Bolivia

Dog meat festival, cricket crisps and cockroach cake + this day in history w/Checkpoint Charlie and our song of the day by Spook School on your Morning Monarchy for June 22, 2016.

teleSUR | June 16, 2016 The Bolivian government rejected an offer by U.S. tycoon Bill Gates, who said he would donate 100,000 chickens to reduce poverty in developing countries. Gates, through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, said he would send 100,000 chickens to twenty countries, among them Bolivia, as a donation through the Heifer […]

Known wolves, encouraging terror and K-pop academy + this day in history w/Peasants' Revolt and our song of the day by the Sun Days on your Morning Monarchy for June 13, 2016.

The ouster of Brazil’s left-of-center president was the latest right-wing victory in Latin America, but was this “quiet coup” driven by local politics or part of a broader U.S. strategy to reclaim dominance over its “backyard,” asks Ted Snider. By…Read more →

In Bolivia, a CIA-backed military coup led to the overthrow of leftist President Juan Torres. Following the coup, dictator Hugo Banzer had over 2,000 political opponents arrested without trial, tortured, raped and executed. teleSUR | May 28, 2016 Adolfo Perez Esquivel voiced his opposition to celebrations over the conviction of 15 military officials in Argentina. […]

Two Approaches teleSUR | April 14, 2016 April 16 is the International Day Against Child Slavery in South America. The day marks the death of Iqbal Masih, a Pakistani child who was sold into slavery and murdered at the age of 12. El Movimiento Cultural Cristiano commemorated the young child’s life by vowing to bring […]

teleSUR | March 5, 2016 Cuba is known for sending medical personnel overseas as part of its medical brigade program which was launched during the 1959 Revolution. The Bolivian Health Ministry thanked Cuban doctors and the Cuban government Friday for the solidarity offered to their country as part of Cuba’s medical internationalism over the past […]

Scottish brewer keeps it real by opensourcing entire beer recipe catalog; People are making the conscious decision to buy organic food and reject conventionals; and finally some kids in Texas are getting triple the recess time.

Scottish brewer keeps it real by opensourcing entire beer recipe catalog; People are making the conscious decision to buy organic food and reject conventionals; and finally some kids in Texas are getting triple the recess time.

teleSUR – January 17, 2016 The probe involves 12 former state officials in total, including opposition leader Samuel Doria Medina, over alleged economic crimes. The Bolivian National Assembly approved Saturday the decision to probe former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada over “prejudicial contracts to the State, anti-economic behavior and unfulfillment of duty,” the Congress presidency […]