Haxie MEYERS-BELKIN reports for France 24: to watch the video, please use link below: In Bolivia, dinosaur remains attract tourists from across the globe. A stone’s throw from the city of Sucre, a cliffside features the largest concentration of dinosaur footsteps in the world. But concerns over erosion have led park officials to seek UNESCO…
Month: February 2019
They discover the procedure to stop the deterioration of Samaipata rock
Pagina Siete reports: Experts in conservation-restoration will apply technology on the reliefs, so that the stone is regenerated and prevents the absorption of water, allowing the transpiration of the rock. The Fort of Samaipata receives 70,000 tourists every year, according to the local mayor’s office. Photo: Pinterest The largest carved stone in the world is…
So Much Gas, So Few Allies Spells Trouble in Populist Nation [evo, you’re done!]
Laura Millan Lombrana, Jonathan Gilbert, and Sabrina Valle report for Bloomberg: South America’s only successful populist government has triumphed largely thanks to the natural gas it exports to its neighbors. But that may soon be changing. Contracts with Bolivia’s biggest customers — Brazil and Argentina — are in the process of being renegotiated at a time when…
After failures to attract investments, what?
An Editorial from El Diario: The government, with a view to obtaining investments, on both the part of United States, England, Germany and Canada, organized meetings with businessmen and capitalists in each capital of those countries and tried to encourage them and give them assurances so that they invest financial capital, technology and human capital…
Pepino the Cucumber comes back to life as Bolivia kicks off carnival – 2019
Euro News reports [to watch the video, please use the bottom link]: Trumpets blare as people walk solemnly alongside a golden casket through the streets of South America’s highest capital, La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday (February 3), four weeks before carnival begins. Representing the spirit of carnival, the clownlike figure of Pepino, or cucumber in…
February 2019: If traveling by road in Bolivia, beware of this …
Pagina Siete reports: ABC reports eight closed sections in the country The Bolivian Road Administration (ABC) reported over the weekend that eight road stretches were closed to traffic due to landslides and floods. “The first section is Santa Barbara-Caranavi-Quiquibey, which at first has suffered several landslides at the height of what is Choro Alto, Choro…
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