I am sad and upset, despite the fact that it is our NATIONAL EMBLEM, not only is central part of our our Code of Arms but also belongs in our History, ever since the Colony to date. The Cerro Rico, is systematically been destroyed. And now it is part of the infamous, yet credible tag…
Category: Health
The Bolivian women who knit parts for hearts
The Bolivian women who knit parts for hearts By Ignacio de los Reyes BBC Health Check 29 March 2015 Traditional craft skills are helping to save the lives of children born with heart defects in Bolivia. The indigenous Aymara women have centuries of experience of knitting and weaving distinctive woollen hats, sweaters and blankets. [To…
A Bolivian myth: Could an angry person prepare a spicier llajua?
Bolivian hot spice is known as llajwa or llajua, we used in most our foods, it is like the ketchup for some Americans, who eat it with all their food… Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: Could an angry person prepare a spicier llajua? A group of students from the Escuela Hotelera [Hotel School] in…
Inexhaustible strength of Esteban Quelale
El Diario made an excellent recognition of a superb athlete: Inexhaustible strength Esteban Quelale, 71 years old, runs in El Diario’s competition [13 kilometer run] for 40 years. The icon of the Bolivian received the athletics gold medal in the specialty of the Bolivarian walk in 1977 and Odesur, held in the city of La…
Whining continues on “high altitude” soccer/football, visitors lose … then complain… WTH?!
The New York Times wrote bout our national sport: Bolivian Clubs Are at Home in Thin Air By EWAN MacKENNAMARCH 10, 2015 Tucked tightly among the high-rises of the Miraflores district of La Paz, Bolivia, the Hernando Siles stadium is one of those great South American dust bowls drenched in character. Yet few stadiums anywhere…
ALMOST 2.9 MILLION BOLIVIAN PEOPLE LIVE IN HIGH MOUNTAINS
Mirna Echave reports for La Prensa: PEOPLE INHABIT IN TOWNS LOCATED OVER 3,500 METERS [above sea level] ALMOST 2.9 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN HIGH MOUNTAIN The Government made a diagnosis on the mountainous area of Bolivia. In Bolivia, 2.9 million people live at locations above 3,500 meters above sea level, according to the Prime Diagnostic…
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