Paula Dear reports for BBC News: The rise of the ‘cholitas’ Bolivia’s “cholitas” are riding the crest of a resurgence that has seen them transform from being “maids of the middle classes” who were routinely stereotyped and discriminated against, to having real clout in the economic, political and fashion worlds. With their high bowler hats,…
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Bolivian cocoa in the verge to improve its quality!
Tatiana Sanabria reports for Pagina Siete: Swiss cocoa taster empowers producers Markus Lutz spent five days in La Paz evaluating grains of cacao from five regions of the country so that producers and entrepreneurs achieve quality in Switzerland. Fermentation is one of the secrets to get a grain of high quality cocoa, explains Swiss taster,…
Alasitas in Bolivia started yesterday, today January 25, 2014, in Corona, Queens!!
Miranda Shafer reports: Bolivian Immigrants Celebrate ‘Alasitas’ Festival By Making Big Dreams Small Blanca Morales pulls out bins of miniature statues of cars and houses and bags of money at her home in Corona, Queens for the upcoming Bolivian festival known as Alasitas. During Alasitas participants buy miniature representations of the things they want in the New Year with…
Bolivian cuisine on the map – kudos to GUSTU!!
Tatiana Sanabria reports for Pagina Siete: Gustu, simply the best restaurant The digital magazine Como Sur [eat south], has chosen them, by vote, as best new restaurant, best restaurant and best chef in 2013. Yesterday, Gustu restaurant in La Paz, took a huge and pleasant surprise to learn that was chosen as the best restaurant…
Bolivian legal and informal economies… along with ochlocratic rulings…
Great enlightening article that portrays our Bolivia. Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Deber: Differential Yearbook The 21st Century Newsletter has tested a novel ‘differential Yearbook’, a balance which leaves 2013 in the legal sector of the economy and also the illegal. According to the American economist Peter Andreas, to discuss economics only looking at the…
Merry Christmas with the Bolivian picana!!
Wilson Aguilar reports for La Prensa: IT IS A TRADITION THAT COMES FROM THE COLONY THE PICANA, THE QUEEN OF THE TABLE ON CHRISTMAS EVE The traditional dish is the main meal on Christmas Eve. The picana, traditional food inherited from the colonial era, is the Queen of the table on Christmas Eve, says the…
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