Natalie Myking writes for The Channels: SBCC Spanish students to study and live with families in Bolivia City College’s most affordable study abroad program will host students during the 2018-2019 Winter intersession in Cochabamba, Bolivia to study Spanish language. Any level of Spanish speaker is welcome to embark on this adventure in Bolivia as students…
Month: May 2018
UDABOL’s honorary degrees casts shame on the academia!
Ridiculous and out-of-place and circumstance was the political sign this guy showed at such “ceremony,” this university is a total shame and insult to their students … nothing but cheap politics …. This cartoon from Pagina Siete is self-explanatory: The above comments belong to Bolivian Thoughts. Pagina Siete reports: Doctor honoris causa The honorary…
Our Bufeo, dolphin of the Amazon basin is in danger of extinction!
El Deber reports: ALERT The dolphins of the Amazon basin are in danger of extinction According to one study, the number of these aquatic mammals is halved every decade. Populations of freshwater dolphins in the Amazon basin are declining steeply at a disheartening pace: the number of these aquatic mammals is halved every decade. These…
Resurrection in Ñaurenda, Bolivia
Just a note regarding the Chaco: peanuts originated in this area, did you know? Opinion made by Bolivian Thoughts. Maura McCarthy writes for the Global Sisters Report: Resurrection in Ñaurenda, Bolivia Guaraní people from 36 communities in Bolivia came together for a fiesta. Here they are dancing the atiku. (Maura McCarthy) The Guaraní called today’s…
The Chiquitania: Tropical Important Plant Areas in Bolivia
A very diverse region, it is worth noting that a gas pipeline crosses this region, from San Jose de Chiquitos to San Marias, en route to Cuiaba, Brazil. The Bolivian portion of that pipeline was the first one in Bolivia to have been reforested with indigenous species, a superb work made by the Museo de…
evo MUST NOT get away with this: Business confiscation law
A worrisome yet superbly-written Editorial by Pagina Siete: Business confiscation law President Evo Morales feels compelled, every 1st of May, to make a “gift” to the workers. In this order, he has made a long series of nationalizations (except the railroads, which are in the hands of the Venezuelan businessman Carlos Gil), and has announced…
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