From Redorbit and El Deber: Two news about the wonders that we have in beautiful Salar de Uyuni!! Bacteria From Salar De Uyuni In Bolivia Conceal Bioplastic In Bolivia, in the largest continuous salt desert in the world, researchers from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia have found a bacterium that stores large amounts of PHB,…
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Bolivian Corruption 101: Where Bolivia falls under the 2013 Corruption Barometer?
This post is longer than usual, it has Reuters’ worldwide news, followed by Bolivia’s data: Crisis of confidence in government handling of corruption, survey shows By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN | Tue Jul 9, 2013 11:10am IST (Reuters) – A majority of people worldwide believes corruption has worsened in the last two years and they see governments as…
Bolivian chuno and tunta [which are processed potato] have interesting properties against diabetes and overweight!
Tatiana Sanabria reports for Pagina Siete: Chuño and tunta may decrease the level of glucose in the blood Science: a group of Bolivian researchers analyzed resistant starch in 52 samples of potato, chuño [sometimes de ñ does not show, is the n with the – on top, Spanish alphabet] and tunta in two communities of…
Bolivian Food 101 – A culinary tour of Bolivia: cooking with altitude
I found this excellent article through a friend in FB, superbly written and which I reproduce in its entirety: From Ed Stoker, The Guardian: A culinary tour of Bolivia: cooking with altitude Bolivia is hardly known for its foodie scene but that hasn’t stopped the founder of one of the world’s best restaurants opening an…
Bolivian innovation: Uma Luna produces soaps of quinoa, cañawa and amaranth
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: Excerpts follow, and for the full Spanish article, please go to the end of this post, thank you. Uma Luna produces soaps of quinoa, cañawa and amaranth NEW. An entrepreneur promotes these ecological and healthy products with three powerful grains of the Andes. The subtle scents perfume all the…
Bolivian great webpage provides health advice for free to the world!
From time to time I have the pleasure to present great Bolivian websites to the world! This time is in a very need field: health! The Medicoensudomicilio.com is well done, has reached hundreds of people, here some excerpts from its website and an Spanish article from Pagina Siete: Their Mission and Vision are: MedicoensuDomicilio.com Mission:…
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