Euro News reports, to watch the video use the link at the bottom: Paragliders in fancy-dress took to the skies over the Andes mountain range in Bolivia. Held in Irupana, a town in the Los Yungas province of Bolivia, the competition saw over 50 paragliders taking part from Brazil, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. The…
Month: August 2018
Bolivian woman thought to be the world’s oldest person at nearly 118 says she loves eating cakes, singing folk songs and playing with her chickens
Press Association for Daily Mail Online: Julia Flores Colque, from Sacaba, in the Andean mountains in Bolivia, is 117 years and ten months old Ms Flores Colque’s national identity card says she was born in a mining camp on October 26, 1900 Her date of birth makes her the oldest woman in Bolivia, and perhaps the…
The reasons why women’s football in Bolivia is on the rise
Alicia Povey reports for besoccer.dom: After demonstrating their passion on the pitch, 30 Bolivian girls stood out among hundreds of women to be part of the professional team of a top club, the Tigre de La Paz. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) requires that all teams have a female squad so that clubs can attend the…
Entrepreneurs say that Government intends to detract criticism
El Diario reports: ECLAC growth and forecasts The Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (Cepb), lamented that the Ministry of Economy intends to use a topic as sensitive as the ECLAC analysis on the state of the Latin American economy, as an argument to disqualify the claim of the private sector on the accuracy of…
Evo Morales, indigenous icon, loses support among Bolivia’s native people
Caroline Stauffer reports for Reuters: DWINDLING SUPPORT: President Evo Morales once enjoyed the backing of most of Bolivia’s native peoples. But after 12 years in office, and judicial plays to end term limits, many indigenous Bolivians are now wary of Morales. REUTERS/David Mercado CHARAGUA, Bolivia—In 12 years as president of South America’s poorest country, Evo…
11 curious facts that you did not know about Bolivia
Bolivia .com reports: Surely many of these data are unknown to you and today are presented. With a population of about 10.5 million inhabitants and its large area, Bolivia is one of the countries in Latin America with the lowest population density. But before telling you all the details, Bolivia.com decided to show 11 curiosities…
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