Bolivia

Christmas in Bolivia is very different from ours. In Bolivia Christmas is celebrated from Christmas eve to Epiphany or January 6th. Many of the people in Bolivia are Catholic and go to a mass service called ‘Misa de Gallo’ or Mass of the Rooster. They do this at midnight while lighting off fire-crackers. Families often eat Christmas diner after Misa de Gallo. The Traditional dish is different from our in many ways. First they set the table with lots of flowers. The main dish is called ‘picana’…

Bolivia is a small country amongst the gigantic Brazil, Peru, Argentina and Chile and for that reason it often gets overlooked as a side-trip if there is time. But there is no better time to visit Bolivia than now, there are a variety of historical, cultural and physical activities that will please almost every traveler. From XXX to XXX, XXXX. But what makes Bolivia most attractive to most travelers it is a very inexpensive country to travel through and can make for a very affordable adventure…

The vision of the relationship between humans and their environment seems to differ from person to person. The water war crisis in Cochabamba, Bolivia is a good example of showing how different people or organizations see this relationship. In this case, the world bank, city government, and local non-government organizations have varying ideas on how water should be distributed to people. With water being a large part of the environment and an essential bodily component, the way each of these…

China and Bolivia have indeed gone through several trade negotiations but, as stated above, there has never been an FTA between these two countries, so normally most of the trade executed has had high tariffs on most products, which is a huge setback for SOME Bolivian sectors of production when it comes to export products to China, such as the textile manufacturing sector. However, since 1979 China has been initiating and maintaining several trade agreements with several countries, from which…

with a friend, who I’ll call Jason in this story. A lot of trips were offered to us. We were a member of the class so every year we take at least one or two optional field trips as a class. The year in question is we took a trip to Tradelock park in Bolivia. The bus ride there was a few hours, the park had abandoned houses and an unknown past, everything was built in the early nineteen hundred, but seems as tho it had been abandoned after a short amount of time. Everyone in the class was…

In Bolivia, female penitentiaries are not different from the male penitentiaries. One of the female prisons is worse than the majority of its male counterparts. For example, the San Sebastian female prison is far more overcrowded than other prisons. Juveniles convicted under the Bolivian correctional system are not differentiated from adult criminals and housed under the same prison, with no separations. Adult criminals and juvenile criminals receive very little to no rehabilitation programs to…

The illegal substance problem in Bolivia is gradually improving due to the country's own effort; however, there are still issues to be resolved. One statistic that represents this growth in Bolivia, is:” According to a new report from UNODC, Bolivia has slowed down illicut coca production by 34%” (Rodger. 1.) This shows us that illegal coca production, which is used to produce the addictive and illegal substance cocaine, has been declining. This is good news for Bolivians and the world at large…

Cities Water Supply and Sewerage Rehabilitation project was implemented in Bolivia from 1990 to 1997 and it was funded by the International Development Association (OED, 2002), a financial organization that together with other four organizations comprises the World Bank Group (The Levin Institute). According to the World Bank project website, the project “includes priority investments in the three major urban centers of Bolivia and includes studies for improving management of the water sector…

Company Bechtel assigned a long-term contract in the region of Cochabamba, which is the third largest city in Bolivia many issues emerged (Assies 18). This company took control of all of Cochabamba’s water, even rainwater. The company had the legal right to reposes debtors’ homes and to auction them if they didn’t pay the debt. People where forced to make choices:…

American countries are decriminalizing personal drug use, and in a few cases, even legalizing certain drugs. Argentina, for example, decriminalized personal possession of drugs in 2009, and other countries like Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, and Bolivia, among others, have taken similar actions (Youngers, Walsh)(Llana). Uruguay has been the pioneer of legalization, with an effort that began from the top-down and that created a comprehensive policy for marihuana (Cruz 309). It has become a…