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TakePart Social Action Network™ (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Director Philippe Diaz filming in Sucre, Bolivia. It’s fitting that Philippe Diaz’s film The End of Poverty? ends in a question mark as he asks questions and explores the history and possibility of ending poverty rather than telling you anything definitive. The question mark also serves as a question to the audience about whether or not they want to do anything to help end it. And after...
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Patriot Room (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
So much for the value of fist bumps, hugs, and book exchanges: "A coalition of Latin American and Caribbean nations have agreed to adopt a new regional currency aimed at reducing the power of the US dollar. The sucre will be used in Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominica, Saint Vincent, Antigua and Barbuda."
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The Right Perspective (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
A coalition of Latin American and Caribbean nations have agreed to adopt a new regional currency aimed at reducing the power of the US dollar. The sucre will be used in Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominica, Saint Vincent, Antigua and Barbuda. It was adopted by the nations, who call their coalition the Bolivarian Alternative [...]
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The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Could new currency be in the pipeline for South America? The New American reports that leaders gathering for the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas, or ALBA, conference agreed to create a new currency for the region. The flat money will be used instead of American Federal Reserve Notes and called the "sucre" to honor Jose Antonio de Sucre. The BBC also has a story on their...
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Jesse's Café Américain (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
This is not the first time ALBA has discussed plans for a regional currency, and the proposal does not yet seem to be concrete to us. The countries have agreed in principle to proceed, with the details to be worked out over the next year. Nevertheless, it does start to chip away at Wall Street's stock answer to any dollar challenge, "Where else will they put their reserves, what else will they...
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Havana Times, ope (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Ten Latin American and Caribbean nations decided on Friday at a meeting in Cochabamba, Bolivia to forgo the US dollar for a new regional trade currency to be called the sucre. In other agenda business the ALBA countries renewed their call for an end to the half-century US blockade on Cuba; as well as agreed on sanctions against the de facto rulers of Honduras.
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CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia - Leftist Latin American leaders agreed here on the creation of a regional currency, the Sucre, aimed at scaling back the use of the US dollar. Nine countries of ALBA, a leftist bloc conceived by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, met in Bolivia where they vowed to press ahead with a new currency for intra-regional trade to replace the US dollar. "The document is approved,"...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
The 7th Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) began here on Friday with an aim to create the Single System of Regional Compensation (SUCRE). Bolivian President Evo Morales inaugurated the two-day summit, during which the creation of SUCRE, a single regional currency, would be approved. The idea of a regional monetary zone with SUCRE as its currency unit was proposed by Venezuelan...
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Bolivia Rising (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Interview with with Álvaro García Linera, Vice-President of Bolivia, by Maristella Svampa, Pablo Stefanoni and Ricardo Bajo. Translation and notes by Richard Fidler What is the explanation for the weakening of the opposition after more than two years of confrontations? For President Evo’s government, the Constituent Assembly offered the possibility of arming a broad collective ensemble...
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inca kola news (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
Coming to Sucre and Cochabamba soon......... Over the weekend in a public address in his home patch of Villa Tupari in Chaparé, Professor Evo Morales (known as a natty dresser and President of the fastest growing country in South America) said that: "The state will provide a house to any couple that gets married." Honestly, this is not a joke. The population of South America's poorest...
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Photoblog : Filip and his travel / (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
1. Salar de Uyuni - Admire this breathtaking landscape from another planet and forget about freezing almost into death 2. Isla de Sol - Sit down on the rock and feel the spiritual heaven in this truly beautiful island at the Ticicaca lake surrounded by happy, friendly indigenas Aymara and their shamans 3. Pampas and Jungle around Rurrenabake - Experience sound and taste of the purest nature while looking...
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Photoblog : Filip and his travel / (Free subscription) | 07/09/2009
O 2 blogerach co ukradli ksiezyc=) http://pasiko.blogspot.com/ http://www.mywayaround.com/ Filip Ziolkowski in his Photoblog blogging about living in London and his trips around the world.
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Photoblog : Filip and his travel / (Free subscription) | 07/07/2009
Filip Ziolkowski in his Photoblog blogging about living in London and his trips around the world.
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Photoblog : Filip and his travel / (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
I guess there is no better place to talk about power of living in the present moment. Filip Ziolkowski in his Photoblog blogging about living in London and his trips around the world.
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Photoblog : Filip and his travel / (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
So why we should worry about 2012 if the planet earth has more then 80 something years? Filip Ziolkowski in his Photoblog blogging about living in London and his trips around the world.
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