This is great and proud news for this Sunday! After the violence in Challapata, San German and stupid and useless remarks from current president to the US, this is certainly what we need! Pagina Siete reports: Gabriela Flores received a statuette and $20,000 A Bolivian won the Cartier Award between thousand entrepreneurs INITIATIVE she founded…
Category: La Paz
If you have relatives overseas, watch out for scams!
Important information to take into account: Jorge Quispe reports for La Razon: New form of scam reported by phone Susana Chávez will never forget the morning of September 24. That day, the elderly woman, received a telephone call at 10.30, from Mexico, which in a couple of seconds collapsed her. “Are you the Lady Susana…
Ecology 101 – Bolivia’s incredible biodiversity
I had the privilege of visiting the Madidi, the Chalalan lodge and walk at 4am in those trails and be enchanted by the wildlife! Hard to reach, remember four hours in a boat after a road trip of over 14 hours, sorting blockades, leaving a powerful 4×4 at the side of the road and on…
UPDATE on Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto’s right for political asylum! Sep/2012
This is an update on Senator’s Roger Pinto whereabouts: Pagina Siete reports: Government does not extend laissez-passer Pinto complies 100 days isolated and two vigils were installed Last night [9/3/12] ACTS, a vigil was held in plaza Bolivia and another in the Legislative Assembly. The Senator by national convergence (CN) Roger Pinto has reached 100…
UNESCO’s recommendation to take care of one of our best archaeological sites
It is not the first time that UNESCO gives recommendations, like they did for Potosi [cerro rico – “rich hill” which is still suffering deterioration] and for Tiahuanaco in 2010, please see this link for that earlier recommendation. Now in 2012 El Deber printed EFE report, here excerpts from that news: UNESCO encouraged Bolivia to hire…
Investments 101 – Mallku Khota: How to scare away private investment, by current Bolivian gov…
The following news from El Deber [using government’s official site ABI] and many cartoons from Bolivian press, reflect an undisputed reality: we can scare away the most loyal, fiercest investor, and so all needed employment for Bolivian households. Government seals reversal of Mallku Khota Hill The promulgation of Supreme Decree 1308 today [August 2, 2012]…
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