Juan Pablo Garcia reports for Pagina Siete: Tiwanaku rituals and gastronomic recipes are recovered The delivery of the document, which includes more than 70 recipes, was made yesterday with a typical apthapi, in which chuño, trout, quinoa, cheese and oca were tasted. The Food Gastronomic Integration Movement (MIGA) delivered a document with the inventory of…
Category: Environment
I had it with Facebook! – Me hartó el feis!
Escríbanme a @bolivianthought por favor. El feis por tercera vez me “sancionó” [congeló mi News Feed] y eso molesta y perjudica a nuestras libertades democráticas. Visítenme en Twitter, es más divertido, ágil y NO coarta nuestra libertad de expresión: @bolivianthought http://www.bolivianthoughts.com Please write to @bolivianthought. Facebook for the third time “sanctioned” me [freezing my News…
‘There’ll be war’ if Bolivia cuts coca growing, farmers warn [Should we say: narcotraffick will fund and want that war?!]
Maria Lorente, AFP reports via Yahoo News: Coroico (Bolivia) (AFP) – For the coca farmers of western Bolivia’s Las Yungas region, the loss of president Evo Morales — himself a one-time coca grower, and a champion of indigenous rights — is less worrying than the drop in price of their “holy leaf” crop. And the…
Tornado at 13,200 feet in Bolivia occurred at a higher altitude than any on record in the United States
The Washington Post: The tornado danced near the highest international airport in the world. A view of La Paz city from El Alto, with Illimani Mountain in the background, on Nov. 24. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP) By Matthew Cappucci December 9 at 3:51 PM A rare tornado touched down near the El Alto International Airport in Bolivia on…
Bolivia’s election could lead to a ruthless ‘elected dictatorship.’ But no one’s paying attention
Andres Oppenheimer writes for The Miami Herald, for the Spanish version, click here: President Evo Morales has twisted Bolivia’s constitution to allow him to run for a fourth term, despite term limits. AIZAR RALDES GETTY IMAGES Much of Latin America’s attention is focused on the Oct. 27 elections in Argentina and Uruguay. But there’s a scandalous election…
Laguna Verde – Lake’s emerald green waters
Atlas Obscura reports: Laguna Verde This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim. Laguna Verde lies in the extreme southwest of Bolivia, not far from the border with Chile. Depending on the strength of the winds, which whip up the water, minerals, and sediments within…
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