La Paz Bolivia
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Bolivia Information Page
With respect to the 2001 agreement, it was found that the Pre-Columbian culture of Bolivia achieved a high degree of technological, agricultural, and artistic achievement but the culture as a whole remains poorly understood. Furthermore, it was found that the archaeological sites and materials necessary to reconstruct the early history of Bolivian culture are in jeopardy from pillage. The pillage is widespread, on-going, and systematically destroying the non-renewable archaeological record of Bolivia. Colonial and Republican period ethnological materials were also found to be subject to pillage. These objects play an essential and irreplaceable role in indigenous Bolivian communities: they are vested with symbolic and historic meaning and used in many ceremonial and ritual practices. In many cases these objects serve as testimony to the continuation ... [Read More]
Photo Credits for Home Page
Moche backflap: University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia ... Calle Ayacucho, La Paz, Bolivia ... Tiwanaku Spouted Jar, Bolivia: Eduardo Pareja, Viceministerio de Cultura, P.O. Box 7846, Palacio Chico, Calle Potosi esq. ... [Read More]
Bolivia (06/05)
The U.S. Department of State's Consular Information Program provides Consular Information Sheets, Travel Warnings, and Public Announcements. Consular Information Sheets exist for all countries and include information on entry requirements, currency regulations, health conditions, areas of instability, crime and security, political disturbances, and the addresses of the U.S. posts in the country. Travel Warnings are issued when the State Department recommends that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. Public Announcements are issued as a means to disseminate information quickly about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term conditions overseas that pose significant risks to the security of American travelers. Free copies of this information are available by calling the Bureau of Consular Affairs at 202-647-5225 or via the fax-on-demand system: 202-647-3000. Consular Information Sheets and Travel Warnings also are available on the Consular Affairs Int ... [Read More]
Reports, International Education Week 2001
The exhibit is traveling to seven different cities in Bolivia—Oruro, Potosi, Cochabamba, Sucre, Tarija, Santa Cruz and La Paz. It actually began its tour in late September 2001 and will continue until June 2002. Co-sponsors vary from the local "Casas de la Cultura" to organizers of arts festivals. In each location, the exhibit is opened with a comment about the international nature of education in the U.S., the cross-cultural opportunities demonstrated by the lithography exhibit, and a note that more can be learned about study in the U.S. via brochures and printed information distributed to those interested. ... [Read More]
Travel Warning - Bolivia - Panama
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Bolivia International Adoption
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Bolivia
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Bolivia Image Collection Copyright Statement
La Paz, Bolivia ... La Paz, Bolivia ... The Cultural Property Advisory Committee and the U.S. Department of State are offering broad public access to illustrations of archaeological artifacts from Bolivia to enhance enforcement of the 1970 UNESCO Convention by illustrating artifact types subject to looting. Materials in this collection are protected by U.S. and international copyright law. Information on copyright owners and restrictions for individual images are noted in the Copyright field that accompanies each image. Transmission or reproduction of images in this site beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners, the Viceministerio de Cultura and the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore. [Read More]
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