Oruro, Bolivia News

La Paz, Dec 28 The National Institute for Agrarian Reform of Bolivia confirmed that Santa Cruz and Oruro will be the next departments where the land cleaning-up, which is an action promoted by the Government, will be concluded.

Indigenous people, who make up more than 60 percent of the population in Bolivia, South America's poorest country, are taking their first steps towards self-government under their own cultural traditions that date back to pre-colonial times.

La Paz, Dec 21 As part of the nationalization process, the Bolivian government has planned to recover electricity companies in 2010, taking control of most of the shares, La Razon daily said on Monday.

La Paz, Dec 17 The ruling Movement towards Socialism confirmed Thursday it reached majority in the two chambers of the future Plurinational Legislative Assembly, now that the official counting of the Bolivian general elections is over.

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 6 -- Bolivian President Evo Morales on Sunday urged the people to vote to strengthen the democracy in the country, and he added that "it is a day of democratic party and all the Bolivians reaffirm our will to affirm the destinies of the country." Morales voted on Sunday in 14 de Septiembre town, Tunari Village, in the Chapare ...

La Paz, Dec 3 Three days before general elections, President Evo Morales appears as favorite to be reelected to that post, comment Bolivian media.

Bolivian police say they have busted five cocaine labs and arrested two people in a remote Indian village after a confrontation in which an officer was shot.

La Paz, Nov 12 The Bolivian Health Ministry warned that the drought in the altiplano and El Chaco regions could increase diarrheic, dermatological and severe respiratory diseases.

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La Paz , La Paz , Bolivia Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Out of Buenos Aires again and made my way to La Paz over 68 hours.

Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Nov 4 A contingent of Cuban specialists will begin Wednesday a clinical-genetic study on some disabilities in Bolivia.

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Wazzup with all the different types of bus stations in Bolivia? Did you that know at bus stations in Bolivia you usually can't reserve bus tickets in advance? Here in Bolivia there are dozens of bus companies.

Caracas, Oct 10 Venezuelan filmmaker Carlos Azpurua, known by his denouncing works on indigenous issues, will present this month in Caracas his film "America Has Soul", an approach to the idiosyncrasy of the original people.

On Sunday, October 4, the Diocese of Oruro officially launched its Permanent Mission.

Many people underestimate the effects of altitude sickness in Bolivia, especially in La Paz, the Altiplano and Potosi.

Peasants from Villa Chuquina in the southwestern Bolivian province of Oruro took over a gold mine to demand a share of the revenues generated by the operation, media outlets said Wednesday.

La Paz, Sep 29 Bolivian President Evo Morales enjoys 54 percent of electoral preference, 66 days to the general elections in December, polling firm Ipsos APOYO Opinion y Mercado revealed.

Oruro, Bolivia, Sep 24 President Evo Morales reiterated on Thursday his call to defend the "pachamama" . In a ceremony to hand over resources from the program "Bolivia Cambia, Evo Cumple" to the people after arriving from New York, where he attended the 64th period of sessions of the UN General Assembly, Morales said that the international ...

Oruro, Bolivia, Sep 25 Members of the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking lead Friday a march against that scourge, as part of the governmental policy to hold the sale and consumption of drugs back.