AP reports via CNBCTV18.com: Thousands of indigenous people are marking Palm Sunday with an annual agricultural fair in the suburbs of one of Bolivia’s largest cities. The so-called Palm Sunday Fair, which began as a way to recreate the livestock markets of biblical times, is currently dominated by all sorts of informal trade. But the…
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The 6 largest lakes in Bolivia
Bolivia.com reports: You can not stay without visiting these magical places for their beautiful landscapes and the myths around them. In the geography of Bolivia, there are innumerable lakes and lagoons that have particular characteristics. Many of its lakes are considered sacred, especially by indigenous ethnic groups. In this list, there are six of the…
Bolivian coca/cocaine 101 … under evo: The failed Bolivian ‘model’
Susana Seleme writes in Eju.tv: The failed Bolivian ‘model’ “The world is a round mass that ferments. Ferments through oil … Ferments through gases. Ferment through the web. But there is an ingredient that is faster than the others and everyone wants. And it’s the coca. That plant that crosses the Atlantic like an elastic…
Bolivia to host World Travel Awards Latin America Ceremony 2019
World Travel Awards reports: World Travel Awards (WTA) has revealed that its Latin America Ceremony 2019 will be hosted in La Paz, Bolivia on 13th July 2019. The leading figureheads, decision-makers and influencers of Latin America’s travel and tourism industry are scheduled to attend the ceremony, which will mark WTA’s first visit to Bolivia. The red-carpet ceremony…
ABC closes and restricts vehicular circulation in four sections in La Paz, Beni and Pando
Los Tiempos reports: The Bolivian Highway Administration (ABC) reported today [03/08/2019] that two sections were closed and vehicular traffic was restricted in two others, from the roads of the departments of La Paz, Beni and Pando due to the heavy rains. “In the department of Beni, it is not passable the section Rurrenabaque-Riberalta, sector Santa…
Bolivia 101: How to understand the largest segment of the mestizo population in Bolivia
Carlos Toranzo superbly analyzes the largest composition of the mestizo population in Bolivia! New capitalists and Gran Poder Far away have been those days when the festival of the Gran Poder [Great Power: Catholic Parrish festivity in La Paz] was hidden, near the church of the Rosary. It was not clandestine, but it was a…
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