Alasita, the La Paz party who wandered all over the city

Randy Chavez reports for Pagina Siete: Alasita, the La Paz party who wandered all over the city It started in Churumbamba, with the indigenous people, arrived in San Francisco and even the Plaza Murillo. Before the Spanish arrived to the Chuquiago valley, what is now the city of La Paz, the Aymara and Quechua Indians…

Bolivia’s growing gourmet scene: Welcome to the high life in the Andes

The Independent reports: Bolivia’s growing gourmet scene: Welcome to the high life in the Andes ​’Bolivia’ and ‘gourmet’ are two words seldom seen together. Not any more, says Sarah Gilbert Tender pork neck, millefeuille of crackling, the sweetness of peaches offset by the tang of red chillies. All washed down with a spicy local syrah….

Solid reasons to oppose Dakar happening in Bolivia, NO more!

A great awaited Editorial from Pagina Siete: Reasons to oppose Dakar These days concludes the 2016 Dakar Rally in Argentina, where it arrived last weekend, the winners will be announced and there will be assessment of the success of this competition … the success of the participants, because, as it has been established in the…

Under ruling government: Doubtful “economic stability”

A very clear Editorial from El Diario: Doubtful “economic stability” The economic stability of the country is a matter of great concern to citizens and while some say that it is “reinforced” and will last long, others less optimistic argue that it is more fragile than glass and will break on the short than the…

Bolivia faces crisis on hydrocarbon production levels

El Diario reports: According to analysts Bolivia faces reserves’ crisis The 2016-2020 National Development Plan proposes to increase hydrocarbon production levels, to mitigate “any reduction in international prices”, which was questioned by analysts Guillermo Torres and Marco Gandarillas, on the understanding that the country has no new fields and to discover them for further exploitation…

Genetically modified crops spark controversy in Bolivia

Carlos Heras, EFE reports for FoxNews Latino: Genetically modified crops spark controversy in Bolivia Agriculture, which accounts for about 15 percent of Bolivia’s gross domestic product, is at the center of a controversy over genetically modified crops, with the government limiting the use of transgenic seeds to soybeans and farmers demanding expanded use to increase…