Bolivia pursues hydro-power deal with China
July 30th, 2012 - 12:20 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, July 30 (IANS/EFE) Bolivia signed a memorandum of understanding with Hydrochina Corporation that calls for the Chinese state-owned firm to conduct a free feasibility study for the construction ... Read more...
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Bolivian officials get spy pens to prevent corruption
June 15th, 2012 - 8:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
La Paz, June 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) All the employees of the Bolivia’s Customs Department will be issued with special “spy” pens. The devices will feature a hidden micro-camera and a voice recorder, ... Read more...
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Bolivia nationalises Spanish-owned firm
May 2nd, 2012 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, May 2 (IANS/EFE) Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Tuesday the nationalization of an electricity distributor owned by Spanish utility REE."Again on this day, as just tribute to the ... Read more...
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‘Jindal’s steel and power project will transform Bolivia’
June 16th, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Steel magnate Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Group's $2.1 billion projects in Bolivia, including an upcoming steel and power plant, will create thousands of jobs and transform ... Read more...
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Bob Barker Helps 25 Bolivian Lions
February 17th, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, Feb 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bob Barker played a crucial role in the rescue of about 25 Bolivian lions that were saved from deplorable conditions.The animals were rescued from several ... Read more...
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Bolivian transportation workers begin strike after fuel price increases
December 28th, 2010 - 4:37 pm ICT by BNO News
LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (BNO NEWS) -- Transportation workers on Monday began a nationwide strike to protests the rise in fuel prices approved by the Bolivian government, ranging from 22 to 99 percent, ... Read more...
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Bolivia fines Chinese telecom supplier for breach of contract
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, Dec 23 (IANS/EFE) Bolivia has fined Chinese telecommunications equipment supplier Huawei $8 million for breach of contract, officials said.Public Works Minister Walter Delgadillo said Bolivian state telecommunications provider Entel collected ... Read more...
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Bolivia to buy satellite from Chinese firm
December 14th, 2010 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, Dec 14 (IANS/EFE) The Bolivian government and China Great Wall Industry Corporation moved a step closer to finalising a deal for Bolivia's first communications satellite with the signing here Monday ... Read more...
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Jindal Steel gets 3,000 acres for Bolivian project
August 22nd, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) The Bolivian government has provided 3,000 acres of additional land to Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel for its $2.1 billion steel and power plant in the south American ... Read more...
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U.S. State Department issues travel alert for Bolivia
August 13th, 2010 - 4:51 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – The U.S. Department of State, through the Bureau of Consular Affairs, issued on Thursday a travel alert to Bolivia due to security situations in the regions of ... Read more...
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Bolivia nationalises four power companies
May 2nd, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, May 2 (IANS/EFE) Bolivian President Evo Morales Saturday nationalised three power companies with foreign capital and a local electricity cooperative during a ceremony to mark International Workers' Day.
The nationalised power ... Read more...
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Bolivia to invest $40 mn in new gas pipeline to Argentina
March 25th, 2010 - 12:46 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, March 25 (IANS/EFE) The Bolivian government is planning to invest $40 million in a new gas pipeline running from the southern part of the country to the Argentine border, a ... Read more...
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Bolivia creates space agency for satellite project
February 11th, 2010 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, Feb 11 (IANS/EFE) The Bolivian government has approved the creation of a space agency to manage a communications satellite project due to be completed by 2013, a minister said.
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Bolivia asks Jindal to honour $2.1 bn investment pledge
December 31st, 2009 - 5:00 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, Dec 31 (IANS/EFE) Bolivia has called on India's Jindal Steel and Power Limited to honour its pledge to invest $2.1 billion in an iron ore joint venture project in the ... Read more...
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Jindal to export 80,000 tonnes of Bolivian iron ore
November 12th, 2009 - 3:52 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, Nov 12 (EFE) India's Jindal Steel and Power Limited will export 80,000 tonnes of iron ore every month from its plant at El Mutun in eastern Bolivia, the company said. ... Read more...
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Anthropologists claim discovery of slain Che Guevara soldiers in Bolivia
August 22nd, 2009 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 22 (ANI): A team of anthropologists has claimed that five bodies found in Bolivia may be guerrilla soldiers killed four decades ago for their involvement with revolutionary leader Che ... Read more...
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Indian company to produce gas in Bolivia
April 25th, 2009 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz, April 25 (EFE) India's Jindal Steel and Power expects to start producing gas in Bolivia in June for export to Argentina, company representatives told the Andean nation's president here.
Vikrant Gujral, ... Read more...
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Chavez considers restoring diplomatic ties with US (Lead)
April 19th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, April 19 (DPA) President Hugo Chavez Saturday said he was considering restoring Venezuela's diplomatic ties with the US, in light of the change in policy under new US ... Read more...
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Venezuela snaps diplomatic ties with Israel over Gaza
January 15th, 2009 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, Jan 15 (IANS) Venezuela has announced that it was breaking diplomatic relations with Israel “in the face of the seriousness of the atrocities against the Palestinian people", EFE reported Thursday.In a ... Read more...
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Bolivia to distribute land to indigenous Indians
December 3rd, 2008 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz (Bolivia), Dec 3 (IANS) The Bolivian government will buy land for distribution among members of indigenous Indian communities living in virtual serfdom, EFE reported Wednesday.Juan Carlos Rojas, chief of the ... Read more...
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Bolivia orders US enforcement agency out of country
November 5th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by IANS
La Paz (Bolivia), Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia Wednesday asked the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to leave the country in three months, accusing it of subversion.The leftist government of Evo Morales ... Read more...
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16 killed in clashes in Bolivia
September 15th, 2008 - 8:02 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, Sep 15 (DPA) The Bolivian government confirmed Sunday at least 16 deaths in clashes in the Amazonian province of Pando as the army attempted to impose martial law.Local leaders said ... Read more...
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Bolivia expels US envoy, alleging anti-government activities
September 11th, 2008 - 11:18 am ICT by IANS
La Paz, Sep 11 (IANS) Bolivia has expelled US envoy Philip Goldberg for anti-government activities, Spain's EFE news agency reported.Goldberg is accused of conspiring with “separatist-minded” provincial governors and instigating anti-government protests ... Read more...
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Bolivia’s Amazon command to check timber smuggling
July 27th, 2008 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS
La Paz (Bolivia), July 27 (IANS) The Bolivian government will create a security force in the Amazon to check smuggling of timber to Peru and Brazil, Spain's EFE news agency reported. The ... Read more...
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Bolivia nationalizes fuel transport company
June 3rd, 2008 - 2:55 am ICT by IANS
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La Paz, June 3 (DPA) The Bolivian government Monday nationalized the fuel transport company Transredes, a subsidiary of British firm Ashmore and the Anglo-Dutch company Shell. In the presence of his Cabinet ... Read more...
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In all-out power struggle, Bolivia to hold risky referendum
May 3rd, 2008 - 10:02 am ICT by admin
By Jan-Uwe Ronneburger
La Paz/Buenos Aires, May 3 (DPA) In Bolivia there is an all-out power struggle between the poor, indigenous majority and the wealthier people of European origin in the country's east. ... Read more...
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Bolivia nationalises revenue-churning telecom, energy firms (Lead)
May 2nd, 2008 - 8:02 pm ICT by admin
La Paz, May 2 (IANS) Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalised the country's four major foreign firms in a bid to boost the government's finances at a time when the rich eastern ... Read more...
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