Paola Flores, Associated Press reports for ABC News: Bolivia’s midwives help reduce maternal mortality Mariana Limachi left the hospital in this high Andes city in tears after a doctor told her she needed a C-section because the umbilical cord was wrapped around her 8-month fetus. Instead, she turned for help to a highly respected figure…
Category: Bolivia
Indigenous of the TIPNIS declared themselves in alert because of a change in the law
Miguel Melendres reports for El Deber: Indigenous of the TIPNIS declared themselves in alert because of a law Proponents of the TIONIS declare emergency and ask for support. Officials from the Indigenous Territory and Isiboro Sécure National Park (TIPNIS) declared themselves in emergency due to the approval of the Amazon Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, the…
Oshkosh Corporation Delivers Three Striker ARFFs to Bolivia
Oshkosh Airport Products reports in Firehouse.com: Oshkosh Corporation Delivers Three Striker ARFFs to Bolivia Oshkosh Airport Products is delivering three more Oshkosh® Striker® 6 X 6 aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles to airports administered and operated by Servicios Aeroportuarios Bolivianos S.A. (SABSA) for the country of Bolivia. Shown here are firefighters from Viru…
Climate change: The tajibos of the streets of Santa Cruz are stressed
Juan Pablo Pimentel reports for El Deber: The tajibos of the streets of Santa Cruz are stressed Pink and yellow flowers bloomed at the same time, a beautiful show, but that is irregular. The pink tajibo [Tabebuia chrysantha (araguaney or yellow ipê)] was late in blooming. It was the driest July [2017] of the last…
Where does Bolivia stand after 192 years of independence?
To understand our nightmare, what better than these cartoons [08/01/2017] from national newspapers? This is from El Deber, reflects how much we care of our environment … Santa Cruz city this time of the year is sad, full of smoke out of the stupid believe that lash and burning do good to agriculture … This…
The Challenge of Preserving the Last Jesuit Missions in South America
Latin American Herald Tribune reports: The Challenge of Preserving the Last Jesuit Missions in South America LA PAZ – Located in the lower eastern zone of Bolivia, far from the arid altiplano, among huge haciendas and isolated communities, are the last functioning Jesuit missions in the Southern Cone, those that survived destruction after the expulsion…
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