Public safety: what is been done for Santa Cruz city?

This cartoon is from El Diario (11/28/11), a La Paz journal which also reflects what is happening regarding public safety in Santa Cruz and around our nation. El Mundo reports on social peace and public safety, for beautiful Santa Cruz city, summary follows (for full Spanish article, click link below; after the link, there is my…

Dengue kills three people in Cochabamba

HoyBolivia.com reports: The director of the departmental service of health (SEDES), Guido Sanchez, confirmed this Saturday the third dengue death in Cochabamba. “That person came from Ivirgarzama (Chapare) and died around noon Tuesday in the Viedma Hospital.” “We know that he was at least 10 days without medical care,” Sanchez reported. It was reported that dengue…

AIDS in Bolivia

This article appeared in La Razon, November 27, 2011; for full Spanish article, please check the link below, excerpts follow: Chart below shows the distribution of reported cases, by sex, by department, from 1984 to June 2011. A study of the social, political and economic context of people living with HIV in Bolivia, was made…

Visit beautiful Chiquitos, Santa Cruz

Tourism in Bolivia has TOO MUCH to offer, today I will talk about the dry forest in Chiquitos, Santa Cruz. El Deber has sponsored a trip for students, and I believe it is there for anyone to enjoy,  marvelous nature (beautiful pictures can be seen from the link below) we have so close to us,…