VoA reports: As they wait for a food seller to cook their food, members of a family pour a small amount of their drinks on the ground. Then, they each take a taste. The family is on vacation at Lake Titicaca in La Paz, Bolivia. The pouring is a small offering to Pachamama. In return,…
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Bolivian Mara/Mahogany 101: ‘wood pirates’ log Bolivian national parks
Eduardo Franco Berton reports in Mongabay: Mara (Swietenia macrophylla), also known as big-leaf mahogany, is a threatened tree species found in western South America. Growing up to 50 meters (165 feet) tall, mara trees can live for more than a century. Its wood is sought-after for the production of high-end furniture and can sell for…
What Is Alasitas And Why Do Bolivians Celebrate It?
Apeksha Bagchi reports for Latin Times: Do you know what everyone’s life long dream is, beyond the shackles of rationalism and logic? It is to just wish for things and voila! You get it- be it a new house, that promotion you have been eyeing for quite some time now, or that coveted designer black…
Terrorism case: judge says that the government paid and directed the vote – Caso terrorismo: jueza dice que Gobierno pagaba y dirigía el voto
Carlos Quisbert reports for Pagina Siete: Terrorism case: judge says that the government paid and directed the vote Sonia Mamani said: “I got tired of being pressured, threatened, controlled and manipulated” by Judge Sixto Fernández. Three former ministers will be prosecuted. The Ministry of Government paid for the trips of the members of the First…
Tiwanaku rituals and gastronomic recipes are recovered – Recuperan rituales y recetas gastronómicas de Tiwanaku
Juan Pablo Garcia reports for Pagina Siete: Tiwanaku rituals and gastronomic recipes are recovered The delivery of the document, which includes more than 70 recipes, was made yesterday with a typical apthapi, in which chuño, trout, quinoa, cheese and oca were tasted. The Food Gastronomic Integration Movement (MIGA) delivered a document with the inventory of…
‘There’ll be war’ if Bolivia cuts coca growing, farmers warn [Should we say: narcotraffick will fund and want that war?!]
Maria Lorente, AFP reports via Yahoo News: Coroico (Bolivia) (AFP) – For the coca farmers of western Bolivia’s Las Yungas region, the loss of president Evo Morales — himself a one-time coca grower, and a champion of indigenous rights — is less worrying than the drop in price of their “holy leaf” crop. And the…
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