FP – JIJI reports for The Japan Times: In wake of WHO report, Bolivia touts llama as healthy alternative to beef AFP-JIJI TURCO, BOLIVIA – Danish chef Kamilla Seidler is carefully preparing steak tartare at Gustu, an upscale restaurant in the Bolivian capital of La Paz. But instead of the usual beef, she is making…
Month: March 2016
Bear left for dead gets new home in Bolivian refuge
CNN reports: Bear left for dead gets new home in Bolivian refuge By Marilia Brocchetto (CNN)A spectacled bear who had been brutally beaten has been given a second chance at life by Bolivian environmental authorities. [to watch the video, use the link at the bottom, thank you] The bear will soon be on his way…
A hundred years’ research of the Puerta del Sol
El Diario reports: A hundred years’ research of the Puerta del Sol A collection of national and foreign researchers made by Julio Cesar Velasquez, former Director of the National Museum of Archaeology, was reflected in the text entitled “Enigmatic Puerta del Sol, in a colossus and mysterious Tiwanaku,” dating back to 1890, date on which…
History 101: Potosi and the coins
Juan Jose Toro writes in El Deber: Potosi and the coins Potosi is known to habe been one of the most important cities of the Colony with its Cerro Rico [rich mountain]. True but insufficient. To understand what was Potosi, would have to say it was, in its time, the sum of London and New…
Bolivia must diversify its economy and production
El Diario reports: Bolivia must diversify its economy and production • Representatives and experts from the World Bank, IDB, CAF and ECLAC, meeting at the Government Palace, recommended to the national authorities to take prudential measures in economic issues, in addition to seeking other options in the international oil crisis and to evaluate issues of…
Singani export to the US increased by 60%
Pagina Siete reports: The SINGANI 63 brand is a success Singani export to the US increased by 60% Casa Real delights the palate of thousands of Americans since 2013. In 2015, the Casa Real winery from Tarija, celebrated the close of a successful year in sales in the US market, through the brand Singani 63,…
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