Christian Peña y Lillo reports for El Deber: Jigote, the revolution that seeks to change attitudes The Bronze Patujú award was received for their work, begun in 2013, to make the city a more friendly, tidy, clean, safe and respectful place. In June, this year, the Jigote Revolution citizen movement completed its first year, of…
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Meet Chile’s aggression: land mines continue at the border!
El Diario reports: Chile fails to meet deadline for demining at the border The demining process should have been completed in 2011 by determination of the Ottawa Convention, but progress is slow, said Defense Minister Ruben Saavedra. Chile only have defused 25% of the explosives, according to Senator Ignacio Mendoza. Given the limited progress on demining…
Bolivian student creates 3D printer that uses PET bottles to operate
Laura Alba reports for Pagina Siete. Photos by: Freddy Barragan: THIS IS HIS GRADE PROJECT TO RECEIVE HIS DEGREE FROM UMSA Student creates 3D printer that uses PET bottles to operate The construction of the device lasted a year, and the cost of the printer is between Bs400 and Bs500 [around $71]. Within UMSA, there…
Guabirá won the triple seal of social responsibility
Wendy Pinto reports for Pagina Siete: INTENDED TO ACHIEVE AN INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION Guabirá won the triple seal of social responsibility The triple seal ensures that the product of the sugar company is free from child labor, discrimination and forced labor. The Bolivian Institute for Standards and Quality (Ibnorca), in coordination with the Bolivian Institute of…
Speaking of recycling paper… good to know!
Yuri Rios writes in El Diario, 11/25/2014: Speaking of recycling paper The years of reading have its consequence. And I do not mean just reading books but also newspapers or periodicals from local and national circulation, which over time were inexorably accumulating. Sections worthy to be collected as supplements and magazines were retained, while the…
Bolivian Politics 101: Failed socialism is a hundred years old
Luis Antezana writes in El Diario: Failed socialism is a hundred years old The history of failed socialism has numerous details and a long history that must be taken into account in the observation and analysis of Bolivian politics. This study may be valuable for orientation amid the vicissitudes of this ideology in the course…
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