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Bicentennial Symbols11 comments

Kate McGurn Centellas wrote 2 weeks ago: The other predominant big event(s) (aside from swine flu) in La Paz right now center on bicentennial … more →

Tags: History, Indigenous peoples, Nationalism, Politics, Regionalism

Masks, Public Health Tents, and Sweeping Closures2 comments

Kate McGurn Centellas wrote 2 weeks ago: That is what swine flu in Bolivia looks like (here called Influenza A). About 100 cases have been r … more →

Tags: High Altitude Living, Education, Health And Medicine, Visas, Migration Regulations, and Travel Issues

Power's "Whispering in the Giant's Ear," reviewed

Clare Sammells wrote 3 weeks ago: Whispering in the Giant’s Ear: A Frontline Chronicle from Bolivia’s War on Globalization … more →

Tags: Class and Ethnicity, Environment and Landscape, Indigenous peoples, Law, Politics, Regionalism, Research Resources, U.S.-Latin American Relations

Travels with Toddler2 comments

Kate McGurn Centellas wrote 1 month ago: Despite the awful treatment we received by the AA CS reps, the flights were relatively uneventful ev … more →

Tags: Tourism, Gender

Bolivian officials = helpful, polite, efficient. AA reps = FAIL5 comments

Kate McGurn Centellas wrote 1 month ago: That’s right. The title is not a typo. Getting through customs in Bolivia was (relatively sp … more →

Tags: Politics, GT Member News, Visas, Migration Regulations, and Travel Issues, U.S.-Latin American Relations

Visa update (in progress)9 comments

Kate McGurn Centellas wrote 1 month ago: Many visitors to this site wonder about the visa requirements for entering and exiting Bolivia these … more →

Tags: Tourism, Visas, Migration Regulations, and Travel Issues

Cebu Pacific offers domestic to international flight connections

cebupacificair wrote 1 month ago: 15% further reduction on fares Cebu Pacific (CEB) will offer domestic to international flight conne … more →

Tags: Growth, Social Responsibility, Cebu Pacific, Travel, Cina, Japan, Korea, Partnerships

Bolivia's mom and kid friendly new law8 comments

Kate McGurn Centellas wrote 2 months ago: La Razón reports that all working women with nursing infants up to six months of age have the righ … more →

Tags: Politics, Class and Ethnicity, Gender, Law

Now gringos can vote for Evo too!

Clare Sammells wrote 2 months ago: President Evo Morales is one of 207 candidates for Time’s Top 100 People of the Year.  You can … more →

Tags: Politics, Media, Press, and Internet, U.S.-Latin American Relations

Dia de los inocentes gringos (Happy April Fools!)2 comments

Clare Sammells wrote 3 months ago: Jim Shultz at the Democracy Center has treated us to another April Fool’s gag, claiming to hav … more →

Tags: Media, Press, and Internet, Visas, Migration Regulations, and Travel Issues, U.S.-Latin American Relations

Christie's Great Estates Issue One, 2009, Now on Newsstands

pruittpulse wrote 3 months ago: Millions of international readers rely on Christie’s Great Estates magazine for the most excep … more →

Tags: Luxury Trends, Luxury Marketing, Luxury Real Estate, Christie's Great Estates, International Real Estate, JennyPruitt.com, luxury lifestyles, Jenny Pruitt & Associates, Luxury Homes

Pres. Morales on coca in the NYT

Clare Sammells wrote 4 months ago: President Evo Morales published a piece in the New York Times yesterday calling on “the intern … more →

Tags: coca, U.S.-Latin American Relations

El Duderino and BoRev on the Atlantic on Morales5 comments

Clare Sammells wrote 4 months ago: In my last post I critiqued Barclay’s article in the Atlantic.  I was mainly interested in the … more →

Tags: Politics, Media, Press, and Internet, Economics, Class and Ethnicity, coca, Indigenous peoples, U.S.-Latin American Relations

The Atlantic on Morales and Mugabe13 comments

Clare Sammells wrote 4 months ago: UPDATE:  Be sure to read the comments, where Miguel responds.  Notes in brackets were added after th … more →

Tags: Politics, Media, Press, and Internet, Class and Ethnicity, GT Member News, Indigenous peoples, History

Worrisome trends in Bolivian politics5 comments

Kate McGurn Centellas wrote 4 months ago: A group of MAS supporters attacked the house and family of Victór Hugo Cárdenas in Huatajata, leavin … more →

Tags: Politics, Class and Ethnicity, Indigenous peoples, U.S.-Latin American Relations

News from Christie's Great Estates - International and Luxury Real Estate Specialists

pruittpulse wrote 5 months ago: On behalf of Christie’s Great Estates, Jenny Pruitt & Associates is pleased to offer the l … more →

Tags: Christie's Great Estates, International Real Estate, JennyPruitt.com, Luxury Homes, Luxury Marketing, Luxury Real Estate, Luxury Trends, real estate magazine

More coverage, more of the same?

Kate McGurn Centellas wrote 5 months ago: Is it just my impression, or has there been an increase in English-language coverage on Bolivia over … more →

Tags: Class and Ethnicity, Environment and Landscape, Health And Medicine, Indigenous peoples, Links, Media, Press, and Internet

Ooops, it has been awhile!1 comment

Kate McGurn Centellas wrote 5 months ago: We’ve all been busy with the holidays, work stuff, family stuff, etc. I had not realized how … more →

Tags: Links, Media, Press, and Internet, Politics

You Can Never Go Home Again1 comment

Clare Sammells wrote 7 months ago: I think many of us who spend long periods living abroad have this kind of experience when we return … more →

Tags: Food and agriculture, Media, Press, and Internet


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