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  Bolivian Circus Animals Seek New Homes

  By Kendall Hunter | Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:45 AM ET

  Morales follows on the heals of undercover work by the London-based animal rights organization that spent two years working undercover inside Bolivia's circuses, documenting animal abuse. What they found were caretakers often punching and kicking disobedient animals and bears being house Read More

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  Crossing Guards in Zebra Stripes

  By Kendall Hunter | Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:32 AM ET

  The Christian Science Monitor reports it's actually a corps of 100 at-risk youths who put in a four-hour day five days a week, earning 400 Bolivianos monthly (about US$57). Maybe it's no coincidence considering the heat and somewhat dangerous nature of the job that health insurance i Read More

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• Feliz Machaq Mara

  By Jimmy Langman | Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:02 AM ET

  throughout the country, is to recognize indigenous traditions in the country as part of the "growing spirit of de-colonization." About 70 percent of Bolivia's 9 million population are considered indigenous, coming from 36 different indigenous nations. The new year for the Aymara officially begin Read More

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• A New Poppy Policy

  By Jimmy Langman | Sat Jun 27, 2009 5:53 PM ET

  Evo Morales, become president of Bolivia in 2006.Long-term, US efforts also come up against Bolivian traditions. Some coca fields are legal in Bolivia. It's been a sacred part of indigenous culture for centuries. Coca leaf by itself has not proved harmful to health (in order to transform th Read More

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• The Vegetarian Insurrection: Che's Legacy Lives On

  By Ben Corbett | Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:50 AM ET

  campaign targeted at Latin America. PETA approached Guevara after discovering she was a vegetarian.In 1967, Che Guevara launched a guerrilla war in Bolivia, hoping to spread the revolution to all corners of South America. The campaign was cut short when the small insurrectionist army wa Read More

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• An Uprising Grows in Peru

  By Jimmy Langman | Thu Jun 11, 2009 5:04 AM ET

  past decade. Since 2000, movements to safeguard ancestral lands and native rights have been instrumental in toppling four presidents in Ecuador and Bolivia. In Bolivia, indigenous protests have especially transformed the balance of the power, taking a big step toward reversing centuries of racis Read More

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• Get Wild on Your Next Vacation

  By Laura Jones | Tue Jan 13, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  and coatis. Well, now you can! Enter Comunidad Inti Wara Yassi, an incredible volunteer-run animal sanctuary located deep in the jungle of Bolivia, which is putting volunteers' hearts (and energy) into giving an incredible collection of animals a healthy, happy home. It's good for th Read More

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