Exhibition - Mineros of Bolivia

A haunting photographic exhibition of Bolivian Miners will be shown in Red Hill to coincide with the Durham Miners Gala. The exhibition has so far been seen by over 500,000 people across Latin America and Europe. This is the first time it has been shown in the UK, giving people here the chance to glimpse the lives and struggles of miners who toil in the high Andes, on the other side of the world. http://www.mineros-bolivia.com/schedule.html

'Sovereign right' of Bolivia to nationalise electricity companies conceded by EU official‏

In an interview with Bolivian newspaper La Prensa a senior EU official has acknowledged the democratic right of the Morales led Government to take electricity companies into public ownership - noting similar measures in Europe to bring (debt ridden) banks under state control: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8671618.stm