El Deber reports: Quitachiyú is a fruit rich in vitamin C It is common in the yards of homes in the Chaco and the Chiquitania, but especially in the community of San Antonio de Lomerio. May is a time to enjoy the taste of Quitachiyú, a small fruit that has been disappearing from typical market…
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Street musicians in Bolivia
thestar.com reports: “Last February, on a street in La Paz in Bolivia, these musicians interpreted their songs with so much talent and heart.” —Gaétan (Alex) Laprise, Anticosti, Que. https://www.thestar.com/life/travel/2016/05/11/your-vacation-street-musicians-in-bolivia.html I have listened to street musicians before in La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. They mostly perform old Bolivian tunes that most people, under 40 had…
Lets save the Bolivian river dolphin: the bufeo
A Sub Editorial from Los Tiempos: Save the bufeo It has been reported that in the last two years, about two hundred of Bolivian river dolphins in Iténez-Mamore rivers have been killed, where these endemic mammals inhabit, to be used as fishing bait for tilefish fish, which is much sought on the market. [photos…
Meet the Cholita Wrestlers Beating Down the Patriarchy in Bolivia
Lauren Evans writes in Broadly: Meet the Cholita Wrestlers Beating Down the Patriarchy in Bolivia Cholitas, the indigenous women of Bolivia, are pile-driving their way into the previously male-dominated sport of wrestling, skirts and all. It’s Sunday afternoon in El Alto, Bolivia, and sun is streaming through the grit-streaked windows of the city’s Multifunctional Center….
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 Completes High Altitude Flight Testing in Bolivia
Airways News reports: The Boeing 737 MAX 8 Completes High Altitude Flight Testing in Bolivia By Roberto Leiro The Boeing 737 MAX flight test program has embarked on its first international flight, successfully completing the high altitude flight test campaign in La Paz, Bolivia. On its way to the Latin American country, the second 737…
Japan builds physics lab in Bolivia
AAP reports for SBS: Japan builds physics lab in Bolivia Japan will help build a laboratory to study cosmic rays in the mountains of Bolivia. Japan will finance the construction of a $US5 million ($A6.52 million) laboratory in Bolivia for the study of cosmic rays, Japanese Nobel laureate Takaaki Kajita says. The winner of the…
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