http://www.mail.com/locations/34154-bolivia.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/34154-bolivia.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2072158-bolivias-challenge-making-coca-palatable.html VILLA TUNARI, Bolivia (AP) — Since taking office seven years ago, President Evo Morales has tried to persuade the world that he has no tolerance for cocaine and that Bolivia's thousands of acres of coca plants can be dedicated to such traditional uses as fighting fatigue as well as whipping up wholesome treats like sweet breads and coca puffed snacks. The... Wed, 08 May 2013 23:04:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2072158-bolivias-challenge-making-coca-palatable.html 2013-05-08T23:04:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2055834-bolivia-president-expels-us-government-aid-agency.html LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — President Evo Morales acted on a longtime threat Wednesday and expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development for allegedly seeking to undermine Bolivia's leftist government, and he harangued Washington's top diplomat for calling the Western Hemisphere the "backyard" of the U.S. Bolivia's ABI state news agency said USAID was... Thu, 02 May 2013 00:54:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2055834-bolivia-president-expels-us-government-aid-agency.html 2013-05-02T00:54:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1952780-british-zoo-sends-6-endangered-macaws-to-bolivia.html LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Six endangered macaws have been flown from Britain to Bolivia in hopes that they can help save a species devastated by the trade in wild animals, international conservation experts said Tuesday. The birds, with blue wings and a yellow breast, arrived last week at a conservation center in northeastern Bolivia, close to their natural ... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:34:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1952780-british-zoo-sends-6-endangered-macaws-to-bolivia.html 2013-03-13T20:34:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934824-day-tears-chavez-death-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — By the hundreds of thousands, Hugo Chavez's tearful supporters carried their dead president through streets still plastered with his smiling image, an epic farewell to a larger-than-life leader remembered simply as "our commander." In a display of raw, and at times, unruly emotion, generations of Venezuelans, many dressed in the ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:04:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1934824-day-tears-chavez-death-venezuela.html 2013-03-07T06:04:58Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1902962-boom-quinoa-demand-stresses-bolivia-highlands.html LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The growing global demand for quinoa by health food enthusiasts isn't just raising prices for the Andean "super grain" and living standards among Bolivian farmers. Quinoa fever is running up against physical limits. The scramble to grow more is prompting Bolivian farmers to abandon traditional land management practices, endangering ... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:15:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1902962-boom-quinoa-demand-stresses-bolivia-highlands.html 2013-02-21T00:15:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1904568-bolivia-leader-unable-to-visit-chavez-hospital.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday that he was unable to meet with his friend and ally Hugo Chavez when he came to the military hospital in Caracas where the Venezuelan president is undergoing unspecified cancer treatment. Morales had arrived at the hospital on Tuesday night along with Vice President Nicolas Maduro in ... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 23:47:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1904568-bolivia-leader-unable-to-visit-chavez-hospital.html 2013-02-20T23:47:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1900256-chavez-venezuela-stirs-succession-talk.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hugo Chavez's sudden return to Venezuela after more than two months of cancer treatments in Cuba has fanned speculation that the president could be preparing to relinquish power and make way for a successor and a new election. The government is insisting that Chavez remains in charge, playing an upbeat jingle on state television ... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:59:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1900256-chavez-venezuela-stirs-succession-talk.html 2013-02-20T00:59:02Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1891478-much-investigated-denies-fixing-soccer-matches.html ZURICH (AP) — It was in the final minutes of a June 2011 soccer game between Nigeria and Argentina when the little green flags on computer screens in London started to change color. Nigeria was leading 4-0 in the exhibition match of little significance, and more and more money was being laid down around the world on the possibility that one of the teams w... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:30:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1891478-much-investigated-denies-fixing-soccer-matches.html 2013-02-14T13:30:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1890536-vp-chavez-complex-tough-treatments.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing "extremely complex and tough" treatments following cancer surgery, his vice president said Wednesday. It was the first time that the government described Chavez's latest treatment following his surgery in those terms. The government has not given details about what sort of treatments... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:30:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1890536-vp-chavez-complex-tough-treatments.html 2013-02-14T04:30:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862470-bolivia-mining-town-erects-huge-statue-virgin.html ORURO, Bolivia (AP) — The Carnival celebrations in this Andean mining city already rival Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for color and culture, if not for size. Now Oruro has erected a huge statue of the Virgin Mary that's a little taller than Rio's famed Christ the Redeemer. Oruro formally dedicated the new statue Friday as it kicked off its Carnival celebration... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1862470-bolivia-mining-town-erects-huge-statue-virgin.html 2013-02-01T17:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813914-partial-victory-bolivia-coca-fight.html LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Evo Morales' global crusade to decriminalize the coca leaf, launched in 2006 after the coca growers' union leader was first elected president of Bolivia, has finally attained a partial, if largely, symbolic victory. A year ago, Bolivia temporarily withdrew from the 1961 U.N. convention on narcotic drugs because it classifies coca le... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1813914-partial-victory-bolivia-coca-fight.html 2013-01-11T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1795076-venezuela-opposition-chavez-secrecy-feeds-rumors.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition demanded that the government reveal specifics of President Hugo Chavez's condition Wednesday, criticizing secrecy surrounding the ailing leader's health more than three weeks after his cancer surgery in Cuba. Opposition coalition leader Ramon Guillermo Aveledo said at a news conference that the information ... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1795076-venezuela-opposition-chavez-secrecy-feeds-rumors.html 2013-01-03T01:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1791136-bolivia-expropriates-spanish-energy-subsidiaries.html LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — President Evo Morales nationalized the Bolivian electricity distribution subsidiaries of the Spanish energy company Iberdrola in a public ceremony Saturday. Morales issued a decree allowing the takeover of shares in Empresa de Electricidad de La Paz (Electropaz) and Empresa de Luz y Fuerza de Oruro (Elfeo), which supply energy in th... Sat, 29 Dec 2012 20:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1791136-bolivia-expropriates-spanish-energy-subsidiaries.html 2012-12-29T20:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785652-vp-chavez-up-walking-doubts-persist.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vice President Nicolas Maduro surprised Venezuelans with a Christmas Eve announcement that President Hugo Chavez is up and walking two weeks after cancer surgery in Cuba, but the news did little to ease uncertainty surrounding the leader's condition. Sounding giddy, Maduro told state television Venezolana de Television that he ha... Tue, 25 Dec 2012 20:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785652-vp-chavez-up-walking-doubts-persist.html 2012-12-25T20:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1762024-sean-penn-direct-appeal-to-bolivias-leader.html LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Sean Penn has made a direct public appeal to Bolivia's president to order the immediate release of a New York businessman who has been jailed for 18 months without charge and who helped uncover a shakedown ring led by prosecutors. Penn made the appeal at a news conference with Jacob Ostreicher on Wednesday, a day after an appeals pa... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1762024-sean-penn-direct-appeal-to-bolivias-leader.html 2012-12-12T18:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1756590-extortion-american-stings-bolivian-officials.html LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — It is an unlikely tale: Orthodox Jew from New York City comes to Bolivia to rescue a rice-growing venture, gets thrown in jail on suspicion of money laundering and, aided by actor Sean Penn, winds up triggering perhaps the biggest scandal yet for the country's president. It all began 18 months ago when Jacob Ostreicher was arrested ... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1756590-extortion-american-stings-bolivian-officials.html 2012-12-10T23:44:00Z