Francesca Gillett reports for Evening Standard: British pensioner Rod Keates burnt alive in Bolivia after falling into boiling mud near geyser A British pensioner has died on holiday in Bolivia after he fell into boiling hot liquid mud and was burnt alive. The 71-year-old retired magistrate was photographing geysers in the south American country when…
Month: November 2016
PAHO recommends Bolivian women delay pregnancy to avoid Zika
Xinhua net reports [pics found in the internet]: PAHO recommends Bolivian women delay pregnancy to avoid Zika LA PAZ, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — Women in regions of Bolivia affected by Zika virus should delay pregnancies to avoid microcephaly cases in newborns, recommended the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday. Fernando Leanes, PAHO representative in…
Some Bolivians carry human skulls asking for favors
Reuters reports via CBS News: Bolivians carry human skulls asking for favors LA PAZ, Bolivia — Hundreds of Bolivians have carried human skulls adorned with flowers to a cemetery in the capital city of La Paz, asking for health, money, love and other favors. The devotees brought the skulls known as “natitas” for a short…
Massive Lake Discovered Under Volcano in Bolivia
Prensa Latina reports; Massive Lake Discovered Under Volcano in Bolivia London,Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) Scientists from the University of Bristol have discovered a huge magmatic lake, 15 kilometres below a dormant volcano in Bolivia, South America. The body of water, which is dissolved into partially molten rock at a temperature of almost 1,000 degrees Celsius,…
Delusions of grandeur or simply a sickening evo?!
El Dia reports via hoybolivia.com: Seen as sickening the ambitioned re-election of Evo Morales EL DIA.- The ambition of President Evo Morales, for a new election is already “sick” and has reached an end of the self-devaluation of the leaders of the Movement to the Socialism (MAS), who do not feel able to succeed him,…
Peru ready to help Bolivia with access to Pacific
EFE reports in Latino Fox News: Peru ready to help Bolivia with access to Pacific SUCRE – Bolivian President Evo Morales and Peru’s Pedro Pablo Kuczynski agreed here Friday on a program that promises to give landlocked Bolivia access to the Pacific Ocean. One major element of the plan calls for including Bolivia on the…
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