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Sometimes referred to as the Tibet of the Americas, Bolivia is one of the most "remote" countries in the western hemisphere; except for the navigable Paraguay River stretching to the distant Atlantic, Bolivia and Paraguay are the only two landlocked nations in the Americas. It is also the most indigenous country in the Americas, with 60% of its population being of pure Native American ancestry.




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President Hu in Peru for state visit, APEC meeting Print E-mail
Thursday, 20 November 2008
LIMA -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said on Wednesday that his state visit to Peru would give an impetus to the development of the comprehensive cooperative partnership between China and the South Ame...
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Growth to slow in Peru and China in 2009 Print E-mail
Thursday, 20 November 2008
The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council says China's and Peru's robust growth rates of 9.3 and 9.2 percent respectively will fall in 2009, but Peru's drop-off will be more pronounced.
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Spain rounds off 2008 with comfortable win over Chile Print E-mail
Thursday, 20 November 2008
MADRID, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Spanish national team rounded off their fixtures in what has been an extraordinary 2008 with an easy 3-0 friendly win against Chile on Wednesday night. The year has seen S...
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The Republic of Peru Print E-mail
Thursday, 20 November 2008
The Republic of Peru, with an area of 1.29 million square kilometers and Lima as its capital, is located in western South America and is bordered by Ecuador and Colombia to the north, Brazil and Boliv...
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General Motors to invest USD 1 bn in Brazil plant Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Sao Paulo, Nov 19 : US automobile giant General Motors (GM) plans to invest USD 1 billion in Brazil to avoid in their Latin American unit the kind of problems it is facing at home, EFE reported Wednes...
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Brazil, Portugal prepare for friendly Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Brazil's friendly against Portugal on Wednesday will bring together two of the best players in the sport _ Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka.The match at Bezerrao stadium in Brasilia will be a homecoming of ...
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Alleged Pinochet victim turns up alive in Chile Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
The reappearance of man who was officially dead has shaken and outraged some in Chile, a nation that mourns 1,196 other political prisoners who vanished in the hands of a military dictatorship.Human r...
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Morales government invests $5.7m in Bolivian lithium pilot plant Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
The future of the electric car could depend on the lithium production generated from what is said to be the world’s largest lithium reserve in Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni. The government is to fund a...
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Man arrested ahead of Peru summit with grenades Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Peruvian authorities say a man has been arrested in Lima carrying a box of 36 grenades ahead of the arrival of 18 world leaders for a Pacific Rim economic summit.Peru's Interior Minister Remigio Herna...
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Peru steps up security ahead of APEC Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Peruvian authorities are stepping up security in Lima, where 21 heads of state will attend an APEC summit this weekend. More than 39,000 police will patrol the streets of the capital during the summi...
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Trader shoots self at Brazil stock exchange Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
SAO PAULO -- A trader shot himself on Monday in the open outcry pit of Brazil’s main financial exchange in an apparent suicide attempt, shocking a market already battered by the global credit crisis...
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Bolivia’s Morales seeking improved ties with Obama Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
UNITED NATIONS -- Bolivia’s left-wing President Evo Morales said on Monday he wanted improved ties with the incoming U.S. administration of Barack Obama but ruled out having U.S. anti-drug agents re...
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Health appeal for Peru’s under-trial Fujimori Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
LIMA -- Medical experts on Monday asked a Peruvian court to ensure the health of former president Alberto Fujimori, saying he suffered a variety of ailments as he undergoes trial for alleged human rig...
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Political prisoner returns to Chile after 35 years Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Soldiers toook German Rene Cofre Martinez away during Chile's "dirty war" in 1973 Remains were identified as his in 1995, but misidentification discovered in 2006 He'd been in Argentina for ...
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Bolivian farmer leads to dinosaur discovery Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
ICLA, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivian farmer Primo Rivera had long wondered about the dents in a rocky hill near his home. Paleontologists solved the mystery this month: they are fossilized dinosaur foot...
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Fish could save Brazil rainforest Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
S cott Dowd’s regular clients don’t care much about marketing. All they want to know is when their next batch of frozen rats or squirming worms is being served. Dowd, an Amazon biologist ...
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Muricy Ramalho could be in line to land Brazil Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
President of Brazil’s Sao Paolo FC Juvenal Juvencio says that his first team coach Muricy Ramalho should be the person to take over from current national team manager Dunga. In line for their six...
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Body-heat sensors to track lost tribes Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian government will begin using a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to locate — and protect — uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon, of...
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Foreign investment in Chile reaches over $2 in first 8 months Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Foreign investment in Chile from January to August reached 2.35 billion U.S. dollars, up 187 percent over the same period in 2007, the government announced Tuesday. Chilean Economy Minister Hugo Lavad...
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Plane to monitor Brazilian tribes Print E-mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
The Brazilian authorities are to use a plane equipped with body-heat sensors to monitor uncontacted Indian tribes in the Amazon from a distance. Brazil has a policy of leaving such isolated indigenou...
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