Cochabamba

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• why me?

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 434
  By Suzy Marinkovich, KF8 Peru & KF9 Bolivia Twisted twining vining metal unrhythmic untamed unkempt and in comes the dust sweat and sticking to me tires thumping each rock unsettled plastic bag squeezed empty tossed out the window just a drop of papaya juice leaps back clings to the dirty car door parting from ...
  16 hours ago

• Our U.S. Radio Debut…and Behind the Scenes in Bolivia

  
  Uncornered Market — Authority: 405
  In case you haven’t already heard, I was recently interviewed by Pauline Frommer for The Travel Show , a weekly radio program she co-hosts with her father, Arthur Frommer. We chatted about one of our recent articles - Fawlty Tours - and some of the pitfalls one encounters when booking local tours. The entire ...
  5 days ago

• From Cocaine to Monkeys: Bolivia, 10 First Impressions

  
  Uncornered Market — Authority: 405
  Sometimes life’s complexities get in the way of a poetic narrative. Bolivia is proof of this. The folds of Bolivia’s beauty – and its contradictions and struggles — defy a story line. It seems that every time we turn a corner, another piece of data in the form of an observation or conversation presents ...
  6 days ago

• Why We Should Debate Loan Expiration

  
  Kiva Stories from the Field — Authority: 434
  By Suzy Marinkovich, KF 8/9 As you may have seen, over the past couple of months Kiva has seen its first loans expire on the site.  Currently, I am in my eighth week of working with a brand-new Kiva partner, CIDRE, an MFI specializing in agriculture and livestock loans in Bolivia.  I mention this because I’ve ...
  1 week ago

• Caricom Countries Opt Out Of ALBA ‘SUCRE’ Currency

  
  Bajan Global Report — Authority: 428
  Member nations of Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) have agreed to implement a single currency to be used among themselves from next year, but the three Eastern Caribbean countries who are part of the nine-member Venezuela-led bloc say they won’t be a part – a position that was accepted by a weekend ...
  2 weeks ago

• Culture Collection “Construction”

  
  @ngie — Authority: 119
  Have you seen the carpenters pants replete with loops, pockets and crannies for all sort of tools? Those are the pants I am wearing today. All the crevices are filled with my stone collection; my culture stone collection that is. Today I am pulling out a rough rock that has many cracks and forced holes full of dirt ...
  3 weeks ago

• Latin Americans To Approve Replacing US dollars With A New Virtual Currency

  
  Bajan Global Report — Authority: 428
  The leftist Latin American ALBA trade bloc is scheduled Friday (16 Oct) to approve measures that would replace US dollars with a new virtual currency for regional commerce, an official said here.Bolivian Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade Pablo Guzman told reporters that members of the Bolivarian Alternative for the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Y tu Cochabamba tambien

  
  Abiding in Bolivia — Authority: 491
  Cochabamba seems to be attracting a lot of leading men these days. No, I am not talking about the sexy Latin Presidents meeting there this week for the ALBA summit , at least one of whom a number of bloggers seem to have an unhealthy obsession for . Gael at Cocha press conference Gael Garcia (otherwise ...
  3 weeks ago

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