Eli Leon writes for Israel Hayom: Files reveal Bolivian ‘tin baron’ saved 9,000 Jews from Nazis Decomposing documents discovered among trash shed new light on history of previously vilified mining tycoon Mauricio Hochschild • Files show he made efforts to save as many Jews as possible, including paying out of his own pocket for travel…
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Growing coca in Bolivia polluted our environment!
This cartoon from El Diario, depicts two people talking about questioning the fact that growing coca goes against Mother Nature. Coca crops, leaves, is used to make cocaine: damage sour soil, causes deforestation and lack of water. On top of that this government also threatens our environment y trying to push a dam in El Bala…
Cattle farmers worried about pending cases for slash-and-burning of previous years
Hoybolivia.com reports: Cattle farmers worried about pending cases for slash-and-burning of previous years Trinidad, (ABI) .- The manager of the Beni and Pando Cattle Raising Federation, Carmelo Arteaga, said on Monday that the sector is concerned about the pending processes that exist for slash-and-burning on their farms in past years. “There are concerns about some administrative…
Bolivia says February inflation was 0.38 percent
Reuters reports: Bolivia says February inflation was 0.38 percent Bolivian consumer prices rose 0.38 percent in February, the official National Statistics Institute said on Friday, marking an increase in inflation from 0.10 percent in January. Rising food and beverage prices led February’s increase. The South American natural gas exporting nation expects inflation of 5.03 percent…
Javier Sánchez: The work of a Bolivian tailor who arrived to Armani, Italy
Erbol reports via Pagina Siete: Javier Sánchez: The work of a Bolivian tailor who arrived to Armani, Italy The Bolivian took his work to Monte Napoleone Street, the most famous street in the world for fashion. Javier Sebastián Sánchez is a 46-year-old tailor from La Paz who left Bolivia to escape the economic crisis and…
Inside the vibrant suburb that looks like a video game: The $1million technicolour towers that are transforming a Bolivian city
Harriet Mallinson reports for MailOnLine and AFP: Inside the vibrant suburb that looks like a video game: The $1million technicolour towers that are transforming a Bolivian city Fluorescent-coloured walls tower for up to seven stories at an altitude of 13,000ft in the city of El Alto Called ‘cholets’ by the locals they were built by…
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