Nelfi Fernandez , El Deber: The 7 surprising facts you should know about Curichi La Madre, a protected area located 15 minutes from the heart of the capital of Santa Cruz It is a municipal area in whose surface of 49.8 hectares there are five bodies of water or curichis and where 225 species of…
Month: September 2022
Chinese Highway to Cause Environmental Damage | Autopista china causará daño ambiental
Julieta Pelcastre, DialogoAmericas: Quechua women walk in the outskirts of Potosí on June 24, 2014. The China Railway Group Limited will begin construction of a highway to link Potosí to Cochabamba in 2023, a project that may threaten nature and several archeological zones. | Mujeres quechuas caminan en las afueras de Potosí el 24 de…
Hot sauce – Llajua
EFE, Página Siete: “LlaqwART 2022” presents the six best llajuas in the country Olga Rojas from La Paz won first place in “fresh” and Saida Vargas from Beni in the “dry” category. A festival brought together this Sunday the best in the country in making llajua, the emblematic hot sauce that traditionally accompanies Bolivian meals…
Porcupine with serious burns | Puercoespín con graves quemaduras
Juan Manuel Ijurko, El Deber: They rescue a porcupine with serious burns in El Torno It takes about 30 days for the wounds to heal. A biologist keeps the female porcupine under surveillance to feed her and monitor her recovery The fire that started in El Torno alarmed many families who saw the flames approaching…
Volcanic soup – K’alapurka
Ryan Cashman, TastingTable: Volcanic Rocks Are The Key To This Traditional Bolivian Soup Many of us may be familiar with the European folktale of “Stone Soup.” According to William Rubel, in an essay written for Stone Soup Magazine, the origins of this folktale — in which a clever man outwits those around him who are…
Bad air quality | Mala calidad del aire
El Diario: Air quality is bad in the capital of Santa Cruz The general director of the Environment of the Santa Cruz Mayor’s Office, Ruddy Valverde, pointed out that the air quality in the capital city is bad, due to forest fires in nearby municipalities, so there is a risk that people will begin to…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 