El Diario reports: Indigenous group teams up against re-nomination Original indigenous organizations opposed to the Movement to Socialism (MAS) met in the north of Potosí, and issued a pronouncement by which they commit to work together in defense of democracy and against Evo Morales to run again for the presidency, reported radio Pío XII of…
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evo’s ineptness will make us lose the lithium market, due of his incompetence to govern!
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: If this becomes a reality, Bolivia would have lost a great source of revenue! Mainly due to the ineptness of the autocrat coca caudillo. The Salar the Uyuni is where lithium can be found in huge quantity, ideal to be a source for the energy market. However, this ruling ochlocracy has lost…
Torotoro: Bolivia’s best kept secret!
Kyra reports for Reishonger: Torotoro: Bolivia’s best kept secret! Do you want a great beautiful place where few to no tourists are, but where you are more than welcome? Then go to Parque Nacional Toro Toro : Bolivia’s upcoming backpack spot where you can see caves, gorges, rock formations and dinosaur trails. The people in the town of…
November 10, 2017: Potosí celebrates 207 anniversary
From El Diario and my life: Potosí celebrates 207 anniversary Potosí celebrates today 207 years of its libertarian cry, is one of the nine departments that constitutes the territory of Bolivia. Its capital is the Potosí homonym, famous for its silver deposits, which transcended to the thesaurus or to the lexicon of the Spanish language…
Bolivia: on top of the world and far from the madding crowd
Craig Tansley reports for Financial Review: Bolivia: on top of the world and far from the madding crowd “Forget everything you know about Chile… you’re in Bolivia now.” Guide Erich Hochhauser’s face looks so wind-worn you could crack walnuts on his cheekbones. Backpackers are huddling in tiny shelters beside the border checkpoint, a 90 km/h gale…
Uyuni, Potosi Bolivia: Salt of the earth
Tim Johnson reports for The Globe and Mail Inc.: Salt of the earth Looking for an epic road trip? Tim Johnson finds one in the vast salt flats of Bolivia: a three-day adventure where every kilometre covered is 3,600 metres above sea level. If there’s a horizon line ahead, I don’t see it. Every time…
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