Eduardo Garcia
LA PAZ, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Bolivia is optimistic it will develop a large-scale lithium industry at the Uyuni salt lake single-handedly by 2014, even though the country has never produced lithium, its mining minister said. Full Article

Spending a whole day with Bolivian leftist president Evo Morales requires a great deal of stamina. Morales, an Aymara Indian who has introduced a battery of controversial reforms to give Bolivian Indians more power and has put the state in the driving seat of the economy, is hyperactive, to say the least. Full Article | Comments [8]

Centuries ago getting high on psychedelic substances was not frowned upon in the Bolivian Andes; it was what allowed indigenous shamans to interact with supernatural beings and glimpse into the future. Full Article
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