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…