Category: Potosi
El traje de chola tiene origen europeo – The chola costume has European origin
Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: We present this work in connection with the controversies over the use of these clothes, which in some places is interpreted as an insult, and in connection with the inauguration of an exclusive boutique for cholitas. Her name was Manuela del Risco y Agorreta and, although she had to go…
Todos Santos potosino – All Saints in Potosí
Evelyn Callapino, Página Siete: Flowers, candles, incense and an accumulation of memories is the first thing I received with the visit of death. I have lived with her for more than four months because she decided to take Leoncio, my father, leaving in my mind a nostalgic accordion cueca to accompany my pain as she…
Dino fossils – Toro Toro
Los Tiempos: Toro Toro Park reopens today for tourists El Parque de Toro Toro se reabre desde hoy para los turistas The Toro Toro National Park, located in the department of Potosí, is reopening to visitors today (10/31/2020), after more than nine months of being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The authorization was granted…
Agricultura familiar – Family farming
From the producers Family farming the reactivation proposal Meeting. The unity of the entire sector that is in the production chain, from production, transformation and marketing, was raised. De parte de los productores Agricultura familiar la propuesta de reactivación Reunión. Se planteó la unidad de todo el sector que está en la cadena productiva, desde…
Bolivia’s lithium bonanza
BBC reports, listen by clicking the photo: The Salar de Uyuni is a stunning pristine salt flat high in the Andes – it is also the world’s biggest lithium deposit, worth many billions of dollars. Ed Butler asks whether this as yet untapped resource will prove a blessing or a curse for the people of…
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