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"It was his beloved San Joaquin, bolivia. Viewing footage of the old cow town transported the retired physician back to a time when he was a strapping, though naive, physician in Sau-salito, California. And to that day in 1962 in La Paz when the Bolivian Minister of Health asked if he would mind taking a look at a mysterious typho negro outbreak deep in the Bolivian interior. MacKenzie sat in his living room for a few moments, recalling the terror that struck Bolivia's Machupo River region when the strange hemorrhagic fever swept through." - Laurie Garrett, The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance (Get the book.)

"This same rainfall pattern occurs throughout the fifteen degrees of tropical latitude straddled by the Peruvian mountains until the drier high-altitude altiplano grasslands around Lake Titicaca in southern Peru and bolivia. The seasonal rhythm is remarkably consistent, except in El Nino years. The Christmas Child, unpredictable and of highly variable strength, is the trickster. Most episodes are of relatively little consequence, bringing occasional periods of torrential rainfall, much warmer sea temperatures, and unfamiliar tropical fish to coastal waters." - Brian Fagan, Floods, Famines, and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Get the book.)

"As I looked around the sanctuary, I saw images that were vaguely familiar, similar to those I'd seen in the great cathedrals of Peru and bolivia, the icons of Christianity. But something was different here. "The Spaniards called their creator 'Cod,'" our guide broke the silence. "While God was not quite the same as our creator, it was close enough, and we began to call our Great Spirit by the same name. The santos [saints] that the church recognized were like the spirits that we honor and call into our prayers. Mother Earth that brings us crops, rain, and life they called 'Mary." - Gregg Braden, The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits (Get the book.)

"Most quinoa is imported from South American countries such as Peru, bolivia, and Ecuador, although it is also being cultivated in the Colorado Rockies in the United States. Why Should I Eat Quinoa? Nutritionally, quinoa is an amazing grain! The nutritional quality has been compared to that of dried whole milk by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Quinoa contains more protein than any other grain. Some varieties of quinoa have more than twenty percent protein!" - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"On the other hand, stevia's many supporters, which include the American Herbal Products Association, Herb Research Foundation, and the American Botanical Council, as well as integrative physicians and nutritionists, are quick to point out that stevia has been consumed safely by humans for centuries in South Korea, Thailand, Peru, bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, and Japan, with no known complaints. Over the years, those who've spoken out in favor of stevia include Julian Whitaker, M.D., Dr. Andrew Weil, the late Dr. Atkins, Dr. Ann-Louise Gittleman, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Also known as Pau d'Arco, Ipe Roxa and Taheebo, the red Lapacho tree grows in the warmer parts of South America: Brazil, northern Argentina, Paraguay, bolivia, etc. The tree apparently only grows where there is high ozone content in the air, with high concentrations of vital negative oxygen ions. It is virtually free of contaminants caused by pollutants such as pesticides or exhaust fumes. The tree has vibrant, trumpet-shaped flowers—pink, purple, or yellow, depending on the species. The Lapacho tree with the purple flowers has the most potency." - Andreas Moritz, Timeless Secrets of Health & Rejuvenation: Unleash The Natural Healing Power That Lies Dormant Within You (Get the book.)

"Habitat: Guraea rusbyi is indigenous to Cuba, Brazil and bolivia. Production: Cocillana bark is the bark of the trunk of Guarea rusbyi, which is collected in the wild. actions and pharmacology COMPOUNDS Volatile oil Steroids: sterols, including beta-sitosterol Tannin Alkaloids EFFECTS The drug is said to be expectorate, emetic, and laxative in effect. In higher dosages, it is said to induce menstruation. The emetic effect is credited to the alkaloid fraction, which has not been more precisely defined. Experimental data have not been made available." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Habitat: The plant is found in western bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, central Colombia, and Panama. Production: Pareira root is the root of Chondrodendron tomentosum. Tubocurare is extracted from the fresh or dried trunk with bark of the same plant. Other Names: Ice Vine, Pereira Brava, Velvet Leaf actions and pharmacology COMPOUNDS Bibenzyl isoquinoline alkaloids: including, among others, D-tubocurarine, chondrocurarine, (-)-curine, (+)-chondrofoline, chondrocurine, isochondrodendrine EFFECTS Tubocurare contains tubocurarine and acts as an emmenagog-ic and diuretic." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.) "Habitat: The plant grows in Chile, Argentina, southeast bolivia and southeast Brazil. Production: Quebracho bark is the bark of Aspidosperma quebracho-bianco. Not to be Confused With: Confusion can arise with Aspidosperma horco kebracho. actions and pharmacology COMPOUNDS Indole alkaloids (0.5-1.5%): chief alkaloids aspidospermine (30%), yohimbine (quebrachine, 10%), further including, among others, (-)-quebrachamine, akuammidine Tannins EFFECTS Quebracho bark works as an expectorant and stimulates the respiratory center." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"The less well-known cultivated species, Theobroma bicolor, while not a source of cacao, is grown as a kitchen garden crop from southern Mexico south to tropical bolivia and Brazil. In Mexico, it produces something called pataxte or balamte, used either as a drink on its own, or to dilute the more expensive cacao. Cuatrecasas never saw a specimen that he considered wild, and makes no guesses as to its place of origin. The problem of how to identify a tree as "wild" rather than as a feral "escape" is crucial here, and is ultimately a matter of the botanist's good judgment." - Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe, The True History of Chocolate (Get the book.)

"With the widespread adoption of unbacked paper, or "fiat" currencies, nations such as Germany, Hungary, Yugoslavia, bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and, of course, Zimbabwe have at times been able to employ a less labor-intensive approach than the Romans to boost the total amount of money in circulation. They have simply churned out more of the stuff—a lot more. On those occasions, it has literally been a case of cranking up the presses, machines located at official government-run facilities or operated by high-volume subcontractors in other countries." - Michael J. Panzner, Financial Armageddon: Protecting Your Future from Four Impending Catastrophes (Get the book.)

"This particular Jesuit experiment, so reminiscent of the Chinese communes imposed by the late Chairman Mao, or even of Pol Pot's Cambodia, was not to be repeated elsewhere in the Americas; but the economic scenario which they had devised in Paraguay (and, concurrently, among their cacao-producing missions in the Mojos or Moxos region of northeastern bolivia) was played out in more attenuated form in Brazil, along the banks of the mighty Amazon and its tributaries." - Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe, The True History of Chocolate (Get the book.)

"During the 1960s, when the campaign to extinguish malaria came to bolivia, the heavy DDT spraying produced what was called "feline die-off," and the numbers of mice and rats in many areas soared.13 It wasn't long before the country experienced an outbreak of a terrifying viral disease (Bolivian hemorrhagic fever) that swept rapidly through entire villages, killing as many as 50 percent of their human inhabitants.14 So much panic broke out that the Bolivian government declared martial law in the worst hit area, and flew in 55 soldiers to maintain order." - John Robbins, Reclaiming Our Health: Exploding the Medical Myth and Embracing the True Source of Healing (Get the book.)

"Habitat: The plant grows in Chile, Argentina, southeast bolivia, and southeast Brazil. Production: Quebracho bark is the bark of Aspidosperma quebracho-bianco. ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY COMPOUNDS Indole alkaloids (0.5-1.5%): chief alkaloids aspidospermine (30%), yohimbine (quebrachine, 10%), further including, among others, (-)-quebrachamine, akuammidine Tannins EFFECTS Quebracho bark works as an expectorant and stimulates the respiratory center. INDICATIONS AND USAGE Quebracho is used for bronchial asthma and conditions of the lower respiratory tract." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.) "Habitat: The plant is found in western bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, central Columbia and Panama. Production: Pareira root is the root of Chondrodendron tomentosum. Other Names: Pereira Brava, Velvet Leaf, Ice Vine ACTION AND PHARMACOLOGY COMPOUNDS Bibenzyl isoquinoline alkaloids: including, among others, D-tubocurarine, chondrocurarine, (-)-curine, (+)-chondrofoline, chondrocurine, isochondrodendrine EFFECTS Uncertain emmenagogic and diuretic actions. INDICATIONS AND USAGE Only the tubocurarine extracted from the bark and twigs is in use." - Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D., PDR for Herbal Medicines (Get the book.)

"The best chocolate was supposed to be from the Mojos or Moxos region in the Amazonian drainage of bolivia, valued for its fragrance and lack of bitterness; next best was the cacao of Soconusco and Tabasco, and Venezuelan cacao. At the bottom of the list were Guayaquil and Martinique because their bitterness had to be tempered with lots of sugar. Chocolate was strictly for the upper and middle classes, who breakfasted on it after drinking a glass of cold water (the usual preliminary to chocolate-taking in Spain)." - Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe, The True History of Chocolate (Get the book.)

"RADICAL CHE Thus, we laughed when we read recently in the newspaper that Evo Morales, the new president of bolivia, said he was "following in the footsteps of Che Guevara."1 Either the fellow has a sense of humor or he does not know much about Che. Like all world improvers, Che claimed a remarkable ability to look into the future and then improve it before it happened. Of course, we all try to peek ahead and try to avoid traffic collisions and bad restaurants, but only a chump thinks he knows best how to improve the entire planet. Still, who are we to argue with success?" - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.)

"Peru and northern bolivia, and the Mexican huauzontle (C. berlandieri subsp. nutalliae) which is used both as a cereal and vegetable. Origin & history Quinoa has been the staple grain (pseudocereal) of the Inca people since ancient times. Archaeological remains date back to 5000 bc. It was gradually replaced by modern crops but made a comeback as a health food in the mid-1970s. Parts used Ripe, dehusked seeds. Cultivation & harvesting A yield of about one ton per hectare is typical in subsistence agriculture (but five times more with modern methods)." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"Department of Defense (DOD) team that was heading into bolivia to conduct nutritional surveys. "A nutrition survey?" Johnson asked snidely. "Well, I could use the experience, and I've never been to bolivia. So why not?" MacKenzie said. When MacKenzie and the DOD team met with Bolivia's Minister of Health in La Paz, the official said he had no problem authorizing their research plans, provided they first take care of a more pressing problem hundreds of miles away. "I need an expert in mysterious diseases to investigate an epidemic in the eastern part of the country." - Laurie Garrett, The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance (Get the book.)

"South America The Andes region of bolivia, Ecuador and Peru is remarkable in its exceptional diversity of ancient crop plants that have enriched the lives of people all over the world. We are indeed indebted to the master farmers, the Incas, for important everyday food plants such as potato, tomato, custard apple, babaco, peanut, yam bean, lima bean, banana passion fruit, tree tomato, peppers, Cape gooseberry and pepino. In addition, there are several poorly known Inca crops that have potential for worldwide cultivation." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.) "These were China, India, Central Asia, the Near East, the Mediterranean region, Ethiopia, Mexico and Central America, and South America (Peru, bolivia, Ecuador and Chile). Zeven and de Wet in their Dictionary of cultivated plants and their regions of diversity (1982) reviewed the literature and suggested that there were probably three main cradles of agriculture, namely East Asia (China and Myanmar), the Near East (Fertile Crescent) and Central America. They also proposed 12 regions of diversity, as introduced below." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.) "Origin & history This South American plant is unknown in the wild but is considered to be indigenous to southern bolivia and northwestern Argentina. It has been grown as a crop in the Andes region for many centuries and is still popular as a garden tree in almost every city and town at higher altitudes in South America. Crop development started in New Zealand about 50 years ago and there is an expanding export trade to Europe, Japan and North America. The name "tamarillo" is a commercial name coined in New Zealand in 1967. Parts used Ripe fruits." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"Over 100 of the world's nations including Costa Rica, Panama, Uraguay, bolivia, Honduras and most of the other Latin American countries have GDPs far below this amount.15 And where did the drug companies spend most of that vast sum? By a wide margin the largest amount was spent on antidepressant promotion.16 Run the numbers, and you will find the pharmaceutical companies are spending $367 million dollars per week promoting their drugs.17 That figure is correct, but I am just amazed when I consider it. The next question needs to be "But is it working?" The answer is "Isn't it obvious?" - Dr. Timothy Scott, America Fooled: The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We've Been Deceived (Get the book.)

"In Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, eastern Peru and bolivia, life will become increasingly difficult as the air becomes an unbreathable mixture of searing hot gases and smoke. The sun will be blotted out by the leaden pall hanging overhead, whilst a grey drizzle of light ash falls from the sky. From space, satellites might witness gigantic walls of flame marching through the last areas of untouched forest. Thousands of indigenous people - the Yanomami, the Ashaninka, and other tribes who have known this forest as their only home since prehistory - are driven out." - Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet (Get the book.)

"He was in bolivia for 11 months trying to stir up a popular uprising, but his projects were not popular even with the local commies, who denounced him to the police. But here, we let Che prove it in his own writings: The past makes itself felt not only in the individual consciousness?in which the residue of an education systematically oriented toward isolating the individual still weighs heavily—but also through the very character of this transition period in which commodity relations still persist, although this is still a subjective aspiration, not yet systematized." - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.) "He considered bolivia the final showdown between capitalism and communism. But Che did not merely want a new world; he also insisted on a whole new race of human beings to put into it. During the course of the guerrilla war against the Batista government, Che took over the town of Sancti Spiritus and immediately issued a series of edicts that sounded like Oliver Cromwell bossing the Irish around. He imposed regulations covering everything: sex, drinking, gambling. But as soon as his back was turned, what did the ungrateful, fun-loving Cubans do?" - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.) "Who set up Che in bolivia, the CIA or bourgeois coun-teragents in his own movement? The twentieth century was clearly the bubble phase of politics. The death toll was staggering—more than 100 million. In the United States, the Kennedy administration probably marked the high-water mark. Then came the Vietnam War, the war on poverty, and the war on drugs—all disasters—and the youthful eagerness for politics waned and was soon over. People looked around sheepishly, embarrassed. They prosecuted a few war criminals but generally wanted to think about other things. And then they moved on. To Mammon!" - William Bonner, Lila Rajiva, Mobs, Messiahs, and Markets: Surviving the Public Spectacle in Finance and Politics (Agora Series) (Get the book.)

"Distribution This rather cold-resistant species is distributed throughout the Andes, from Colombia to Ecuador, Peru, and bolivia and into southern Chile. It is usually found around 2,000 meters above sea level. On Chiloe, an island off the southern coast of Chile, it is found at altitudes as low as sea level. In Charazani, Cochabamba, and the area of La Paz (Bolivia), it is frequently cultivated as an ornamental (Bastein 1987, 114*). The subspecies Brugmansi sanguinea ssp." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.) "In recent years, the governments of bolivia and Peru have been working to have coca products legalized around the world. The discussions, however, continue to make a moral dichotomy between "good coca" and "bad cocaine" (Cabieses 1985; Henman 1990). Distribution The coca bush [coca variety) is originally from the rain forests on the mountain slopes of Peru and bolivia, the so-called yungas (Schroder 1991, 112*). It is found at altitudes of up to 2,000 meters, although it is most often cultivated between 500 and 1,500 meters." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.) "Bolivian coca (humid mountain regions from Ecuador to bolivia) Erythroxylum coca var. ipadu Plowman—ipadii, Amazonian coca (tropical lowlands, Amazonia) Synonyms Erythroxylon coca Lam.129 Erythroxylon peruvianum Prescott (= E. coca var. coca) Erythroxylum holivianum Burck (= E. coca var. coca) Erythroxylum peruvianum Prescott (= E. coca var. coca) Folk Names Erythroxylum coca var." - Christian Ratsch, The Encyclopedia of Psychoactive Plants: Ethnopharmacology and Its Applications (Get the book.)

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