Kenneth Dickerman and Photo editor Simone Francescangeli for The Washington Post: “El Tio” and a miner. “El Tio” is a miner’s god that presides over every tunnel entrance. Every day, miners offer him coca leaves, cigarettes and alcohol, hoping it will bring good fortune. (Simone Francescangeli) Any celebration is a good opportunity to drink and forget miners’ living…
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Bolivia flunks big time! Fires: 3,366 hot spots were detected
Valeria Endara reports for El Dia: Only in this month Report. Only between Saturday and Sunday were detected 676 red dots. The municipality of San José is the most affected. Due to the fires that are registered in the department, a slight smoke reached the capital of Santa Cruz. According to the Report of the…
Bolivian woman thought to be the world’s oldest person at nearly 118 says she loves eating cakes, singing folk songs and playing with her chickens
Press Association for Daily Mail Online: Julia Flores Colque, from Sacaba, in the Andean mountains in Bolivia, is 117 years and ten months old Ms Flores Colque’s national identity card says she was born in a mining camp on October 26, 1900 Her date of birth makes her the oldest woman in Bolivia, and perhaps the…
The reasons why women’s football in Bolivia is on the rise
Alicia Povey reports for besoccer.dom: After demonstrating their passion on the pitch, 30 Bolivian girls stood out among hundreds of women to be part of the professional team of a top club, the Tigre de La Paz. The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) requires that all teams have a female squad so that clubs can attend the…
Bolivia is not inmune to bad, unethical business: plastic rice has arrived!
We as consumers must now be more alert than ever. Smuggling and lack of control from proper authorities makes us extremely vulnerable. Beware! The above is the opinion of Bolivian Thoughts. El Diario reports: They removed the product from “Vicuña” market They denounced marketing of “plastic rice” in Potosí According to a note published in…
Creating Business Alliances Around Bolivian Quinoa
Alison Taylor reports for Sustainable Brands: Creating Business Alliances Around Bolivian Quinoa When multiple layers of the supply chain work together, transformation is most effective. At Archer Daniels Midland Company, we have seen this firsthand, through providing financial and other support to improve the lives of quinoa farmers in Bolivia. Together with our partner, Andean Naturals; and…
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