Ivelisse Santos reports for El Caribe: The cuisine of Bolivia and its good taste The potato is one of the basic products of Bolivian cuisine. The country has more than 200 species. The cuisine of Bolivia is known for its great variety of dishes, which differ from zone to zone. With indigenous and Spanish roots,…
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Rotary provides water to impoverished communities in Bolivia
Megan Thorstad reports for Sun Post: Rotary provides water to impoverished communities in Bolivia New Hope, Crystal, Robbinsdale club assists in international project The Crystal-New Hope-Robbinsdale Rotary Club recently made a financial contribution to Mano a Mano International for the construction of farm ponds along the Mizque River in the Omereque region of Bolivia. The…
Why is Bolivia’s most famous ointment called Mentisan?
Miguel Angel Melendres reports for El Deber: Why is Bolivia’s most famous ointment called Mentisan? To commemorate its 80 years of life, 300,000 units of this ointment have been put on sale in a replica of its first container. Produced by INTI laboratory, Mentisan celebrates 80 years as the ointment that remains in Bolivian families…
The Paradox of the Women of La Paz
Jada Yuan reports for The New York Times: Place 9 of 52: The Paradox of the Women of La Paz I never imagined that my main takeaway from the Bolivian city, where women have struggled for equality, would be one of female empowerment — thanks to everyone from chefs to wrestlers. Maybe it was oxygen deprivation,…
Bolivia’s negative side: alcohol consumption among ALL social classes …
Our alcoholism problem is not tackled properly, unlike Americans, we do not openly speak about our addictions and seek support … in most cases, the family tries to cover the issue and the downward spiral goes on an on. No social class is exempt from this uncontrolled, and sometimes sponsored consumption. We include alcohol in…
Bolivia reaffirms its lead in racquetball, we bathed in gold!
Nothing better than great news to start the week, even more so when coming from Chile! Kudos to these wonderful Bolivian racquetball players! The above is the happy opinion of Bolivian Thoughts, so I welcome them to The Hall Of Bolivian Fame! El Diario reports: Pan American Championship Bolivia bathed in gold in racquet The…
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