Hadley Hammer writes for Teton Gravity Research: SKIING DURING SUMMER VACATION AT 18,000 FEET One, two, three. Keep counting. Keep moving. Up, Up, Up. Head throbbing. My stomach twists and turns like the clouds below. That’s right, the clouds are below my feet. At over 18,000 feet, it appears that everything is below me, the…
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Reach Great Heights When Visiting La Paz, Bolivia
Udaipur Kiran reports: Reach Great Heights When Visiting La Paz, Bolivia South America is a continent which is a stunning mixture of the old and the new. There are so many wonderful things to see and experience in this bold and timeless land that the erstwhile traveler may feel a bit lost. Lucky for you…
Bolivian Heritage 101: They find 2 corners of a new temple in Tiwanaku
Anahi Cazas reports for Pagina Siete: They find 2 corners of a new temple in Tiwanaku According to the maximum authority of the site, Julio Condori, this discovery will change the integral vision of the archaeological center. After a series of excavations, a team of international and national experts found the two corners of a…
Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest
Committee to Protect Journalists reports: Bolivian radio journalist under house arrest, facing charges after covering protest Bogotá, September 5, 2017–Bolivian authorities must drop charges against a radio journalist arrested while covering a violent demonstration last week in the capital city of La Paz, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police detained Agustín Aldo Mamani,…
Bolivia’s largest attorney firm adds first non-family partners
Thomas Muskett-Ford reports for Latin Lawyer: Bolivia’s largest firm adds first non-family partners Moreno Baldivieso Estudio de Abogados has promoted six lawyers who are not from the Moreno family to the partnership, shaking up one of the region’s more traditional legal markets in an effort to address retention concerns. Moreno Baldivieso promoted Miguel Angel Jemio,…
Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day
Linda Farthing reports for The Guardian: Pollution levels in Bolivia plummet on nationwide car-free day Country wants to reclaim physical activity in age when young people are focused on computers, says government spokeswoman. Air pollution levels have plunged in cities across Bolivia as the country marked a nationwide car-free day in which all non-emergency vehicles…
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