HSBC Bank Shutters Branches as Global Recession Intensifies

Sunday May 17th 2009 UTILA HSBC Bank is closing branches in Honduras only two years after taking over Banco Grupo Ahorro Hondureño in 2007. Once thought to be most powerful bank in the world The Hong Kong...

Brazilian President Lula da Silva visits Colombia (updated)

Updates: On 20 July 2008, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe announced his country would join the Security Council of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR). This council was proposed by Venezuela and Brazil to draft a defence policy and...

Bolivia and US plan to get closer...again?

Bilateral relations between Bolivia and US has been sweet and sour lately. Accusations of sponsoring separatist prefects in the Media Luna has limited it. During the Evo Morales´ administration US has been unveiled an unwelcome partner in regional initiatives. However, there...

South Ossetia 'on alert' after Georgian attack on shelling

Georgia break aways regions- Abkhazia and South Ossetia- continue to rebel against Tblisi control. With the backing of Russia, these separatist regions have not managed to get international recognition. According...

RI among 41 countries applying for inclusion in UNESCO's heritage list

Indonesia's properties which are inscribed on the World Heritage list are Borobudur Temple, Prmabanan Temple, Sangiran Early Man Site, Komodo National Park, Lorentz National Park, Tropical Rainforest Heritage of...

Bolivia: Morales loses at Chuquisaca

Caracas, Venezuela, 29 June 2008. Pro Evo Morales candidate lost in Prefect- governor- local elections held today at Chuquisaca. Opposition candidate,45 year old Savina Cuellar from Alianza Comité...

OAS condemns racist attacks against Bolivian indigenous farmers at Sucre

Caracas, Venezuela, 3 May 2008. The Organiztion of American States (OAS) has condemned the violent and racist attacks on Bolivian indigenous and pro government farmers at Sucre on May 24, 2008. They were hurt...

Bolivia: Violence prevents Evo Morales visit to Sucre

Caracas, Venezuela, 23 May 2008. Bolivian President Evo Morales called off a planned visit to Sucre today due to violent demonstrations. Fourteen people are already reported injured. President Morales was...

BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES DECLARES WAR TO CIVILIANS IN BOLIVIA

The death toll has risen to three from violent clashes between Bolivian police, MAS (Movimiento Al Socialismo) and demonstrators opposed to a draft and ilegal constitution backed by the Government, a...

Microsoft unveils Inca Windows patch (AP)

" SUCRE, Bolivia - Just click "Qallariy" to begin. The word — pronounced "KAH-lyah-ree" — replaces "Start" on Microsoft Windows' familiar taskbar in a new Quechua translation of the program, which got its Bolivian debut Friday. Microsoft Corp.'s chief of Bolivia...

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