Pagina Siete sadly reports: Bolivia, among the 10 countries that deforest more With the 2025 Patriotic Agenda and its elevation to the rank of law, it is planned to reach 13 million hectares of arable land by 2025 and expand agricultural production to 45 million tons, according to the e-portal of the Center for Research…
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Bolivian Medicinal Plant Compound Shows Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Activity
Enrico de Lazaro reports for Science News: South American Medicinal Plant Compound Shows Anti-Cancer Stem Cell Activity Damsin, a natural compound isolated from the South American medicinal plant Ambrosia arborescens, has been found to inhibit the growth of cancer stem cells, according to new research. “Cancer stem cells can be considered as the most dangerous…
This Government has not only showed corruption levels but ineptness as well: keeps maintaining export quotas!
Mauricio Vasquez reports for El Deber: The Government defines at the end of the month whether it allows exports of sugar 20 days after the end of the harvest, Cruceño sugar mills have produced 9.7 million quintals of the product. The figure is 1.2 million quintals greater than that demanded by the domestic market. “We…
Bolivia: on top of the world and far from the madding crowd
Craig Tansley reports for Financial Review: Bolivia: on top of the world and far from the madding crowd “Forget everything you know about Chile… you’re in Bolivia now.” Guide Erich Hochhauser’s face looks so wind-worn you could crack walnuts on his cheekbones. Backpackers are huddling in tiny shelters beside the border checkpoint, a 90 km/h gale…
Bolivia wants to recover strawberry exports
Fresh Plaza reports: Bolivia wants to recover strawberry exports Five years ago Bolivia stopped exporting the “red gold” – this is what some growers in Comarapa call the strawberry. This fruit is very rich in flavor and in production because it is one of the few that gives fruit throughout the year. According to data…
Uyuni, Potosi Bolivia: Salt of the earth
Tim Johnson reports for The Globe and Mail Inc.: Salt of the earth Looking for an epic road trip? Tim Johnson finds one in the vast salt flats of Bolivia: a three-day adventure where every kilometre covered is 3,600 metres above sea level. If there’s a horizon line ahead, I don’t see it. Every time…
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