Laurence Blair writes for National Geographic: These Vibrant, Futuristic Mansions Are Popping Up in Bolivia Known as the “King of Andean Architecture,” Freddy Mamani’s colorful designs are changing El Alto and inspiring other architects. Bolivian architect Freddy Mamani’s colorful designs are changing the face of El Alto. PHOTOGRAPH BY NICK BALLÓN The air is thin in…
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Not only visit but learn Spanish: study and live with families in Bolivia
Natalie Myking writes for The Channels: SBCC Spanish students to study and live with families in Bolivia City College’s most affordable study abroad program will host students during the 2018-2019 Winter intersession in Cochabamba, Bolivia to study Spanish language. Any level of Spanish speaker is welcome to embark on this adventure in Bolivia as students…
Our Bufeo, dolphin of the Amazon basin is in danger of extinction!
El Deber reports: ALERT The dolphins of the Amazon basin are in danger of extinction According to one study, the number of these aquatic mammals is halved every decade. Populations of freshwater dolphins in the Amazon basin are declining steeply at a disheartening pace: the number of these aquatic mammals is halved every decade. These…
Baroque Music Revives in Bolivia’s Chiquitania
Latin American Herald Tribune: Baroque Music Revives in Bolivia’s Chiquitania LA PAZ – In the 17th century, Jesuit missionaries used music to win the hearts and minds of Bolivian indigenous people, creating a musical tradition that has now been recovered by the Municipal Orchestra of San Jose Chiquitos and the Spanish ensemble MUSIca ALcheMIca. The…
Why is Bolivia’s most famous ointment called Mentisan?
Miguel Angel Melendres reports for El Deber: Why is Bolivia’s most famous ointment called Mentisan? To commemorate its 80 years of life, 300,000 units of this ointment have been put on sale in a replica of its first container. Produced by INTI laboratory, Mentisan celebrates 80 years as the ointment that remains in Bolivian families…
The Paradox of the Women of La Paz
Jada Yuan reports for The New York Times: Place 9 of 52: The Paradox of the Women of La Paz I never imagined that my main takeaway from the Bolivian city, where women have struggled for equality, would be one of female empowerment — thanks to everyone from chefs to wrestlers. Maybe it was oxygen deprivation,…
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