Topic: Evo Morales
AP News | 2010-03-02 21:27:40
Bolivia's president appoints women to half of Cabinet posts
After reinventing Bolivia's government to reflect the country's multi-ethnic, Indian majority, President Evo Morales is championing gender parity at the highest levels of government. Women now account for half of Bolivia's Cabinet ministers — 10 out of 20 — as Morales embarks on his second term following his Jan ...
Reuters Life! Online Report | 2010-02-24 19:42:27
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivians who arrive at work on time could get a punctuality bonus as part of a labor reform that aims to break the national habit of arriving late for everything from dates to business meetings. In a bid to fight chronic tardiness in the impoverished Andean country, ruling party lawmakers have proposed a new Labor Code that ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-02-10 21:53:18
<div><p>President Evo Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous leader known for chewing coca leaves at UN meetings, is making a fresh push for the plant, this time in the form of the soft drink "Coca Colla."</p><p>Intended to rival its more famous US cousin, Coca Cola, the fizzy drink ...
AFP Global Edition | 2010-02-10 21:53:14
<div><p>Leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday swore in a new cabinet of 20 ministers, half of whom are women -- a first in the macho Andean nation.</p><p>"My great dream has been fulfilled, half of my cabinet are women, the other half men," said Morales, speaking at a ...
