Category: La Paz

Following The Voice Kids, Monica Canedo travels Bolivia

Miley Saavedra reports for Pagina Siete: The girl was a finalist of the competition in the US Following The Voice Kids, Monica Canedo travels Bolivia Excited, Mónica Gabriela Canedo Pinto, the Bolivian girl who participated in the American talent contest The Voice Kids, spoke of the visit she makes to Bolivia, this week after being…

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Visiting the Amazon Rainforest in Bolivia

Visiting the Amazon Rainforest in Bolivia By Nomadic Matt | Published December 22nd, 2011 This is a guest post by Erin of Never Ending Voyage. A visit to the world’s largest tropical rainforest is at the top of many travelers “to do” lists while in South America and when most people think of the Amazon…

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Conceptionists, entrusted to produce hosts in La Paz

Daniel Hinojosa reports for Pagina Siete: Conceptionists, entrusted to produce hosts in La Paz Technology and tradition come together to enable around 60,000 hosts each month, that are distributed to major churches, parishes and chapels. Making the round, white, thin and delicate hosts, representing the body of Christ in the Eucharist, is a work that…

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Cholitas paceñas: Bolivia’s indigenous women flaunt their ethnic pride

From The Guardian: Cholitas paceñas: Bolivia’s indigenous women flaunt their ethnic pride by Sara Shahriari in La Paz Wednesday 22 April 2015 13.00 BST Aymara women of Bolivia show off their newfound upward mobility while preserving their traditional dress of full colourful petticoats and tall bowler hats. Brilliantly coloured skirts and fringed shawls swirl and…

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Bolivia struggles with gender-based violence

Bolivia struggles with gender-based violence The death of María Isabel Pillco illustrates how far the country has to go in changing a culture of domestic abuse April 30, 2015 5:00AM ET by Sara Shahriari LA PAZ, Bolivia — María Isabel Pillco’s body lay on a table in the city morgue. A doctor was conducting an…

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