Weighing more than a tonne, Montecristo would yield a lot of Argentine steak. But ranchers are not interested in sending bulls like him to slaughter.
Leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Saturday he had nationalised four power companies, including a subsidiary of France’s GDF Suez.
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/ 13 September 2008
Bolivia declared martial law on Friday in a remote Amazon region where at least 15 people were shot dead in a wave of political violence.
The bearded image of guerrilla leader Ernesto ”Che” Guevara has become a pop icon splashed on mugs, T-shirts and even bikinis 40 years after his death, and Vallegrande, a Bolivian town, is out to cash in on the marketing frenzy. In central Bolivia, where Guevara battled the army before he was captured and killed, tour operators offer a chance to retrace his final steps on the ”Che Trail”.