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	<title>Breaking News &#187; La Paz</title>
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		<title>Bolivia police bust 5 cocaine labs, arrest 2 people in Quechua village; officer wounded</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Bolivia police bust 5 cocaine labs, 1 officer shot

LA PAZ, Bolivia — 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.
Maj. Alex Alfaro says Indians in Qaqachaca village held police at bay with dynamite blasts, allowing some .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-police-bust-5-cocaine-labs-arrest-2-people-in-quechua-village-officer-wounded-235263/" title="Bolivia police bust 5 cocaine labs, arrest 2 people in Quechua village; officer wounded">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivian authorities warn Titicata, world&#8217;s highest lake, at dangerously low level</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdez</dc:creator>
		
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Bolivia: Lake Titicaca at dangerously low levels

LA PAZ, Bolivia — Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world&#8217;s highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities said Thursday.
Diminished rainfall and a rise in solar radiation have in the past four years led to critically low water levels that  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivian-authorities-warn-titicata-worlds-highest-lake-at-dangerously-low-level-227659/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jindal to export 80,000 tonnes of Bolivian iron ore</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/jindal-to-export-80000-tonnes-of-bolivian-iron-ore-226167/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EFE</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - India&#8217;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. 

Arvind Sharma, director of the firm&#8217;s Bolivian unit, said Tuesday the company is currently implementing the first phase of its production plan. 	 	
Two mineral .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jindal-to-export-80000-tonnes-of-bolivian-iron-ore-226167/">Jindal to export 80,000 tonnes of Bolivian iron ore</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia the standard-bearer as Latin American natives fight to protect lands, culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Bajak</dc:creator>
		
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Indian political awakening stirs Latin America

JESUS DE MACHACA, Bolivia — In Ecuador, the Shuar are blocking highways to defend their hunting grounds. In Chile, the Mapuche are occupying ranches to pressure for land, schools and clinics. In Bolivia, a new constitution gives the country&#8217;s 36 indigenous peoples the right to self-rule.
All over Latin America, and ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-the-standard-bearer-as-latin-american-natives-fight-to-protect-lands-culture-214334/">Bolivia the standard-bearer as Latin American natives fight to protect lands, culture</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia to produce electric-car batteries</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Bolivia is planning to begin the production of lithium batteries for electric cars by 2018, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Roger Carvajal said here, according to a report.

Carvajal said that President Evo Morales&#8217; government has settled on a basic strategy for exploiting the vast lithium deposits in the Uyuni Salt Flats.	 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-to-produce-electric-car-batteries-210711/" title="Bolivia to produce electric-car batteries">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>On birthday, Bolivian president gets cake on face</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 05:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EFE</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Bolivian President Evo Morales was plastered in the face with a cake on his 50th birthday, shortly before giving a speech to a group of peasants.

When the president was getting ready to take a bite of a birthday cake that had been prepared for him Monday, somebody - who could not be .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/on-birthday-bolivian-president-gets-cake-on-face-207914/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: On birthday, Bolivian president gets cake on face</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia allows candidate for vice president to campaign from jail while killings investigated</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-allows-candidate-for-vice-president-to-campaign-from-jail-while-killings-investigated-202354/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian election officials say a jailed opposition politician can campaign for vice president from behind bars.

Former Pando state Gov. Leopoldo Fernandez is being held without charges while authorities investigate a clash that killed at least 15 people on his government&#8217;s watch.
Bolivia&#8217;s National Electoral Court announced Tuesday that Fernandez can campaign from ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-allows-candidate-for-vice-president-to-campaign-from-jail-while-killings-investigated-202354/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Bolivia allows candidate for vice president to campaign from jail while killings investigated</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivian cops held for forcing teens to have sex on camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EFE</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Three Bolivian policemen were arrested when they were found to have forced teenagers to undress and have sex at a park in La Paz in order to make videos to be shown on the Internet, an official said.

The three officers, ordered to be locked up last Saturday by Judge Carlos Guerrero, were .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivian-cops-held-for-forcing-teens-to-have-sex-on-camera-194284/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivian president joins in ceremony commemorating guerrilla leader Ernesto &#8216;Che&#8217; Guevara</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 03:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia&#8217;s president participated in a tribute Thursday to the guerrilla leader Ernesto &#8220;Che&#8221; Guevara, who was captured and killed by Bolivian soldiers 42 years ago while trying to foment revolution in this Andean nation.

President Evo Morales, a close ally of the leftist governments in Venezuela and Cuba, has often expressed admiration .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivian-president-joins-in-ceremony-commemorating-guerrilla-leader-ernesto-che-guevara-191242/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Bolivian president joins in ceremony commemorating guerrilla leader Ernesto &#8216;Che&#8217; Guevara</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Peasants take over Bolivian gold mine</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/peasants-take-over-bolivian-gold-mine-177204/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Peasants in the southwestern Bolivian province of Oruro have taken over a gold mine to demand a share of the revenues generated by the operation, a media report said.

The protesters say the operator of the Kori Kollo mine, Empresa Minera Inti Raymi S.A., should compensate them for alleged environmental damage and for .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/peasants-take-over-bolivian-gold-mine-177204/">Original article &nbsp;: Peasants take over Bolivian gold mine</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US closing some Bolivia programs, new sign of tensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 16:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — The U.S. Embassy in Bolivia says it is closing some democracy-promotion programs at the request of the Bolivian government.

The Embassy tells The Associated Press on Sunday that the local government asked it in August to close some programs run by the U.S. Agency for International Development. It says it is doing ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-closing-some-bolivia-programs-new-sign-of-tensions-173773/" title="US closing some Bolivia programs, new sign of tensions">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite man dies after brethren tie him to a pole for 9 hours</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mennonite-man-dies-after-brethren-tie-him-to-a-pole-for-9-hours-171455/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — A Mennonite father of nine has died after being hung from a pole for nine hours by 22 of his brethren who accused him of rape, abuse and violating their religious rules, police said.

There have been no arrests for the death of Franz Wieler Kloss, 37, but police said community members ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mennonite-man-dies-after-brethren-tie-him-to-a-pole-for-9-hours-171455/">Mennonite man dies after brethren tie him to a pole for 9 hours</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivian med school rector detained after police find 5 decomposing bodies on roof</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — A Bolivian university director is in police custody after five bodies were discovered decomposing on the roof of a building his school shares with a movie theater, police said Wednesday.

Rector Juan Villaroel Rodriguez told police that he bought the bodies from a public hospital in the capital, La Paz, said Police ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivian-med-school-rector-detained-after-police-find-5-decomposing-bodies-on-roof-170515/">Bolivian med school rector detained after police find 5 decomposing bodies on roof</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia&#8217;s Morales decides to go ahead with purchase of presidential plane from Russia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Evo Morales says Bolivia has decided to buy a presidential plane from Russia after Moscow offered to set up an aircraft maintenance center in the South American nation.

Defense Minister Walker San Miguel announced in early August that Bolivia had agreed to purchase an Antonov presidential plane with satellite phone, Internet ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivias-morales-decides-to-go-ahead-with-purchase-of-presidential-plane-from-russia-166975/" title="Bolivia&#8217;s Morales decides to go ahead with purchase of presidential plane from Russia">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Over two million register for Bolivia elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Nearly 2.5 million voters have registered for the Dec 6 general elections in Bolivia, the National Election Court (CNE) said.

Some 60 percent of the eligible voters in the country are expected to register for the polls till Oct 15, when the process will conclude, CNE president Antonio Costas said Tuesday.	 	
Bolivians living ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/over-two-million-register-for-bolivia-elections-163014/">Over two million register for Bolivia elections</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hurricane Jimena weakens to a Category 2 storm in the Pacific off Mexico&#8217;s coast</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Hurricane Jimena has weakened to a Category 2 storm as it bears down on Mexico&#8217;s Baja California peninsula.

According to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Jimena&#8217;s maximum sustained winds decreased early Wednesday to near 110 mph (175 kph). And the hurricane is expected to continue weakening gradually before making landfall.
The change in status .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hurricane-jimena-weakens-to-a-category-2-storm-in-the-pacific-off-mexicos-coast-157032/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Hurricane Jimena weakens to a Category 2 storm in the Pacific off Mexico&#8217;s coast</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In Bolivian capital, explosives-laden envelopes wound 7 people in 2 bombings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian police are investigating exploding envelopes that wounding seven people, three of them severely, in La Paz.

Bolivian police commander Victor Hugo Escobar says the first explosion, at a construction company, has seriously injured firefighters called in to deactivate the device. A second explosion at a bus terminal has severely wounded the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-bolivian-capital-explosives-laden-envelopes-wound-7-people-in-2-bombings-138129/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: In Bolivian capital, explosives-laden envelopes wound 7 people in 2 bombings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign minister says Iran opposes US-Colombia base deal, backs &#8216;new vision&#8217; in Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Iran&#8217;s foreign minister said Wednesday that his country opposes an impending deal to expand the U.S. military&#8217;s presence in Colombia.

Manouchehr Mottaki spoke in Bolivia on a tour of Latin America, where Tehran has cultivated closer ties — especially with leftist-led nations that are pushing for more distance from U.S. policy.
&#8220;The Islamic ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/foreign-minister-says-iran-opposes-us-colombia-base-deal-backs-new-vision-in-latin-america-137899/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Foreign minister says Iran opposes US-Colombia base deal, backs &#8216;new vision&#8217; in Latin America</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>18-year-old woman enslaved for 13 years freed in Bolivia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - An 18-year-old woman who was kept confined and forced to work for nearly 13 years has been rescued by the police in the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, the La Razon newspaper has reported.

The victim was recruited by a labour agency in the Amazonian province of Beni when she was just six .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/18-year-old-woman-enslaved-for-13-years-freed-in-bolivia-131089/">Original article &nbsp;: 18-year-old woman enslaved for 13 years freed in Bolivia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian diplomat: $280 million loan approved for Bolivia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Iran&#8217;s top diplomat in Bolivia says the Islamic republic has approved a $280 million low-interest loan for President Evo Morales&#8217; government to use as it sees fit. Gas and oil exploration are possibilities.

Masoud Edrisi told The Associated Press on Wednesday that loan&#8217;s terms have not yet been set.
Iran established diplomatic ties ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-diplomat-280-million-loan-approved-for-bolivia-124348/">Iranian diplomat: $280 million loan approved for Bolivia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Swarming ants kill Bolivian farmworker who fell sleep under tree</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian police say that a 42-year-old man who fell asleep under an ant-infested tree has been killed by insect bites.

Beni city Police Chief Rolando Ramos says that farmworker Santiago Ortiz apparently had been drinking before sitting down beneath a Palo Santo tree — a type noted for its aromatic wood and .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/swarming-ants-kill-bolivian-farmworker-who-fell-sleep-under-tree-116284/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Swarming ants kill Bolivian farmworker who fell sleep under tree</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia coca growers say they&#8217;ll contribute crop to help Morales&#8217; re-election</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — A leader of coca growers in Central Bolivia says the farmers are putting their controversial crop behind President Evo Morales&#8217; campaign for re-election.

Asterio Romero tells the government&#8217;s Patria Nueva radio station that each of his union&#8217;s 45,000 members will donate a pound of coca to help Morales in the December election. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-coca-growers-say-theyll-contribute-crop-to-help-morales-re-election-114344/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Bolivia coca growers say they&#8217;ll contribute crop to help Morales&#8217; re-election</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mediator proposing reconciliation gvt for Honduras; exiled leader prepares 2nd return bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Zamorano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The mediator in Honduras&#8217; political crisis said he will propose a national reconciliation government during the next round of talks, while ousted President Manuel Zelaya prepared a second bid to return home to reclaim power.

Negotiations to end the standoff over a June 28 military-backed coup have increasingly come under fire, with Zelaya&#8217;s ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mediator-proposing-reconciliation-gvt-for-honduras-exiled-leader-prepares-2nd-return-bid-112321/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Mediator proposing reconciliation gvt for Honduras; exiled leader prepares 2nd return bid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Aide: Exiled president heading to home to set up alternative government seat inside Honduras</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 10:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Zamorano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A top aide said exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was heading home Thursday to set up an alternative seat of government inside the country, and will use it as his headquarters in a &#8220;final battle&#8221; against the coup leaders.

Zelaya&#8217;s foreign minister, Patricia Rodas, said he is &#8220;on his way&#8221; back, but refused ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-exiled-president-heading-to-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-seat-inside-honduras-112241/">Read more : Aide: Exiled president heading to home to set up alternative government seat inside Honduras</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Aide: Ousted president en route home to set up alternative government hq inside Honduras</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Zamorano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A top aide said exiled Honduran President Manuel Zelaya was heading home Thursday to set up an alternative seat of government inside the country, and will use it as his headquarters in a &#8220;final battle&#8221; against the coup leaders.

Zelaya&#8217;s foriegn minister, Patricia Rodas, said he is &#8220;on his way&#8221; back, but refused ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-ousted-president-en-route-home-to-set-up-alternative-government-hq-inside-honduras-112168/" title="Aide: Ousted president en route home to set up alternative government hq inside Honduras">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Aide: Ousted president en route to Honduras to set up alternative seat of government</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — A top aide to Manuel Zelaya says the ousted president will set up government headquarters inside Honduras, from which he will lead the &#8220;final battle&#8221; against coup leaders.

Patricia Rodas, foreign minister of Zelaya&#8217;s toppled government, says Zelaya is en route to Honduras but she did not provide details as to where .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-ousted-president-en-route-to-honduras-to-set-up-alternative-seat-of-government-112126/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Aide: Ousted Honduran president on route back home, thousands demonstrate for his return</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Zamorano</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — A top aide of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said he was heading back to the country Thursday, while thousands of his supporters blocked roads to demand his return to power.

Patricia Rodas, foreign minister of Zelaya&#8217;s toppled government, said the deposed president was &#8220;on his way&#8221; back, but refused to say how .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/aide-ousted-honduran-president-on-route-back-home-thousands-demonstrate-for-his-return-112024/">Aide: Ousted Honduran president on route back home, thousands demonstrate for his return</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US extradites &#8216;Minister of Cocaine&#8217; to Bolivia to serve time for political killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — The United States deported a key figure in Bolivia&#8217;s last military dictatorship back home Thursday to serve a 30-year prison sentence for crimes including genocide and political assassinations.

Luis Arce Gomez, 71, known as &#8220;the minister of cocaine,&#8221; took part in the July 1980 coup led by then-Gen. Luis Garcia Meza and .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-extradites-minister-of-cocaine-to-bolivia-to-serve-time-for-political-killings-104968/">US extradites &#8216;Minister of Cocaine&#8217; to Bolivia to serve time for political killings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia president accuses Obama of lying after US cuts ends trade favors for Bolivia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-president-accuses-obama-of-lying-after-us-cuts-ends-trade-favors-for-bolivia-97072/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:28:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Evo Morales on Wednesday accused Barack Obama of lying by pledging to change America&#8217;s historically heavy-handed relationship with Latin America and then halting $25 million in annual trade benefits for Bolivia.

The U.S. on Tuesday said it is ending the import duty waivers because world&#8217;s No. 3 cocaine-producing country is not ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-president-accuses-obama-of-lying-after-us-cuts-ends-trade-favors-for-bolivia-97072/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Bolivia president accuses Obama of lying after US cuts ends trade favors for Bolivia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US cuts off Bolivia from tariff exemptions citing poor drug war cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Bajak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOGOTA — The U.S. government says it will end valuable tariff exemptions for Bolivia because the world&#8217;s No. 3 cocaine-producing country is not adequately prosecuting the war on drugs.

Bolivia&#8217;s government has said that the increased tariffs could cost the impoverished country about 20,000 jobs in industries that rely heavily on exports to the U.S., such .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-cuts-off-bolivia-from-tariff-exemptions-citing-poor-drug-war-cooperation-96870/">Original article &nbsp;: US cuts off Bolivia from tariff exemptions citing poor drug war cooperation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia arrests 8 Mennonite men accused of raping more than 60 women at their farm community</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Eight men from a Mennonite farming community in eastern Bolivia have been accused of raping dozens of females at the settlement, a prosecutor said Tuesday, indicating at least one victim was an underage girl.

Prosecutor Freddy Perez told The Associated Press that 60 women, from 11 to 47 years old, have accused .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-arrests-8-mennonite-men-accused-of-raping-more-than-60-women-at-their-farm-community-90346/">Original article &nbsp;: Bolivia arrests 8 Mennonite men accused of raping more than 60 women at their farm community</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>12 killed in Bolivia bus accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Twelve people have been killed and several others injured when the bus in which they were travelling veered off the road and fell into a deep ravine in Bolivia.

The accident occurred Thursday in the central Bolivian region of Cochabamba.	 	
There were 44 passengers on the bus at the time of the accident, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/12-killed-in-bolivia-bus-accident-79185/" title="12 killed in Bolivia bus accident">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia says Peru ties threatened by decision to harbor ex-officials accused in 2003 killings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 07:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia&#8217;s president says relations with Peru are at &#8220;high risk&#8221; after the neighboring nation gave refuge to two more former Bolivian officials accused in the 2003 army killings of dozens of protesters.

Evo Morales says his government is considering its response to what he calls a &#8220;provocation and an open aggression&#8221; by .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-says-peru-ties-threatened-by-decision-to-harbor-ex-officials-accused-in-2003-killings-62145/">Source &nbsp;: Bolivia says Peru ties threatened by decision to harbor ex-officials accused in 2003 killings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia demands Peru hand over asylum-seeking ex-ministers charged in 2003 protest bloodshed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 08:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia demanded Monday that Peru hand over three former government ministers charged with genocide in the 2003 killing of dozens of protesters, and President Evo Morales called asylum an &#8220;open provocation of the Bolivian people.&#8221;

Peruvian President Alan Garcia granted asylum to one of the former officials — Jorge Torres — in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-demands-peru-hand-over-asylum-seeking-ex-ministers-charged-in-2003-protest-bloodshed-59819/" title="Bolivia demands Peru hand over asylum-seeking ex-ministers charged in 2003 protest bloodshed">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivian opposition denies prosecutor&#8217;s accusation tying them to alleged assassination plot</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivian-opposition-denies-prosecutors-accusation-tying-them-to-alleged-assassination-plot-53591/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 06:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Opposition leaders reacted angrily Tuesday after a Bolivian prosecutor accused several of them of backing alleged mercenaries who leftist President Evo Morales says were plotting to assassinate him.

The new charge exacerbated tensions that have been rising since police killed three purported plotters last month in a raid in the conservative eastern .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivian-opposition-denies-prosecutors-accusation-tying-them-to-alleged-assassination-plot-53591/">Original article &nbsp;: Bolivian opposition denies prosecutor&#8217;s accusation tying them to alleged assassination plot</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Jimmy Carter, Bolivia&#8217;s Evo Morales express hope for improved ties between Washington, La Paz</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 04:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paola Flores</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Bolivia&#8217;s Evo Morales said Saturday they hope their countries are on the road to repairing badly strained relations.

After meeting for more than two hours in the Bolivian capital, Carter told Morales he does not doubt President Barack Obama&#8217;s stated intention that he wants to improve ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/jimmy-carter-bolivias-evo-morales-express-hope-for-improved-ties-between-washington-la-paz-49459/" title="Jimmy Carter, Bolivia&#8217;s Evo Morales express hope for improved ties between Washington, La Paz">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Slain men in alleged Bolivia assassination plot: mercenaries or victims?</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/slain-men-in-alleged-bolivia-assassination-plot-mercenaries-or-victims-49205/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 22:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paola Flores</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia — Airlifted in from Bolivia&#8217;s western highlands, some two dozen elite officers in green helmets and flak jackets entered the Las Americas Hotel just before 4 a.m., disabled its surveillance cameras and stealthily made for the fourth floor.

A bomb exploded. After 15 minutes of gunfire, three men were dead in their underwear ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/slain-men-in-alleged-bolivia-assassination-plot-mercenaries-or-victims-49205/">Read more : Slain men in alleged Bolivia assassination plot: mercenaries or victims?</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indian company to produce gas in Bolivia</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-company-to-produce-gas-in-bolivia-38832/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - India&#8217;s Jindal Steel and Power expects to start producing gas in Bolivia in June for export to Argentina, company representatives told the Andean nation&#8217;s president here.



Vikrant Gujral, vice president of the steel and energy major, told reporters about the company&#8217;s plans after Friday&#8217;s meeting with President Evo Morales, saying the gas supplies .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indian-company-to-produce-gas-in-bolivia-38832/" title="Indian company to produce gas in Bolivia">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia rejects Ireland, Croatia, Hungary requests for info in alleged assassination plot</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-rejects-ireland-croatia-hungary-requests-for-info-in-alleged-assassination-plot-32443/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 06:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carlos Valdez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday rejected requests from the governments of Ireland, Croatia and Hungary seeking information about the deaths of three of their citizens whom Bolivia accuses of plotting to assassinate Morales.

Morales said he considered it &#8220;very serious&#8221; that countries with &#8220;no authority&#8221; would interfere in Bolivia&#8217;s investigation into ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-rejects-ireland-croatia-hungary-requests-for-info-in-alleged-assassination-plot-32443/">Bolivia rejects Ireland, Croatia, Hungary requests for info in alleged assassination plot</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia&#8217;s president on hunger strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DPA</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Bolivia&#8217;s President Evo Morales is on a hunger strike to force the National Congress to pass a law.



The law would provide for new elections in December and allow Morales to bid for a second five-year term in office.


While the left wing Morales commands a majority in the lower house, the opposition has ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivias-president-on-hunger-strike-27212/">Read more : Bolivia&#8217;s president on hunger strike</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Argentina crash, Brazil recover on road to World Cup finals</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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Porto Alegre (Brazil)/LA PAZ/QUITO - Argentina suffered a stunning 6-1 thrashing in Bolivia, Brazil recovered with a 3-0 win at home against Peru and Paraguay managed to grab a late point with a 1-1 draw in Ecuador Wednesday in the South American qualifiers towards the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.



Chile and Uruguay drew 0-0, .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/argentina-crash-brazil-recover-on-road-to-world-cup-finals-24615/" title="Argentina crash, Brazil recover on road to World Cup finals">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Warming robs Bolivia of world&#8217;s highest ski slope</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:06:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Global warming has melted the snow on Bolivia&#8217;s Chacaltaya, a peak 5,395 metres above sea-level that was once home to the world&#8217;s highest ski slope.



Bolivia&#8217;s top official for the Andean Regional Project on glaciers, Jose Luis Gutierrez, said that neighbouring mountains such as Illimani and Huayna Potosi, &#8216;are affected by the same ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/warming-robs-bolivia-of-worlds-highest-ski-slope-16089/">Warming robs Bolivia of world&#8217;s highest ski slope</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia expels another US diplomat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Bolivia has expelled another US diplomat accusing him of conspiring against the government of President Evo Morales.



Morales said Monday that he ordered the expulsion of Francisco Martinez, second secretary at US embassy in La Paz, for having links with the country&#8217;s right-wing opposition and conspiring against his government.


&#8216;Martinez was in contact with  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-expels-another-us-diplomat-15915/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>11 die in Bolivia after inhaling toxic gas</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Eleven people have died after inhaling a poisonous gas emanated from two open pesticide containers in a house in southern Bolivian province of Chuquisaca, EFE reported Tuesday.



The victims, including two children, were found dead early Monday.


Health officials who conducted their autopsies confirmed the cause of the death.


Jonhy Zambrana, a doctor, said the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/11-die-in-bolivia-after-inhaling-toxic-gas-5018/" title="11 die in Bolivia after inhaling toxic gas">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bolivia cuts diplomatic ties with Israel over Gaza</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Bolivia broke diplomatic ties with Israel over the &#8216;disproportionate&#8217; attacks of the Israeli Army on the Gaza Strip, Bolivian President Evo Morales said Wednesday in La Paz.



Morales made the announcement as diplomats accredited in Bolivia greeted the president in accordance with protocol, Bolivian media reported.


He exhorted the International Criminal Court in The ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bolivia-cuts-diplomatic-ties-with-israel-over-gaza-6505/" title="Bolivia cuts diplomatic ties with Israel over Gaza">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>14 killed in Bolivia bus accident</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Two speeding buses crashed into each other, killing 14 passengers and leaving at least 43 wounded, local media reported.



The accident took place a few kilometres from Oruro city, about 220 km south of La Paz, police said Saturday.


Buses are the lifeline of Bolivia, where few people own cars and there are few ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/14-killed-in-bolivia-bus-accident-9839/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : 14 killed in Bolivia bus accident</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bid to assassinate Bolivian president foiled</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/bid-to-assassinate-bolivian-president-foiled-10395/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LA PAZ - Bolivian intelligence officials have foiled a plot by right-wing extremists to assassinate President Evo Morales, the EFE news agency reported Tuesday.



Interior Minister Alfredo Rada told a press conference Monday that the alleged conspirators intended to hire a poor or working-class man to kill the country&#8217;s first indigenous head of state at one ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bid-to-assassinate-bolivian-president-foiled-10395/">Read more : Bid to assassinate Bolivian president foiled</a>.]]></description>
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