UPDATE as of November 23, 2012: Wara won the second prize!! For that Spanish news, please click here! Congratulations to Wara Vargas!! and welcome to The Hall of Bolivian Fame; Anahi Cazas reports for Pagina Siete: American contest chose the work of Wara Vargas Bolivian is among the 20 best photographers in the region CREDIT:…
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UNESCO’s recommendation to take care of one of our best archaeological sites
It is not the first time that UNESCO gives recommendations, like they did for Potosi [cerro rico – “rich hill” which is still suffering deterioration] and for Tiahuanaco in 2010, please see this link for that earlier recommendation. Now in 2012 El Deber printed EFE report, here excerpts from that news: UNESCO encouraged Bolivia to hire…
Ana Maria Vera and Classic Bolivia Foundation
We are fortunate that Ana Maria Vera decided to stay in Bolivia for a longer period of time. She is pushing for the Classic Bolivia Foundation and to place our country in the international music arena. Pagina Siete reports: In an unforgettable evening, the famous Bolivian-Dutch pianist Ana Maria Vera dazzled El Alto audience with a…
Tambo Quirquincho, Bolivian architectonic treasure
It is a beautiful building and worth preserving, despite recent “political ideology” that pushes to curse, ban and forget our identity. We cannot deny our western civilization culture, our mestizo heritage and majority of the Bolivian population. La Prensa did a report on Tambo Quirquincho: During the colonial era, the Museum hosted the indigenous traders….
Rock Art Congress bring experts to Bolivia from five continents
Anahi Cazas reports for Pagina Siete: For the first time, 300 researchers from countries of America, Asia, Oceania, Europe and Africa will gather from June 25 -29 in La Paz in an Archaeology and Rock Art Congress. The meeting is organized as part of the activities of the celebration of the 25 years of the…
In Potosi: Cayara Hotel, 400 years of history
Alejandra Pau writes for Pagina Siete: Its five courtyards, dozens of corridors and hallways, its Chapel and rooms have passed families of the nobility and prominent figures in the history of the Alto Peru [colonial name of current Bolivia, the high Peru] and Bolivia during no less than four centuries. Hacienda Cayara is almost hidden…
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