BBC reports: Bolivia police clash with disabled protesters in La Paz Police in Bolivia have clashed with disabled protesters who tried to approach the presidential palace to demand an increase in state benefits. The Bolivian government said a group of protesters attacked police officers with knives and noxious gases. Police pushed them back with high-pressure…
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Street musicians in Bolivia
thestar.com reports: “Last February, on a street in La Paz in Bolivia, these musicians interpreted their songs with so much talent and heart.” —Gaétan (Alex) Laprise, Anticosti, Que. https://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2016/05/11/your-vacation-street-musicians-in-bolivia.html I have listened to street musicians before in La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. They mostly perform old Bolivian tunes that most people, under 40 had…
Meet the Cholita Wrestlers Beating Down the Patriarchy in Bolivia
Lauren Evans writes in Broadly: Meet the Cholita Wrestlers Beating Down the Patriarchy in Bolivia Cholitas, the indigenous women of Bolivia, are pile-driving their way into the previously male-dominated sport of wrestling, skirts and all. It’s Sunday afternoon in El Alto, Bolivia, and sun is streaming through the grit-streaked windows of the city’s Multifunctional Center….
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 Completes High Altitude Flight Testing in Bolivia
Airways News reports: The Boeing 737 MAX 8 Completes High Altitude Flight Testing in Bolivia By Roberto Leiro The Boeing 737 MAX flight test program has embarked on its first international flight, successfully completing the high altitude flight test campaign in La Paz, Bolivia. On its way to the Latin American country, the second 737…
Japan builds physics lab in Bolivia
AAP reports for SBS: Japan builds physics lab in Bolivia Japan will help build a laboratory to study cosmic rays in the mountains of Bolivia. Japan will finance the construction of a $US5 million ($A6.52 million) laboratory in Bolivia for the study of cosmic rays, Japanese Nobel laureate Takaaki Kajita says. The winner of the…
Bolivia: Disabled protesters clash with riot police over state benefits in La Paz
International Business Times reports: Bolivia: Disabled protesters clash with riot police over state benefits in La Paz By James Lillywhite [to watch video, please use link at the bottom] Disabled protesters clashed with riot police in Bolivia, as the call for a rise in state benefits in the country intensifies. Dozens of protesters could be…
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