NAM NEWS NETWORK

LA PAZ, BOLIVIA, March 17 – The Bolivian daily Cambio exposed a Bolivian child trafficking and slavery racket in Argentina by a ring operating in Rosario, the largest city in Santa Fe province, about 300 km from Buenos Aires.

Latin America Herald Tribune

LA PAZ – Residents of a rural community in central Bolivia burned three bars and the house of a man who allegedly raped and killed a 4-year-old girl, Bolivian media reported on Wednesday.

By MATTHEW LEE
American Press

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is promoting democratic and social reforms in Latin America, where many nations have troubled political histories and uneven democratic performance.

Written by Franz Chávez
Upsidedownworld.org

(IPS) - A social programme in Bolivia that prevents the deaths of two mothers a day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth is making headway despite administrative difficulties, and has the potential to cut the alarmingly high maternal mortality rate in this country by up to 80 percent in just five years.

democracyctr.org

The beginning of March in Bolivia. Some things just come around as predictable as the seasons.

m24salud

Bolivian government officials announced the creation of a molecular genetics lab where will be performed researchs to prevent illness and limit the spread of other diseases such as dengue.

English.news.cn

CANCUN, Mexico, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Latin American and Caribbean countries on Tuesday agreed to launch a new regional group excluding the United States and Canada.

The new bloc, seen as an alternative to the U.S.-weighted Organization of American States (OAS), is intended to weaken U.S. influence in the region.

Colombiareports.com

Bolivian President Evo Morales ripped into his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday, calling the Andean leader "an agent of the empire", who attended the Rio Group Summit in Mexico in order to sabotage it.

Morales accused Uribe of only attending the two day summit in Cancun "for the photos and the lunch."

President pushes bill that would order employers to reward workers who go a whole month without being late

Globeandmail.com

The Bolivian government is pushing a bill that would encourage its chronically tardy citizens to show up to work on time.

Periodico26.cu

SUCRE, Bolivia.— President Evo Morales made a call to bring dignity to Bolivia’s justice system during a ceremony where he swore in 13 members of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and the Judiciary Council, Prensa Latina news agency reports.

NAM NEWS NETWORK

LA PAZ, Feb 20 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — The Bolivian Attorney General’’s Office denounced on Friday that ex Armed Forces authorities destroyed documents related to the so called October Massacre(2003), when the government of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada suppressed a social demonstration that caused 68 deaths.

www.cmpcc.org

Registration opens for Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights
Just over a month after President Morales of Bolivia issued his call at Copenhagen for “the people to decide”, registration has opened for the Peoples' World Conference on Climate Change and Mother Earth Rights. You can register for the conference at http://cmpcc.org/registro/

Bolivia and Venezuela speaking out loud together!

Bolivia and Venezuela's message:

'Change the system, Not the climate!'

Sunday, March 7, 2pm
at The Unitarian Church of Canada
(949 West 49th Ave, at Oak St., near 49th Ave Station on Canada Line)

Suggested donation: $5-10 (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)

Featuring two speakers on the fight for climate justice after Copenhagen:

Xinhua

The new Bolivian cabinet, in which half of the ministerial posts went to women, took office on Saturday in a showcase of the country's efforts to achieve gender equality.

President Evo Morales swore in each one of the ministers, urging them to work to strengthen democracy and fight corruption.

Dear friends,

source: Rebelion

Written by Ximena Soruco Sologuren, Translated by: Marcelo Virkel
Upsidedownworl.org

LA PAZ, Jan 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA)

Peruvian Ambassador to Bolivia Fernando Rojas confirmed that opposition ex Prefect of Cochabamba Manfred Reyes Villa fled to the United States on Dec 15 through the Lima-based Jorge Chavez airport.

Democracy Now

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HAVANA, December 15 (RIA Novosti) - Evo Morales, the president of Bolivia, has promised Washington 'second Vietnam' in case of the United States' military aggression in Latin America.

DemocracyNow.org

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