Stephanie Rose writes about her experience: Tucked away in one of the highest elevated cities in the Andes Mountains, La Paz, Bolivia is a mecca for extreme sports gurus. Its scenic views attract runners and bikers from afar. Its high altitude and unpredictable weather create the toughest challenges for even the most elite…
Month: November 2014
Potosi and its 204 years of independence!
Pagina Siete reports about Potosi and I just included excerpts from it. I wanted to be known that yesterday was an important day in our independence: … Potosi is celebrating the 204 years of its uprising against the royal troops and … … War for Independence began on November 10, 1810. Emancipation movements that started…
Transportation and illegal logging increases the carbon footprint in Bolivia
Miguel Roca reports for El Deber: Transport and illegal logging increases the carbon footprint in Bolivia The vehicle fleet and the expansion of the agricultural frontier, among others, increase the emission of greenhouse gases that create the footprint carbono.Valeria Revilla, technical manager of Environmental Services Bolivia, reported that the per capita carbon footprint generated Bolivia…
Coca impoverishes agriculture
An Editorial from El Diario: Coca impoverishes agriculture Many regions in the Yungas of La Paz and several places that have valleys and headwaters of the valley, have been victims of coca, -when the plant is excedentario [in excess]- when used to manufacture cocaine. Los Yungas region has traditionally been a producer of vegetables, coffee,…
Totora, Bolivia’s architectural gem
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: Totora, Bolivia’s architectural gem With its colonial houses -some abandoned after the earthquake in May 1998- Totora lives its present. The jewel of colonial and republican architecture evokes among its nearly empty streets and rooftops of their old buildings a warm story suspended in time. With houses 400…
The Bolivian fiasco of the vote abroad…
Carlos Cordero writes in El Deber: The Bolivian fiasco of the vote abroad Long before the completion of the October elections, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal spokesmen said they anticipated enrollment in the external electoral roll of 660,000 Bolivians living in 33 countries. In some illuminated heads in the government team, had occurred them that it…
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