Lifestyle Desk, News18: Why Bolivia’s Cerro Rico Is Called The Man-Eating Mountain Cooperativa Minera Compotosi Ltda, a labour movement continues to pressure the government to improve the safety standards here. Mining in Bolivia has played a crucial role in the country’s economic and political landscape since the 16th century, with silver extraction from the Cerro…
Category: Potosi
Have you tasted dried bean: HABA seca (Vicia faba L.)?
Los Tiempos: The Bolivian dried bean market opens in the United Arab Emirates: 20 tons are exported Reference photo | Internet. The Arab Emirates became a new Bolivian export market for dried beans. Producers from a community in Potosí managed to export 20 tons of this product required in Middle Eastern countries. This is the…
Salar de Uyuni: Train graveyard | Cementerio de trenes
Iona Cleave, The Sun: To watch video, please use this link. Inside eerie train graveyard where hundreds of abandoned Brit engines & carriages are rusting in desert 6,000 miles away DEEP into the Bolivian salt flats lies an eerie graveyard of abandoned train carriages and engines. More than 100 steam locomotives and rail cars have…
Worst harvest=hunger | La peor cosecha=hambruna
Save the Children, WebWire: “This is one of the worst harvests I have had in my life”: Families in Bolivia Confront Hunger as Drought Destroys Vital Potato Crop In Bolivia’s highlands, where life’s rhythm largely follows the agricultural calendar, a crop emergency is unfolding and pushing families to the brink of hunger, Save the Children said….
The origin of the dollar sign came from Potosi! $ ¡El origen del signo del dólar vino de Potosí!
“THE UNIVERSAL CURRENCY OF THE IMPERIAL VILLAGE WAS THE ORIGIN OF THE US$ [UNITED STATES DOLLAR], POTOSÍ IS THE FATHER OF THE US$ [AND AS A CONSEQUENCE OF ALL THE DOLLAR DENOMINATIONS AROUND THE WORLD]” “THE COINS FROM THE IMPERIAL VILLAGE OF POTOSI BECAME THE FIRST UNIVERSAL CURRENCY, SILVER BECAME THE KEY TO HUMAN PROSPERITY,…
Tinku Festival
Tinku Festival In Bolivia: A Unique Celebration Of Tradition And Bravery By Unique Times September 4, 2023 Deep in the heart of Bolivia, a one-of-a-kind festival known as “Tinku” unfolds each year. While many festivals are filled with joyous dancing and music, Tinku stands out for its extraordinary tradition – people engage in friendly, yet intense, combat…
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