Castaña = Brazil nut

El Diario: Bolivia stands out in Brazil nut exports Bolivia has established itself as the world’s leading chestnut [mostly known as Brazil nut] exporter since 2001, achieving a 50% share of the world market in the last administration, thus accumulating 20 years of primacy in the world market, according to the Bolivian Institute of Foreign…

Fuego/Fire – Noel Kempff Mercado Park

Lourdes Molina, El Deber: The fire enters the Noel Kempff Mercado Park The fire is located on a plateau that is difficult to access. Brigades mobilized to design fire fighting strategies The forest fires do not let up and now they have begun to affect the forest reserves. Yesterday a fire was reported in the…

Qhochala chola hat | Sombrero de chola qhochala

Violeta Soria, Opinion: The qhochala chola hat survives in time; women from 5 municipalities bet on him “It still exists!” Exclaims a woman who passes by the sidewalk of Estaban Arce street almost Jordan, where the Boston hat shop exposes it behind her window. The traditional hat of the Cochabamba chola, the one with a…

Birdwatching – Aviturismo

Marcelo Arze, Opinion: Can birdwatching fly in Bolivia? Bolivia is a country with great potential to attract the world’s bird watchers and needs to develop a strategy to conquer this market that moves millions of dollars annually in the world. Being in the continent of birds, and having territory both in the tropical Andes and…

Blue-bearded Macaw – Paraba Barba Azul

Rocio Lloret, Página Siete: The Blue-bearded Macaw scores a win over an illegal settlement in its habitat A group entered the private reserve dedicated to the conservation of the species that is only in Bolivia and is in critical danger of extinction. INRA ordered the eviction. The Barba Azul Nature Reserve is like an island…

Moscoso: WORLD RACQUETBALL WORLD CUP – CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE RAQUETBOL

Página Siete: THE CHUQUISAQUEÑO WON THE TITLE OF THE WORLD RACQUETBALL WORLD CUP, IN MEXICO Moscoso, the king of the world who worked eight years for the title “He had the possibility of going to other countries that offered him advantages, but despite begging for trips, he always chose Bolivia,” said the athlete’s father. “I’m…