El Deber’s website reports of an earthquake in the Departament of Potosi: An earthquake of 4.2 degrees on the Richter scale was recorded today in the Bolivian region of Potosí (southwest), bordering Chile and Argentina, while for the moment it has been advised of no victims nor material damage, reported the Seismological Observatory of San…
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Today earthquake in Bolivian southwest, 4.9 Richter scale
El Deber reports in its website, today January 10, 2012 around 14:50: An earthquake of 4.9 degrees on the Richter scale occurred today in the region of Potosí, Chile border, so far there are no reported casualties or material damage, stated the Seismological Observatory of Saint Calixtus in La Paz. The entity said in a…
Bolivian public safety failure and escalating crime rates
Over the years, public safety has decreased at an alarming rate! The worst happens in beautiful Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Not only drug trafficking has brought violence to our streets, drug addicts commit felonies and are obviously more violent. The cartoon from El Diario, January 9, 2012 portrays our sad and frustrating reality. Crime rates…
Juan Carlos Aduviri won best actor award in Poland
Pagina Siete article, written by Anahi Cazas, gives us great news, Bolivian actor Juan Carlos Aduviri has won another international recognition. The picture shows one scene of the movie: A few hours until the end of 2011, year in which his career as a professional actor took off, the actor Juan Carlos Aduviri, who lives…
Tourism figures for 2011, welcome to Bolivia!!
The Bolivian Institute for Foreign Trade (IBCE) has published on december 15, 2011 its biweekly report No.87, Tourism inflow to beautiful Bolivia: This industry has grown by 83% in the period of 2001-2010. Increase happened in great part attributed to our exceptional biodiversity; the following chart lists tourists by countries of origin; figures are in millions of…
Bolivian quinoa production reaches 30,000 tons this year!
This cereal, originally from Potosi, Bolivia; its best variety is called royal quinoa (pronounced: keen-WHA), and is beginning to find more consumers worldwide. La Prensa reports today: According to official information, Bolivia produces more than 30,000 tons of this cereal, of which 50% is exported legally to the North American and European market. It is…
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