Los Tiempos reports: PENDING A STUDY TO DETERMINE IF THE BOLIVIAN BANANA IS ELIGIBLE Banana producers are working on new markets in border cities with Brazil For over a month ago a private consultant manages the opening of new markets in four to five border cities in Brazil on behalf of the Union of Banana…
Category: Cochabamba
Gian-Carla Tisera: The Bolivian who conquered New York with a Tinku opera
Milen Saavedra reports for Pagina Siete: GIAN-CARLA Tisera, PRODUCER AND COMPOSER from Cochabamba The Bolivian who conquered New York with a Tinku opera The artist remembers the beginning of her career and motivation to explore the fusion of Bolivian rhythms with classical music. Six years ago the singer and Bolivian composer Gian-Carla Tisera moved to…
Forestry 101: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia
The following Executive Summary is from an excellent document produced by the Center for International Forestry Research, CIFOR, for the whole document, please use the link below: The context of deforestation and forest degradation in Bolivia Drivers, agents and institutions Robert Müller – Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Pablo Pacheco – Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) Juan Carlos Montero – Universidad de…
Current Bolivian central gov continues its political persecution, enough!
ANF reports in El Diario: Leopoldo Fernández: “They want me guilty” Almost two years of house arrest, the former prefect of Pando, Leopoldo Fernández, yesterday [11/23/2014] declared that “the government wants me guilty for the Porvenir case, so that the truth of the situation on the clashes that took the lives of 13 people and dozens…
Totora, Bolivia’s architectural gem
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: Totora, Bolivia’s architectural gem With its colonial houses -some abandoned after the earthquake in May 1998- Totora lives its present. The jewel of colonial and republican architecture evokes among its nearly empty streets and rooftops of their old buildings a warm story suspended in time. With houses 400…
Bolivia’s Narco State Now Out in the Open
Roberto Ortiz writes in the blog of the Panam Post: Bolivia’s Narco State Now Out in the Open International Warnings Do Little to Temper Drug-Trafficking Haven Roberto Ortiz October 27, 2014 at 4:24 pm One year ago, in October 2013, I wrote “Bolivia, the Narco-Trafficker’s Paradise,” published in El Deber and El Dia. My article…
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