo-morales</category><category>land-redistribution</category><category>south-america</category><category>latin-america</category><category>constitution</category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2006 05:16:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bolivia goes back to the whip</title><description><![CDATA[Indian community justice is making a comeback under Bolivia's first indigenous president with the emphasis on the whip. 
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