Samuel Steinberger reports for vinepair.com: GO WAY OFF THE BEATEN PATH IN BOLIVIA’S WINE COUNTRY If there ever was a Wild West in the wine world, Bolivia is it. This landlocked South American country of roughly 11 million people isn’t even on most wine enthusiasts’ radars, and that’s too bad because its high altitude and…
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Oshkosh Corporation Delivers Three Striker ARFFs to Bolivia
Oshkosh Airport Products reports in Firehouse.com: Oshkosh Corporation Delivers Three Striker ARFFs to Bolivia Oshkosh Airport Products is delivering three more Oshkosh® Striker® 6 X 6 aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) vehicles to airports administered and operated by Servicios Aeroportuarios Bolivianos S.A. (SABSA) for the country of Bolivia. Shown here are firefighters from Viru…
Climate change: The tajibos of the streets of Santa Cruz are stressed
Juan Pablo Pimentel reports for El Deber: The tajibos of the streets of Santa Cruz are stressed Pink and yellow flowers bloomed at the same time, a beautiful show, but that is irregular. The pink tajibo [Tabebuia chrysantha (araguaney or yellow ipê)] was late in blooming. It was the driest July [2017] of the last…
The Challenge of Preserving the Last Jesuit Missions in South America
Latin American Herald Tribune reports: The Challenge of Preserving the Last Jesuit Missions in South America LA PAZ – Located in the lower eastern zone of Bolivia, far from the arid altiplano, among huge haciendas and isolated communities, are the last functioning Jesuit missions in the Southern Cone, those that survived destruction after the expulsion…
Huari launches series of Bolivia microdocumentals on National Geographic
Pagina Siete reports: Huari launches series of Bolivia microdocumentals on National Geographic The microdocumentals will be visible from this Monday [08/01/2017] at 21:00 on National Geographic. From next Monday at 9:00 pm, the Huari beer brand will broadcast a microdocumental on the international channel of National Geographic every week that will show the world the…
Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, for the Top of the World Landspeed Trial on August 3-8, 2017. The goal is to exceed 400 mph!
Press release by motorcycle.com: Top 1 Ack Attack Pilot Rocky Robinson Shoots For 400 Mph + Video The Top 1 Ack Attack team is ready to challenge its own land speed record of 376.363 mph with Rocky Robinson, once again, piloting the machine. “Records are made to be broken — especially Land Speed Records,” says Robinson. The Top…
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