I was surprised to see this video, although I didn’t like some of the comments at youtube site, I believe the kid is cool and very expressive! The sights of La Paz, the Uyuni Salt Plains, the old railroad machinery “museum” and the Cerro Rico in Potosi, brought back nice memories! It would be nice…
Category: Tourism
Bolivian Food 101 – A culinary tour of Bolivia: cooking with altitude
I found this excellent article through a friend in FB, superbly written and which I reproduce in its entirety: From Ed Stoker, The Guardian: A culinary tour of Bolivia: cooking with altitude Bolivia is hardly known for its foodie scene but that hasn’t stopped the founder of one of the world’s best restaurants opening an…
Exceptional room for improvement: Bolivian productive businesses!
El Diario reports a striking reality! Why is that we have very little numbers of productive businesses?! Initial answer targets weak and awkward public policies as they do not do what they are supposed to: promote investment on job and value-added creation! Two of every thousand companies are large and productive In Bolivia, two of…
The story behind one the most beautiful Bolivian songs: “Collita tenias que ser”
Tatiana Sanabria reports for Pagina Siete: Collita, a song inspired by La Paz lady, Elena Salazar WORK. the composer Fernando Román declared his love for this Paceña [lady from La Paz] with the famous taquirari [type of music]. Today it is interpreted in various versions. Her heart beat accelerated and her pale cheeks colored when…
Three Bolivian films will participate in Cannes 2013
Erbol reports in Pagina Siete: Cinematography Three Bolivian films will participate in Cannes THREE Bolivian film productions will participate this Wednesday [5/15/13] in two parallel sections of the Festival de Cannes, one of the most important events in the world in the seventh art. According to Prensa Latina the Director of the Cinemateca Boliviana, Mela…
Bolivian National Emblem under jeopardy: Cerro Rico of Potosi
Bolivians look almost daily at the Cerro Rico de Potosi (rich mountain) in our code of arms, in our coins… yet very few of us realize that this national emblem can be lost… ANF reports and printed in La Opinion: THE CONTRACTED COMPANY HAS NINE MONTHS TO WORK. The Government already disbursed Bs10 million for…
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