El Deber reports: One expert suggests modernizing cane production system In the production area, the sugarcane sector warns that excess moisture will delay the harvest and affect production. As part of a workshop organized by the commercial agricultural inputs and products Mainter, a Cuban expert in agronomic management of sugarcane, Juan Carlos Amor, suggested to…
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Anticarcinogens in the Bolivian achachairú are identified!
Reports EFE from Rio de Janeiro for El Deber: WAS DONE BY BRAZILIAN RESEARCHERS Anticarcinogens in the Bolivian achachairú are identified The most effective compounds are in the branches. Laboratory tests showed that are capable of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells of kidney, prostate and breast cancer. The achachairú, a fruit tree of Bolivian…
Bolivia carnival 2014, what to do and how to have fun!
For the Santa Cruz tourist or anyone interested, Saul Montaño reports for El Deber: Carnival tourism ‘made in’ Bolivia Oruro and Tarija are the major destinations for the holidays. Vallegrande make a difference with their celebrations. Here the options and their characteristics: Carnival may be a good reason to visit the country, to travel and…
Bolivia Music 101: Chiquitos and the music by Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa writes in El Pais, Madrid after his recent visit to Santa Cruz: Chiquitos and the music The first Jesuits who came to this remote corner of eastern Bolivia saw the houses of the Indians with very small houses, that baptized the entire region with the name of Chiquitos [tiny]. Father Jose de…
Bolivia to have a new steel factory! About time!!!
Henrry Ugarte reports in El Deber: Las Lomas invests U.S. $ 10 million in steel factory The plant will serve domestic demand, will compete with foreign production, in 2015 will reach its maximum capacity of 36,000 tons of solid bars . The sector is satisfied. The business group Las Lomas Ltd. yesterday [2/8/14] put into…
Bolivian cocoa in the verge to improve its quality!
Tatiana Sanabria reports for Pagina Siete: Swiss cocoa taster empowers producers Markus Lutz spent five days in La Paz evaluating grains of cacao from five regions of the country so that producers and entrepreneurs achieve quality in Switzerland. Fermentation is one of the secrets to get a grain of high quality cocoa, explains Swiss taster,…
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