Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: The life, work and death of the composer Humberto Iporre Salinas share several coincidences close to the commemoration of November 10th. The potosino composer Humberto Iporre Salinas. Potosí celebrates 208 years of its Gesta Libertaria [Libertarian Deed], whose soil is evoked as a pillar of the Bolivian economy, a…
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Torotoro National Park seeks to become a new “Jurassic park”
AFP reports via El Deber: The 3,500 footprints belong, according to the researchers, to eight species of prehistoric animals and would place this Bolivian region of a pleasant temperate climate A dinosaur in the Plaza de Torotoro. Photo BoliviaMia.net A row of steps of sauropods, theropods and ankylosaurs of the Cretaceous period are observed in…
Contrary To Expectations, Bolivia Selects A Chinese Firm To Build Its First Industrial Lithium Carbonate Plant
Juan Carlos Zuleta writes in Seeking Alpha: Summary In a recent article I discussed in depth the contractual process for lithium industrialization in Bolivia. I also argued that the one for construction of an industrial lithium carbonate plant was apparently not only delayed but had an anticipated winner. I was then referring to the German…
The Closest You’ll Come to Sleeping on the Moon
Phoebe Neuman reports for Robb Report: Opening in January, the space station-like Kachi Lodge will be the first permanent luxury lodge on Bolivia’s otherworldly Salar de Uyuni. Kachi Lodge is set to be the first permanent luxury camp in Bolivia’s breathtaking Salar de Uyuni. PHOTO: SDURAKU/SHUTTERSTOCK Bolivia’s otherworldly Salar de Uyuni, has for the most…
Miracles and legends of the Lord of the True Cross, patron of Potosí
Laura Paz reports for Pagina Siete: The Lord of the True Cross, the image appeared in 1550. Photos Laura Paz Leaño España The image is cataloged as the oldest of the Catholic Church in Bolivia and the second in Latin America. Appeared in 1550, in the convent of San Francisco de Asís. The testimonies of…
What life is like for the teenage miners of Potosi, Bolivia
Kenneth Dickerman and Photo editor Simone Francescangeli for The Washington Post: “El Tio” and a miner. “El Tio” is a miner’s god that presides over every tunnel entrance. Every day, miners offer him coca leaves, cigarettes and alcohol, hoping it will bring good fortune. (Simone Francescangeli) Any celebration is a good opportunity to drink and forget miners’ living…
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