El Diario reports: Cerro Rico de Potosí sinks in 60 meters The Cerro Rico de Potosí recorded a sinking of magnitude at the top of the mountain that has a radius of 30 meters and a depth of 60 meters. This situation occurs prior to the visit of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural…
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Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 for Bolivia
A report made by the World Economic Forum: Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017 for Bolivia [To understand how to read this two-page report, please read first the description and then look at that portion of the report] LEFT-HAND PAGE The left-hand page is divided into three sections: 1. Key indicators This section presents several…
Bolivian Birds 101: An illustrated guide brings together 1,435 species of birds
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: An illustrated guide brings together 1,435 species of birds After 11 years of work the book Aves de Bolivia [Birds of Bolivia] is presented, an achievement that fills a scientific vacuum in this field, which promotes conservation and ornithological tourism in the country. Bolivia is the fifth country with…
Scientist Discoverer of Quinua Genome Invited to Bolivia
Prensa Latina reports: Scientist Discoverer of Quinua Genome Invited to Bolivia La Paz, Apr 28 (Prensa Latina) The International Quinua Center (CIQ in Spanish) invited the U.S. scientist Eric Allen, discoverer of the quinua genome to offer an international master lectura on the cereal, informed the executive director of the institution, Edgar Solis. Allen will…
Seven years imprisonment of the owner of a mining company for polluting Pilcomayo river
ANF reports via Los Tiempos: Seven years imprisonment of the owner of a mining company for pollution The court determined that the owner of the mining company “Santiago Apóstol Silver & Tin”, Mario Jorge Cano Cruz, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment at the prison in Cantumarca de Potosí for committing crimes against public health…
Salero: The life of a Bolivian salt gatherer
Al-Jazeera reports: Salero: The life of a Bolivian salt gatherer A salt gatherer becomes a link to the old world when Bolivia embarks on a plan to mine lithium from the Uyuni salt flat. Moises Chambi Yucra is one of the last remaining salt gatherers in the world’s largest salt flats of Salar de Uyuni…
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