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- Bolivian candidate sentenced to make adobe bricks
- Felix Patzi, candidate for governor of the La Paz department, makes 1,000 bricks as his punishment after pleading guilty to drinking and driving in Patacamaya in Bolivia's La Paz department, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010. Patzi served as education…
- San Jose Mercury News
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CBS News- Longing to visit Bolivia once again
- Yes, the last time I was there I went into cardiac arrest on the way home and died. Yes, I still have microbes in my blood from eating the "street food" there. And yes, the harsh communist policies of President Evo Morales have turned him…
- Deseret News
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- Iran Demands Nurses In Bolivia Wear Hijabs
- On Wednesday, November 24, Iranian demands that female nurses don the hijab in response to Iran’s providing $1.2 million for funding of the new El Alto city hospital in Bolivia sparked a national outcry among women’s rights advocates within…
- Reality Check
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- Elections in Bolivia and Chile
- President Evo Morales participating in an indigenous ritual that recognises him as Bolivia’s leader, at the archaeological site in Tiwanaku, Bolivia, on January 21. During his first term as President, Morales took several measures to…
- Frontline
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Frontline- Bolivian candidate makes adobe bricks as part of community…
- LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A governing party candidate in Bolivia is making 1,000 adobe bricks as part of a drunk-driving sentence handed down under the community justice system backed by the country's pro-indigenous government. Felix Patzi, an…
- Chicago Tribune
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- Bolivian candidate sentenced to make adobe bricks
- ... Aymara Indian who was running for governor of La Paz, made 300 bricks by Tuesday afternoon. Patzi has acknowledged he drove drunk and he gave up his candidacy at the request of President Evo Morales. He apologized to Bolivia's first…
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- Bolivia's president appoints women to half of Cabinet posts
- LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — After reinventing Bolivia's government to reflect the country's multi-ethnic, Indian majority, President Evo Morales is championing gender parity at the highest levels of government. Women now account for half of…
- Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
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- 06/02/2010
- Bolivia Decries Foreign Military Bases
- LA PAZ - Bolivian President Evo Morales denounced on Wednesday the presence of foreign military bases in the region as a real threat to peoples'' sovereignty. At the inauguration ceremony of the Armed Forces academic year in southern La…
- Inside Costa Rica
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- 04/02/2010
- Bolivian president a fan of ‘Avatar’
- La Paz, Jan 13 (IANS/EFE) Bolivian President Evo Morales has liked the movie “Avatar”, the latest film by James Cameron, and says the film plot is in line with “the fight for the protection of Mother Earth and against capitalism”. The ...
- The Gaea Times
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- 12/01/2010
