Al-Jazeera reports: Snow of the Andes: Bolivia’s Coca Dilemma Bolivia fights to maintain its traditional use of the coca leaf as drug trafficking threatens national customs. Bolivia is the third largest coca and cocaine producer in the world. The country has a long history of using the coca plant for many of its traditional medicines,…
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We pray for our Cardinal Julio Terrazas – Rezamos por nuestro Cardenal Julio Terrazas
Hoy, solo rezamos y oramos por la salud de nuestro querido Cardenal Julio Terrazas. Today, we just pray for the health of our beloved Cardinal Julio Terrazas.
Bolivian Foundations offer panettone, cards and raffles for 2015 Christmas!
Leyla Mendieta reports for El Dia: Campaigns on Christmas season Foundations offer panettone, cards and raffles Solidarity. The main reasons for organizing these activities are raising funds for the payment of the 2nd christmas bonus [demagogue offer of ruling political party, just to keep in power] and to sustain these centers. Down Syndrome Foundation (Fusindo),…
Bolivian Jenny Quisbert wins international competition!
El Diario reports: Young alteña wins international competition The first place of the contest Leachate Treatment Systems for Landfill, held in Santiago, Chile, was occupied by Jenny Quisbert, who at 23-year-old, won $40 million dollars for the implementation of the project in El Alto. The young alteña [born in El Alto city] is in her…
Beekeepers are ready to export honey to Germany
Oswaldo Ramos reports for El Deber: Beekeepers are ready to export honey to Germany In the Germanic country, at the Anuga fair, three types of honey were preented: Chiquitano, Chaco and tropical. The Beekeepers Association of Santa Cruz (ADAPICRUZ) achieved a commitment to place on the German market an annual total of 50 tons of…
UNESCO/ Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Sciences Research in LAC: Manuel Olivera Andrade
UNESCO reports: Manuel Olivera Andrade: Young researchers must make their voices heard Manuel Olivera Andrade, young Bolivian researcher, receives the UNESCO/Juan Bosch Prize for the Promotion of Social Science Research in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Monday, 26 October 2015, at UNESCO Headquarters, Room I, at 6:30 pm. The ceremony is part of the…
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