Mongabay: The protected area that isn’t: Bolivia’s Ñembi Guasu beset by fires, farms, roads by Rocío Lloret on 17 October 2022 | Translated by Sarah Engel This report is part of a journalistic collaboration between Mongabay Latam, La Región and Red Ambiental de Información. ROBORÉ, Bolivia—The Ñembi Guasu region is referred to as the “great refuge” by the Guaraní people of…
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TOROTORO
Melissa Revollo Pastor, Opinion: Torotoro wants to leave a mark on ecotourism in protected areas The access door and part of the Route of the Dinosaurs is Cochabamba. New projects are millionaires. In the 1990s, getting to Torotoro involved certain dangers along the way, because there was no bridge over the Caine River and whoever…
Corn | Maiz
Cristóbal Corso Cruz, El Potosi: Corn culture The blessed grain in gastronomy in the valleys of Chichas. When setting foot on the new lands, the Spaniards found corn and potatoes as the basis of the indigenous diet. By identifying corn with the ancient and current life of the indigenous inhabitant, the success of having called…
MAIRANA: two thousand year old pyramid | Pirámide de 2 mil años de antigüedad
El Diario: They find a 2,000-year-old pyramid in Mairana The archeology team of the Department of Tourism and Culture of the Government of Santa Cruz, in cooperation with the company Bolpegas, made the discovery of a pyramid in the municipality of Mairana, a structure that is approximately 2,000 years old. The director of Tourism and…
Blue-Throated Macaws | Parabas barbazul
Mary Jo DiLonardo, Treehugger: Blue-Throated Macaws Are Making a Comeback in Boliviaa Bolivia 113 critically endangered macaws have fledged with nesting box program. Once thought to be extinct in the wild, more than 100 colorful blue-throated macaws have hatched over the past few years in nesting boxes in Bolivia. Rainforest Trust has been working with local partners to…
Bartolomé Arsánz – Potosí
Juan José Toro Montoya, El Potosi: David Aruquipa y Saulo Mariscal Bellido. All the winners. | Todos los ganadores. Painted chronicle The winning painting of “Emerging Artists” recreates a narration by Arsánz The painting impresses at first sight. It does not seem painted in our time but in the century it represents, the XV. That…
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