Oshkosh Airport Products reports in Firehouse.com: Oshkosh Corporation Delivers Three Striker ARFFs to Bolivia Oshkosh Airport Products is delivering three more Oshkosh® Striker® 6 X 6 aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles to airports administered and operated by Servicios Aeroportuarios Bolivianos S.A. (SABSA) for the country of Bolivia. Shown here are firefighters from Viru…
Category: La Paz
Mission in Bolivia busy in the works of the faith
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 for the Saint Louis Review: Mission in Bolivia busy in the works of the faith They do eat and sleep — somehow finding time. The priests at the archdiocese’s mission parish in an impoverished area of La Paz, Bolivia, pack in a full day of visiting people…
Viral betrothal on top of Huayna Potosi
Gina Justiniano reports for El Deber: Viral betrothal on top of Huayna Potosi Camilo Rendón uploaded photos and videos of his declaration to Flavia Cruz that had 1,273 likes and were shared 449 times. They are getting married next year. Camilo Rendón could not sleep. He was at 5,100 meters above sea level, camping, waiting…
Mountaineering in Bolivia: new climb in little known Cordillera Quimsa Cruz
Enrico Rosso reports for Planetmountain.com reports: Mountaineering in Bolivia: new climb in little known Cordillera Quimsa Cruz Enrico Rosso reports about the June 2017 expedition he led to the Cordillera de Quimsa Cruz massif in Bolivia, where the rock climb ‘Kamasa’ (250m, 6b, A2) was added to the North Face of Gran Muralla (5200m). I…
Bolivia Coca Cultivation Grows for First Time in 6 Years: UNODC
InSight Crime reports: Bolivia Coca Cultivation Grows for First Time in 6 Years: UNODC Written by Tristan Clavel A United Nations monitoring program reported a rise in coca cultivation in Bolivia in 2016 after five successive years of decline, but this reversal in past trends could be short-lived. Overall coca cultivation in Bolivia grew by…
Bolivian History 101: Our Tango Illimani
El Diario reports: A little history Our Tango Illimani During the month of July the department of La Paz remembers its anniversary, in this year, it is commemorated 208 years of the libertarian shout, among musical tributes can not miss the Tango Illimani, composed to remind the city seat of Bolivian government. According to historical…
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