Nataly Carrion reports for El Deber: FITNESS Bolivian Melgar achieved gold medal at the South American Santa Cruz Aracely Melgar won the gold medal at the XL South American Championship 2014 Bodybuilding, Fitness Choreography category. The competition this weekend [Aug 30th] was held in Bogota (Colombia). Melgar competed in the 1.63 meters, achieving to be…
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2014 Human Development Index for Bolivia
Following data was extracted from the UNDP report: If you want to read the whole “explanatory note” that appears below, please use this link: Now, an excerpt from the data tables for Bolivia follow: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use this for direct access…
Young hearing impaired designed robot: Ericka Calle Veliz
ANF reports in El Deber: Cochabamba Young hearing impaired designed robot Ericka Calle Veliz is a 16 year old with hearing disability who has designed a robot that moves on the basis of a light pattern. The project was developed at the technical center of Fe y Alegría (CIFA) of Cochabamba. The young scientist chose…
Flooding in Beni, may have caused thousands of fish to die in the Machupo River from lack of oxygen
El Deber reports: BENI Thousands of fish die in the Machupo River from lack of oxygen Experts suspect that the cause of death of the shoal is due to pollution from the remains of dead animals after the floods earlier this year. Dead fish cover an area of 5 kilometers. A committee of the Governorate…
Titicaca Lake: Urus ethnic population migrates due to pollution
El Diario reports: In Lake Titicaca Urus ethnic population migrates due to pollution The life of the Urus living on the islands of Peru, and Bolivia, is overshadowed by the growth of pollution in the waters of Lake Titicaca, which affects the health of their inhabitants and agricultural production, which has led to their migration….
They presented a new drug against Chagas, was tested in Bolivia
J Mendez reports for El Deber: SCIENCE They presented a new drug against Chagas, was tested in Bolivia – Chagas is called the evil of poverty It’s called fexinidazole. The study was presented at a conference in Mexico. Bolivia’s 140 patients received six daily doses of the drug, which was recovered for treatments. Chagas disease,…
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