Just a note regarding the Chaco: peanuts originated in this area, did you know? Opinion made by Bolivian Thoughts. Maura McCarthy writes for the Global Sisters Report: Resurrection in Ñaurenda, Bolivia Guaraní people from 36 communities in Bolivia came together for a fiesta. Here they are dancing the atiku. (Maura McCarthy) The Guaraní called today’s…
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The Chiquitania: Tropical Important Plant Areas in Bolivia
A very diverse region, it is worth noting that a gas pipeline crosses this region, from San Jose de Chiquitos to San Marias, en route to Cuiaba, Brazil. The Bolivian portion of that pipeline was the first one in Bolivia to have been reforested with indigenous species, a superb work made by the Museo de…
evo MUST NOT get away with this: Business confiscation law
A worrisome yet superbly-written Editorial by Pagina Siete: Business confiscation law President Evo Morales feels compelled, every 1st of May, to make a “gift” to the workers. In this order, he has made a long series of nationalizations (except the railroads, which are in the hands of the Venezuelan businessman Carlos Gil), and has announced…
Bolivia export loses …
El Diario reports: For lack of foreign policy Bolivia loses in export • According to IBCE, the great pending chapter for the country is the competitiveness posed by globalization The country loses ground in terms of sales and is isolated in export issues due to the absence of a foreign policy to integrate the economic…
A Small School In Bolivia Is A Model For Sustainable Living Using Solar & Rainwater Capture
Kyle Field reports for Clean Technica: A Small School In Bolivia Is A Model For Sustainable Living Using Solar & Rainwater Capture The Power of an Idea “Innovation is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” Thomas Edison Change starts with a single idea. Most ideas are kept inside, never to be set free, but the occasional…
Bolivian Flight Attendant Who Survived Plane Crash Now a Model and Author
Latin American Herald Tribune reports: Bolivian Flight Attendant Who Survived Plane Crash Now a Model and Author LA PAZ – Former Bolivian flight attendant Ximena Suarez, the only woman to survive the 2016 crash of an airliner carrying Brazil’s Chapacoense soccer club, now parades down catwalks as a model and plans to publish a second…
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