Pagina Siete reports: The Municipal Council of La Paz yesterday declared the La Paz Witches Market as the city’s cultural heritage. Yesterday was approved unanimously by the councilors present, the Municipal Law that declares intangible cultural heritage to that area of the city. The rule, of three articles, mentions as components of the Witches’ Market…
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Takesi, pre-Columbian jewel of Yanacachi
El Diario reports: Tourism The Takesi is one of the oldest routes left in Bolivia and dates back to pre-Inca times The pre-Columbian Takesi road, treasure of Yanacachi in the south Yungas in La Paz, will be promoted soon by means of a plan promoted by the Tourism Promotion Committee of that municipality, the representative…
Rains and snow affect three regions of the country
El Diario reports: The intense rains in several regions of the country caused the cutting of roads on departmental roads between Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. In the mountain range of the Tunari it snowed. TRAFFIC COVERAGE IN THE SAN JOAQUÍN ARROYO SECTOR OF LA PAZ – UNDUAVI SECTION DUE TO ROAD MATERIAL MUD SLIDE. Three…
Drug Residues Detected on Ancient Ritual Bundle From Bolivia
Archaeology reports: BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA—New Scientist reports that Melanie Miller of the University of Otago and her colleagues detected traces of five psychoactive chemicals on a collection of drug paraphernalia discovered in a rock shelter in southwestern Bolivia. The rock shelter is thought to have been a funerary enclosure where members of the Tiwanaku state may…
Running in Bolivia
Oliver Balch reports for The New York Times: At just shy of 4,000 meters, my wheezing lungs and leaden legs remind me that I’m in foreign territory in every sense. The teenager running alongside me, Luz, doesn’t say much. She is focused, her head dead straight, her stride landing rhythmically on the tarmac highway. Luz…
Burials in Bolivia’s ‘Forest Islands’ Offer Insights Into Early South Americans
Barbara Fraser reports for Discovery: Charred earth, shells, bones and human burials found in mounds on a plain in northern Bolivia are offering scientists new clues about the earliest known inhabitants of the southwestern Amazon. The remains, excavated from raised areas known as “forest islands” on the Llanos de Moxos, an extensive savanna, show the…
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