Milen Saavedra reports for Pagina Siete: TECHNICIANS DISCOVERED THREE LEVELS IN THE SITE KANTATALLITA SITE In May, will initiate diggings in search of a pyramid in Tiwanaku The Center for Archaeological, Anthropological and Management Research of that population gave this year to Unesco its management plan. In May [2015], a group of technicians from the Center…
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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…
The Bolivian “dancer” Lorena Ayala, which was enshrined in the birthplace of the flamenco
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: The Bolivian “bailaora” which was enshrined in the birthplace of the flamenco [“bailaora” is dancer in Spanish pronunciation, that makes straight reference to this type of art] The orureña Lorena Ayala has earned, through dance, recognition in various stages of the world. Takes flamenco in the “bone” The taste…
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…
Bolivian Giant Armadillo endangered
El Diario reports: Giant Armadillo endangered The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus, Kerr, 1792) is vulnerable, said the latest study presented in the Red Book of vertebrate wildlife of Bolivia as assessed by 2008. This animal would’ve been sacrificed as a result of floods in the lowlands of northern La Paz and Beni. Susana Carpio, head…
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