El Dia reports: Chia processing plant was inaugurated Company. The event: Argentina executives were present. New investments coming to town. With great fanfare the first processing plant in Bolivia for chia, which has the technology necessary for the conditioning of this seed was inaugurated. … It is located on kilometer 12 to the road of…
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Tourism: Irupana is the paradise for paragliding
El Diario reports: Irupana is the paradise for paragliding With the participation of at least 56 paragliders, began yesterday the national tournament “Irupanapente”, the same that will last until today [07/27/2014] in the city of Irupana. The intervention of three women and three international paragliding (one French, one American and one German) gives greater prominence…
Environment 101: Four new tuco-tuco species found in Bolivia
Leslie Reed reports for the University of Nebraska – Lincoln: UNL scientist helps identify 4 new tuco-tuco species found in Bolivia Released on 07/18/2014, at 2:00 AM Office of University Communications University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, Neb., July 18th, 2014 — A research team led by Scott Gardner of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has identified four new…
Potosi, Bolivia just had the worst seism of the last 10 years
AFP reports in El Dia: No human or material damage The largest seism in 10 years in Bolivia was reported Wednesday July 23, 2014 in Potosi It had a magnitude of 5.5 was detected at a depth of 100 km, was located very close to the border with Chile. A seism of a magnitude 5.5…
Bolivian pineapples, hearts of palm, and bananas make a difference in international trade
Juan Carlos Salinas reports for El Deber: Pineapples, hearts of palm, and bananas make a difference in international trade Despite the cold weather, a strangeness in the Cochabamba Tropics, the vans that carry workers to the banana productive centers are crowded. Isarzama and Ivirgarzama (Carrasco Province) are the operations center where acres and acres of…
Will Argentina stop paying for our gas, one more time?!
Carlos Miranda writes in Pagina Siete: SPEAKING OF ENERGY Good buyer, but bad payer Argentina was our first buyer of natural gas in large volumes and for long-term. YPFB inherited that contract with fixed prices. As soon took over that condition changed. Argentina refused to agree on a formula for automatic settings. They preferred to…
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