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 Stories About: Bolivia
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Will it play in Bolivia?
A South American take on Gore's film |
Katharine Wroth |
25 May 2007 |
Gristmill |
| Jessica Weisberg is an American journalist currently based in South America. The following is her take on the peculiar cultural dominance of An Inconvenient Truth. ----- I liked Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Really, I did. But when I count off my reasons -- the special effects, the wet-your-pants astonishment, the drama -- I find myself applauding the film's popular appeal more than its take-home message. ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Bolivia, climate, green living, movies (all these topics) |
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What's Mine Is Mine
Bolivia threatens to nationalize its mining industry |
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10 May 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| What's Mine Is Mine Bolivia threatens to nationalize its mining industry Following up on last week's nationalization of its natural-gas industry, Bolivia (that's in South America, in case you don't remember seventh grade) now intends to exert greater state control over its mineral resources as well. President Evo Morales is vowing to nationalize the mining industry, though Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera has said oth ... |
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| Topics: Bolivia, mining and drilling, news (all these topics) |
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Titi Twister
Naming rights for monkey species being sold to raise conservation funds |
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09 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Titi Twister Naming rights for monkey species being sold to raise conservation funds A new species of titi monkey found in 2000 in Bolivia's Madidi National Park will not be named by the monkey's scientific discoverers, but by the highest bidder in an online auction. "To discover a new species of mammal is just incredibly exciting and we decided to use this opportunity to raise the profile of Madidi," said biologist Robert Wall ... |
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| Topics: Bolivia, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Peru-stroika
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19 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Peru-stroika An international coalition of conservation organizations is seeking protection for a 74 million-acre, species-rich tropical corridor between Peru and Bolivia. Conservation International and Peru's National Institute of Natural Resources are working with local authorities to try to protect the region from mining, oil and gas exploitation, road and dam construction, and logging. The corridor includes 15 pre-existing pr ... |
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| Topics: Bolivia, Peru, wilderness (all these topics) |
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