El Diario reports: Irupana is the paradise for paragliding With the participation of at least 56 paragliders, began yesterday the national tournament “Irupanapente”, the same that will last until today [07/27/2014] in the city of Irupana. The intervention of three women and three international paragliding (one French, one American and one German) gives greater prominence…
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Environment 101: Four new tuco-tuco species found in Bolivia
Leslie Reed reports for the University of Nebraska – Lincoln: UNL scientist helps identify 4 new tuco-tuco species found in Bolivia Released on 07/18/2014, at 2:00 AM Office of University Communications University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, Neb., July 18th, 2014 — A research team led by Scott Gardner of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has identified four new…
Potosi, Bolivia just had the worst seism of the last 10 years
AFP reports in El Dia: No human or material damage The largest seism in 10 years in Bolivia was reported Wednesday July 23, 2014 in Potosi It had a magnitude of 5.5 was detected at a depth of 100 km, was located very close to the border with Chile. A seism of a magnitude 5.5…
UNICEF is alarmed by Bolivian law that lets 10 years old children work
El Deber reports from Spanish newspaper El Mundo: CHILD LABOR UNICEF is alarmed by Bolivian law that lets 10 years old children work UNICEF has expressed concern about the exceptions in the new Code of Children and Adolescents in Bolivia, which allows children to start working from 10 years on their own. In this sense, the international…
Bolivian pineapples, hearts of palm, and bananas make a difference in international trade
Juan Carlos Salinas reports for El Deber: Pineapples, hearts of palm, and bananas make a difference in international trade Despite the cold weather, a strangeness in the Cochabamba Tropics, the vans that carry workers to the banana productive centers are crowded. Isarzama and Ivirgarzama (Carrasco Province) are the operations center where acres and acres of…
How Venezuela “invaded” Brazilian skies to send guns to Bolivia’s coca gov
It is undeniable that current president of Bolivia has sworn loyalty first to his condition as the leader of the coca-growers of the Chapare, thus the title of this post, so that the acolytes of this gov does not have ideas to come after me… ;) It is sad and upsetting to watch how the…
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