Milen Saavedra reports for Pagina Siete: CATEGORY IN LATIN POP ROCK The Bolivian Ignacio Val is shaping up for the Grammy Nominees for the 57th edition of the awards will be announced the first week of December. “We are on the ballot for the Grammy Latino Pop Rock. We are waiting for the results,” said…
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Protected Areas of Bolivia 101
Jorge Arteaga writes in El Diario: “We should all travel to these earthly paradises” Protected Areas of Bolivia [Pics above belong to http://www.boliviabella.com/parques-nacionales-de-bolivia.html%5D Two-thirds of Bolivia are found in the Amazon that, on average, is about 200 meters above sea level (masl). Then, the Bolivian territory rises westward to reach the high plateau, about…
LLAMA LEATHER IS MORE RESISTANT THAN CATTLE
Reports La Prensa: CURRENTLY THERE ARE SOME 20 MILLION HEADS OF CAMELIDS LLAMA LEATHER IS MORE RESISTANT La Paz. The Llama leather is 15 times more resistant than those of cattle, said Roberto Mustafa, general manager of Curtiembre Andina [Andina Tannery]. In an interview with the newspaper Cuero Noticias [Leather News], Mustafa said that with…
Fall in the price of gold results in laying off 185 miners, it is just starting…
Gregory Beltran reports for La Prensa: Inti Raymi gold, ABOUT TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS GOLD FALL LEAVES OUT in the STREET, 185 MINERS A total of 185 gold miners from the company Inti Raymi, Oruro, received letters of notice. Entrepreneurs told them that the decision to dispense with their services is due to the falling price…
La Espina, clothing linking Bolivian roots and international fashion
Ale Pau reports for Pagina Siete: La Espina, clothing linking Bolivian roots and international fashion The young designer Vania Rodriguez created a brand with a different vision. Her subtle designs are modern and lead in its seams more than stitches, carry details of Bolivian roots of who creates them. La Espina [thorn] is a women’s…
Is there a direct correlation between being THE coca grower leader and the cocaine “boom”?!
El Diario reports: Narcotraffick grows in the Amazon region • Task Force to Fight Drug Trafficking operations intensifies. The drug seized on Sunday at a ranch in Beni, came from Peru and was bound for Paraguay and Brazil. Peru remains in a state of emergency. Laboratories, planes and cocaine were found by members of the…
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