A Visit to Sajama, Bolivia

Shreeya Joshi reports via GlacierHub: Photo Friday: A Visit to Sajama, Bolivia This Photo Friday, journey to Sajama, Bolivia, through photos taken by Karina Yager, a professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, on her recent trip to the country. Joining two Bolivian scientists, Rosa Isela Meneses and Humber Alberto, from the Bolivian…

The Paradox of the Women of La Paz

Jada Yuan reports for The New York Times: Place 9 of 52: The Paradox of the Women of La Paz I never imagined that my main takeaway from the Bolivian city, where women have struggled for equality, would be one of female empowerment — thanks to everyone from chefs to wrestlers. Maybe it was oxygen deprivation,…

ABC warns that seven road stretches in Beni and La Paz are impassable

To watch an updated map of road conditions for Bolivia, use the link at the bottom: Fides reports: ABC warns that seven road stretches in Beni and La Paz are impassable The road maintenance technician of the Bolivian Road Administration (ABC), Cristian Mendieta, informed on Monday that at the moment there are seven stretches affected…

Bolivia and Peru are failing horrendously with Lake Titicaca, WTH!!!?

El Diario reports: Community members afflicted by stain in Titicaca The community members of the extensive body of water near Pata Patani Island, south of the sacred lake, are distressed because a stain appeared that was possibly caused by environmental pollution. The fact resembles what happened in 2015, when a contaminated “stain” of water, but…

Bolivian Prosecutor’s office is a declared enemy of our biodiversity!

El Diario reports: Prosecutor would not open case for illegal sale of vicuña fiber   The Environmental Forestry Police (Pofoma) denounced that the Prosecutor’s Office did not want to receive the report for the illegal sale of vicuña fiber, a species in danger of extinction. “When we detained this person (Elena M) and we sent…