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Exploiting Bolivia - part 2 - sitting with the dead | Newstramp
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Brandon c janes iv. Raquo; Exploiting Bolivia – part 2 – sitting with the dead. Exploiting Bolivia – part 2 – sitting with the dead. By Brandon C Janes IV. 8220;Here ends your service to the mining community,” reads the sign painted on the wall of the mausoleum reserved for one of the 33 mining cooperatives in Potosí, Bolivia. The other wall reads, “Silence! Here rest the men who left their lungs in the mines.” photo by brandon c janes iv. Modern Bolivians identify with a whimsical mish-mash of cultures:...
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uruguay | Newstramp
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Brandon c janes iv. Population. 3.369 million. Land 68,037 square miles. Per capita income. US$15,840. President. José “Pepe” Mujica. Aniel Erosa, journalism director at Uruguay’s left-leaning weekly newspaper Brecha, said that the last two presidents have opened government transparency significantly, instituting new programs and freedoms for journalists. Or AIP. Although the law has changed the rights of journalists it has not solved all of the problems, Erosa said. At those times Brecha was an investig...
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Into the Chapare - dispatches from a Bolivian coca farm part 1 | Newstramp
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Brandon c janes iv. Raquo; Into the Chapare – dispatches from a Bolivian coca farm part 1. Into the Chapare – dispatches from a Bolivian coca farm part 1. By Brandon C Janes IV. Newstramp writing next to his new bed in Senda Beher Town Hall. I have taken a job in Bolivia working for a farmer who grows coca – the same plant used to make the illegal drug cocaine. The almond shaped leaves are used in traditional ceremonies and chewing them is the official habit of the nation. Coca history in Bolivia. The go...
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texas | Newstramp
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Brandon c janes iv. Population. 26 million. Land 261,231 square miles. Per capita income. $25,548. Political Leader. Governor Rick Perry. Exas is a free country. If you have lived here, then you know what I mean. Texans value their transparency – and the law. Transparency is what keeps us honest and laws are what keep us from shooting each other. Information from the government. Although Texas Public Information Act. Often they will release the information without a letter. Sometimes, however, if it ...
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brandon c janes iv | Newstramp
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Brandon c janes iv. Raquo; brandon c janes iv. Brandon c janes iv. Is a writer from Austin, TX. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts in 2007 at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM/ Annapolis, Md. After stints as a commercial salmon fisherman, a math teacher and a construction worker, Brandon began his career in newspaper writing in 2010. Brandon is the recipient of a five awards from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors, including a 2014 award for his Freedom of Information reporting.
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VIDEO: Evo speaks in El Alto - the city of the revolution | Newstramp
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Brandon c janes iv. Raquo; VIDEO: Evo speaks in El Alto – the city of the revolution. VIDEO: Evo speaks in El Alto – the city of the revolution. By Brandon C Janes IV. The city of El Alto, Bolivia looks over the sprawling valley of La Paz and controls the ingress and egress of goods and transportation into the country’s largest city and the seat of Bolivia’s government photo by brandon c janes iv. Ten years later, I was stuck behind a road block around Potosí. The protests in 2003 began over a government...
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Bolivia Archives | Newstramp
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Brandon c janes iv. RSS feed for this section. December 8, 2013. Into the Chapare part 2 – war stories. Marcelo Ramallo, president of the Senda Beher Cocalero Syndicate in the Chapare jungle of Cochabamba, Bolivia, chews coca before returning to work on his coca farm / photo by brandon c janes iv. Monday – after a hard days work and a dinner trading war stories – my boss, Don Marcelo Ramallo, asked if I wanted to fish the river with a machete. But life wasn t always so peaceful for Ramallo and his family.
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Argentina Archives | Newstramp
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Brandon c janes iv. RSS feed for this section. August 9, 2014. Chronicling the chaos: Police beat Argentina. Civilians took to arms on the night of December 3, when the Córdoba Police Department went on strike, leaving the streets of Argentina’s second largest city undefended photo by La Voz del Interior. Twenty-thirteen was a banner year for bad news in Córdoba. Which began September 14 with the release of hidden camera footage of police colluding with criminals, and. La Voz del Interior. He publishes i...
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Slaying Goliath - investigative reporting at the center of Bolivia's drug trade | Newstramp
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Brandon c janes iv. Raquo; Slaying Goliath – investigative reporting at the center of Bolivia’s drug trade. Slaying Goliath – investigative reporting at the center of Bolivia’s drug trade. By Brandon C Janes IV. El Deber, one of Bolivia’s most investigative and powerful newspapers, is located in the heart of Bolivia’s growing drug trade, Santa Cruz de la Sierra photo by brandon c janes iv. Official statements from the Bolivian government have blamed the deaths on the pilot, who lived through the crash an...
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Brandon c janes iv. Chronicling the chaos: Police beat Argentina. Twenty-thirteen was a banner year for bad news in Córdoba. When I arrived in December the local newsstand was plastered with headlines announcing another burst of inflation. A magazine cover featured a photo of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner posing nude (on purpose) and across the street municipal workers were still sweeping up broken glass from a 35-hour strike […]. Written by Brandon C Janes IV. Written by Brandon C Janes IV.