Bolivia

is positioned in the western and southern hemispheres. On the southwestern coast of South America, and bordered by Argentina, Bolivia and Peru and by the Pacific Ocean. Peru on the Northern border, Argentina bordering all of east Chile, and Bolivia in the NE. The Andes Mountains is among the world's longest mountain ranges, spreading across Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. The Chilean Coastal Range is a mountain range that runs from north to south along the Pacific coast…

Andrew Parker had finally received his dream job as a sports journalist. Ever since he was a kid, he dreamed of being able to travel the world and being the first to report stories on America’s favorite athletes. Ever since he was a child, Andrew loved sports, and his mother always said that if he was not going to be in the game, he definitely was going to be reporting on it. After he graduated college, Andrew flew out to Los Angeles for a job offer working in an office, primarily getting coffee…

participation in the democratic process. The countries of Australia and Bolivia have turned to compulsory voting in an attempt to increase voter participation. Mandatory voting in these countries carry penalties that include monetary fines, including possible jail sentences, and frozen bank accounts (Compulsory Voting, 2015). The recent federal election saw a 68.5% voter turn-out, compared to 93.23% in Australia (2013), and 87.45% in Bolivia (2014) according to the…

For my first performance observation, I attended the TCU School of Music Faculty Recital Series that was held on Monday, September 28, 2015 in the Pepsi Co Recital Hall. The instruments and players in the ensemble included the Joey Carter on the vibes and the B3 organ, Paul Metzger on guitar, Buddy Mohmed on bass, Dennis Durick on drums, and Joe Eckert on saxophone. The performance consisted of 15 jazz songs. Each band member had a remarkable list of accomplishments that was listed in the…

Any deal that is made between the Colombian government and guerilla groups is believed to force a balloon effect, where the production of cocaine would be moved to another country such as Brazil or Bolivia. There has always been a large drug epidemic that is occurring in, more dealing with the consumption of crack more than cocaine. Since the early 1990’s crack use has been prevalent in the country, but in the past six years there has been a sharp…

living in the wild. All animals, not just domestic animals, should be treated humanely. However, many animals in circuses are not treated humanely. This conclusion came from an investigation, into a few circuses in Bolivia, that should the animals were abused. This consequently made Bolivia the first country to outlaw animal…

Up until the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Latin American countries had economies that were heavy exporters of goods due to their abundance of natural resources. In 1930, the Great Depression struck the global economy and foreign demand for Latin American goods became virtually nonexistent. International trade died down and deflation increased the burden of foreign debt. "Latin American presidents led efforts to foster industrialization through increasing state intervention in their…

(WikiProject_Bolivia, 2015) There were three cities associated with the rehabilitation program, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, La Paz and Cochabamba. The World Bank made conditions on one of its loans to Bolivia for a major water and sewage rehabilitation program for two out of three cities. One of the conditions was to privatize the municipal water utilities. Aguas del Tunaria, was the private consortium of international firms that purchased…

1. The COMIBOL is the Corporacion Minera de Bolivia they are in charge of administrating the Bolivian nationalized mines. The COMIBOL in a way has more control over the miner’s lives than the miners do. The lives of the miners depend on the COMIBOL. They administrate their food through a rationing system were the miners wives have to wait in line for long hours in supply centers were they are able to get their food and other necessities for the day. In addition, the COMIBOL owns the houses the…

Curtis Sittenfeld was only seven years old when the Holocaust first began to leave its destructive mark on history. Now a father, grandfather, accomplished businessman and war veteran, Sittenfeld accounts his harrowing past on how he became a Holocaust survivor. On November 9th, 1938, violence broke out across the Jewish population. This came after Herschel Grynszpan, a Jewish student studying in France, was informed his parents were detained and tortured by German officials. Seething with…