| Bolivia 2008 |
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Un tour por Bolivia.
Bolivia is divided into nine departments
(departamentos); capitals in parentheses:
Beni (Trinidad)
Chuquisaca (Sucre)
Cochabamba (Cochabamba)
La Paz (La Paz)
Oruro (Oruro)
Pando (Cobija)
Potosà (PotosÃ)
Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de la Sierra)
Tarija (Tarija)
Geography of Bolivia
At 1,098,580 km² (424,135 mi²), Bolivia is
the world's 28th-largest country (after
Ethiopia). It is comparable in size to
Mauritania, and it has about 1.5 times the
area of the US state of Texas. [10]
Bolivia has been a landlocked nation since
1879, when it lost its coastal department of
Litoral to Chile in the War of the Pacific.
However, it does have access to the Atlantic
via the Paraguay river.
An enormous diversity of ecological zones are
represented within Bolivia's territory. The
western highlands of the country are situated
in the Andes mountains and include the
Bolivian Altiplano. The eastern lowlands
include large sections of Amazonian
rainforests and Chaco. The highest peak is
Nevado Sajama at 6,542 metres (21,463 ft)
located in the department of Oruro. Lake
Titicaca is located on the border between
Bolivia and Peru. The Salar de Uyuni, the
world's largest salt flat, lies in the
southwest corner of the country, in the
department of PotosÃ.
Major cities are La Paz, El Alto, Santa Cruz
de la Sierra, and Cochabamba.
Bolivia's ethnic distribution is estimated to
be 30% Quechua-speaking and 25%
Aymara-speaking Amerindians. The largest of
the approximately three-dozen native groups
are the Quechuas (2.5 million), Aymaras (2
million), then Chiquitano (180,000), and
Guaranà (125,000). So the full Amerindian
population is at 55% and the remaining 30% is
Mestizo (mixed Amerindian and European) and
around 15% are Whites.
Bolivian culture has been heavily influenced
by the Quechua, the Aymara, as well as by the
popular cultures of Latin America as a whole.
The best known of the various festivals found
in the country is the "Carnaval de Oruro",
which was among the first 19 "Masterpieces of
the Oral and Intangible Heritage of
Humanity," as proclaimed by the UNESCO in May
of 2001.
Entertainment includes football (soccer),
which is the national sport, as well as table
football, which is played on street-corners
by both children and adults.
Zoos are a popular attraction, with a diverse
population of interesting creatures, but with
lack of proper funding.
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| Cocaine Factories - Bolivia |
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Feb 2007
Evo Morales swept to power promising a social
revolution which included legalising coca
cultivation. A year on, America is so worried
Bolivia is becoming a 'Narco State', it's
slashed funding.
"These are the coca leaves that we step on.
This is the paste", states Roberto, showing
us around his cocaine factory in the jungle.
Promoting alternative uses of coca, such as
in tea, is the heart of the government's
policy. "The coca leaf is a cultural issue
and part of our identity", explains Minister
Felipe Casares. Officially, the jungles of
Bolivia are producing fewer tonnes of cocaine
paste. But Morales' policy of 'Coca Yes,
Cocaine No' has the sceptics worried. As
Senator Rafael Loayez states; "If we have
this very permissive policy, we are going to
hve a problem with drug trafficking."
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| KARNEVAL IN ORURO / BOLIVIEN |
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Oruro ist beruehmt durch seinen
traditionsreichen Bergbau und den Karneval.
Der Film berichtet ueber den wirtschaftlichen
Niedergang des Bergbaus und die sozialen
Veraenderungen in der Stadt. Die Tage vor dem
Karneval bis zum ersten Tag des Festes geben
den Rahmen. Erzaehlt wird darin die
Geschichte des Karnevals, seine Beziehungen
zu indianischen Ritualen, der bolivianischen
Geschichte und natuerlich zur Stadt und
Minengeschichte.
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| Bolivia Bug |
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This is a caterpillar that Andrew found on
the patio. When you touch it, it rolls up
into a ball. He says it is a "Puss"
caterpillar. God is astounding in the variety
he put into creation. www.meant4more.com
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| Dancing with Evo Morales - Bolivia |
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May 2006
He jokes that he's America's worst nightmare
and plans to nationalise Bolivia's oil
industry and overturn the old social order.
As yet another South American country 'goes
left', we profile Bolivia's new President.
As a former union leader, Evo Morales is more
accustomed to attacking governments than
leading them. But Bolivia's first ever
indigenous President has ambitious plans for
his country. "Sooner or later there must be a
profound transformation", he vows. "I want a
new economic model." Morales' first objective
is to seize back control of the country's
national assets, including its enormous
natural gas reserves. "Oligarchies won't just
give up. They want to continue sucking the
Bolivian people's blood." A series of forced
privatisations imposed by the World Bank and
IMF left Bolivia the poorest country in Latin
America. Now, Morales has pledged to
renegotiate existing oil contracts. Actions
like this -- and his close friendship with
Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro -- have sent
shivers down Washington's spine. But any
heavy-handed action from the White House
could backfire. As analyst Jim Shultz
explains: "America's fear is that it will
push Bolivia into the arms of Hugo Chavez."
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