El Diario reports: Cowardly aggression of drivers in La Paz • Fejuve ensures that will not allow increase in tariffs to passengers The drivers of public transport yesterday [01/11/2016] staged riots in the vicinity of the Simon Bolivar Avenue, near Hernando Siles Stadium, when they tried to force drivers to charge fares with an increase…
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High Aspirations: Freddy Mamani and his cholets
From The New Yorker: High Aspirations Photographs by PETER GRANSER Introduction by JUDITH THURMAN The Bolivian architect Freddy Mamani Silvestre doesn’t have an office, use a computer, or draw formal blueprints. He sketches his plans on a wall or transmits them orally to his associates. Since 2005, Mamani and his firm have completed sixty projects…
Bolivia Cholita Mountain Climbers
AP images spotlight reports: Bolivia Cholita Mountain Climbers Photos by Juan Karita At first glance, the indigenous Bolivian women don’t look much like mountain climbers, with their colorful, multilayered skirts and fringed shawls. But their helmets, polarized goggles and crampons attached to their shoes give them away as mountaineers who accompany their husbands, often as…
Illegal trade in timber is unstoppable
A sad but true Editorial from El Diario: Illegal trade in timber is unstoppable The felling of trees in forests and jungles of the country goes back many decades; but in recent times this type of drain to our timber wealth grew, no one put a stop to the action of irresponsible people who, even…
Bus, truck collide head-on in Bolivia; 12 dead, 9 injured
AP reports for Yahoo news: Bus, truck collide head-on in Bolivia; 12 dead, 9 injured LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian police say 12 people are dead and nine more injured as a result of a crash between a bus and a truck. Regional transit director Jorge Butron describes it as a head-on collision. Eleven…
Another “look” for Christmas Eve
Leny Chuquimia reports for Pagina Siete: Another “look” for Christmas Eve The Mancillas restore Baby Jesus images. The images arrive with broken fingers and disheveled hair. Resurgent faith in the image. In 30 minutes, Virginia Mancilla receives in her delicate, warm hands at least six Young children Jesus. In some cases, they lack fingers and…
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