BBC: (Image credit: agefotostock/Alamy) By Shafik Meghji Dating back millennia and covering hundreds of square kilometres, these little-known ruins are changing perceptions of the Amazon and its ancient inhabitants. In a stretch of the Bolivian Amazon known as the Llanos de Moxos, the sultry port of Loma Suárez takes its name from a notorious rubber baron…
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They promote jewelry from the School of Silversmithing in Potosí | Promueven joyas de la Escuela de Platería en Potosí
El Potosi: Las piezas son elaboradas por los estudiantes que se forman en esta institución. | The pieces are made by the students who are trained in this institution. Las piezas son elaboradas por los estudiantes que se forman en esta institución. | The pieces are made by the students who are trained in this…
Bolivia: Anteater rescued from wildfires ravaging protected areas | Oso hormiguero rescatado de incendios forestales que asolan áreas protegidas
ABC, Reuters: Anteater rescued from wildfires ravaging protected areas in Bolivia Key points: Wildfires left around 14 hectares of terrain burnt across three different protected areas this week Annual forest fires in Bolivia have intensified in recent years Bolivia’s forests are home to jaguars, pumas, anteaters, night monkeys and countless other species Bolivian firefighters have rescued an anteater…
First Vaccination – Bolivia – Primera Vacuna
Juan Jose Toro, Los Tiempos The first vaccination In the days before and after the founding of Bolivia, Antonio José de Sucre was a tremendously busy man. His voluminous correspondence, greater than Bolívar’s at that time, shows that he was the one who carried the greatest weight in the organization of the country. Among his…
Urkupiña: Tradition and religious Faith | Tradición y Fé religiosa
Juan Clavijo, Los Tiempos: La imagen de Urkupiña. | Daniel James Urkupiña, the festival of national integration THE HISTORICAL The date of August 15 that has gained notoriety and great importance in several countries of the world. Festivity that coincides with the celebration of the foundation of COCHABAMBA, held on August 15, 1571 by Cap….
Pilcomayo in peril | Pilcomayo en peligro
Editorial, Página Siete: Stop killing the Pilcomayo It is not new that the waste from Potosi mining, especially that practiced by cooperative members without any control or ecological awareness, is contaminating the Pilcomayo River, a source of life and food that runs through no more and no less than three countries: Bolivia , Argentina and…
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