Donation of school materials to flood-affected areas of Santa Cruz

School kid dancers with Ambassador welcoming sign in background.  Photo by Walter Mur

On June 12, USAID/Bolivia Office of Strategy and Operations Services Acting Director CJ Elron and Program Officer Vicky Moscoso participated in the donation of school materials in the flood-affected rural municipality of San Pedro in Santa Cruz.  Some 6,000 children from 10 public schools will benefit from the donation.  This initiative builds upon a humanitarian assistance activity USAID/OFDA provided to Bolivia in response to the flooding of January-February 2008. 

Former Ambassador Derek Shearer Visits Bolivia

Invited by the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia, international speaker and former U.S. Ambassador to Finland, Derek Shearer, addressed 200 faculty and students from La Paz and Santa Cruz universities on strategies for governments and private businesses to succeed in the new world economy during his visit to Bolivia, June 6-13.

On Monday 9 and Thursday 12, Shearer lectured on “How to Succeed in the New World Economy,” at the Bolivian Catholic University in La Paz and at the Gabriel Rene Moreno National Autonomous University in Santa Cruz. (more...)

Inauguration of Justice Center and Women’s Shelter in Santa Cruz

On June 6 USAID/Bolivia Acting Director Peter Natiello, Office of Democratic Development Director Karen Anderson and Program Manager Álvaro Gálvez, along with Minister of Justice Celima Torrico, participated in the inauguration of an Integrated Justice Center (IJC) in the municipality of Yapacaní and a battered women’s shelter (an annex to an existing IJC) in the Plan 3000 neighborhood of the city of Santa Cruz.  The IJC in Yapacaní will provide poor local residents with free access to formal and informal justice services. (more...)

El Alto Symphony Orchestra to Offer Concert at Iglesia de la Exaltación, Obrajes

Sponsored by the Embassy of the United States and the Municipal Government of El Alto, the Municipal Symphony Orchestra of El Alto will offer a concert on Friday, June 6 at 7:30pm at the Iglesia de la Exaltación, in Obrajes on 9th Street. (more...)

Ambassador Inaugurates Improvements to Barrio El Porvenir Community Center

On May 30, Ambassador Goldberg inaugurated bathroom facilities and a kitchen funded by USAID’s Special Development Activity Fund for the community center in Villa Primero de Mayo’s Barrio El Porvenir.  The facilities will benefit 60 children who will attend the community nursery, as well as other members of the community including the Club de Madres Santa Teresita. (more...)

EXPLAINING THE U.S. ELECTORAL PROCESS

The hard-fought political campaign for the November 4 U.S. presidential elections has attracted attention around the world.  In order to explain the complex U.S. electoral process and political system, U.S. Embassy Assistant Attache for Public Relations Debra Hevia has given presentations at several Santa Cruz universities, including the Autonomous University Gabriel Rene Moreno (UAGRM), the Private Technological University of Santa Cruz (UTEPSA), and the Private University of Santa Cruz (UPSA).  For more information on the U.S. electoral system, see http://uspolitics.america.gov/uspolitics.html (link in English) or http://usinfo.state.gov/esp/home/topics/democracy_human_rights/elections.html (link in Spanish).

U.S. Embassy Celebrates Centro Boliviano Americano's 50th Anniversary

Ambassador Goldberg and other embassy staff members celebrated along with local officials, CBA directors and staff, and the Santa Cruz community as the Centro Boliviano American marked 50 years of providing high-quality English classes and cultural activities. (more…)

U.S. Government Donates Dormitory to Tahuichi Aguilera Soccer Academy in Santa Cruz

Some of the children who will benefit with housing at the new dormitory donated by the U.S. Government

U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia, Philip s. Goldberg delivered in Santa Cruz on May 30 a dormitory for children under training at the Tahuichi Soccer Academy. The dormitory, which can accommodate 45 children, cost $75,000. The United States has supported Tahuichi Academy for five years to promote the goal of a healthy life, free from both drug use and narcotics trafficking. This year, the U.S. Embassy, through its Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS), awarded scholarships to six youths, three from Yungas and three from Beni, so that they can attend Tahuichi Academy in Santa Cruz to develop their soccer skills.(more...)

• Senator Dodd and Representative Becerra Visit Bolivia

• With U.S. Government Support, Achacachi, Sica Sica, and Coroico Will Each Have Its Own Rural Public Defense Office

• The United States Remodels and Equips Trafficking in Persons Office in El Alto

• Bolivian “Youth Ambassadors” Meet with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

• U.S. Embassy Grants Scholarships to Three Teen Soccer Players in Yungas

• U.S. Embassy Donates 18 Vehicles Valued at $450,000 to Bolivian Counternarcotics Programs

• Business Competitiveness for Producers in the Yungas Region of La Paz