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…
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Bolivia Archaeology 101: Qillqantiji featuring over 220 cave paintings
Gabriel Diez Lacunza reports for Pagina Siete: EXPERT FINISH RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION WORK Qillqantiji featuring over 220 cave paintings Archaeology The site, located in the town of Peñas, has paintings from the formative, pre-Tiwanaku period, to colonial. Over 220 cave paintings of flames, masks, two-headed birds and human figures, created between the formative period before…
Bolivian People 101: The rise of the ‘cholitas’
Paula Dear reports for BBC News: The rise of the ‘cholitas’ Bolivia’s “cholitas” are riding the crest of a resurgence that has seen them transform from being “maids of the middle classes” who were routinely stereotyped and discriminated against, to having real clout in the economic, political and fashion worlds. With their high bowler hats,…
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…
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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