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Top Historical Places To Visit in Bolivia

For those visiting Bolivia it is a must to visit Lake Titicaca which lies 94 miles northwest of La Paz. This vast lake is the birthplace of one of the greatest empires in history as it was here the Children of the Sun stepped forth from the sacred rock and the Incas began.
The water is [...]

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Top 3 places to Visit in Bolivia

Here are three exceptional locations that anyone going into Bolivia should experience. There are a lot of other activates as well but these seem to be the top three among most visitors. They let you experience what Bolivia has to offer in unique and exciting ways.
El Pantanals
This is a great location to experience some [...]

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Bolivia marks freedom bicentenary

Bolivians marked the 200th anniversary of their country’s uprising against Spanish rule with rival ceremonies in different parts of the country.
Addressing the nation, President Evo Morales said that Latin Americans were engaged in a second struggle for liberation against capitalism.
Meanwhile, the opposition held parades in the constitutional capital Sucre.
Bolivia is the first of many South [...]

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Colonial scars run deep in Bolivia

As Bolivia prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the start of its independence struggle from Spain, the BBC’s Candace Piette finds that colonialist attitudes remain.
Bolivia’s indigenous people are among the country’s poorest In a restaurant near the exquisitely preserved old town of Sucre, high in the Bolivian Andes, a gaudy dance troupe entertain with [...]

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History Of Bolivia VI

Faced with runaway inflation, which reached an annual rate of 14,000% in August 1985, the government abandoned controlled exchange rates, abolished price controls, liberalized external trade, and instituted more restrictive monetary and wage policies. The result was sharply lower inflation and interest rates, and a more stable economy, although the shocks of this liberalization were [...]

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