Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: The life, work and death of the composer Humberto Iporre Salinas share several coincidences close to the commemoration of November 10th. The potosino composer Humberto Iporre Salinas. Potosí celebrates 208 years of its Gesta Libertaria [Libertarian Deed], whose soil is evoked as a pillar of the Bolivian economy, a…
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Torotoro National Park seeks to become a new “Jurassic park”
AFP reports via El Deber: The 3,500 footprints belong, according to the researchers, to eight species of prehistoric animals and would place this Bolivian region of a pleasant temperate climate A dinosaur in the Plaza de Torotoro. Photo BoliviaMia.net A row of steps of sauropods, theropods and ankylosaurs of the Cretaceous period are observed in…
The Christ tattooed on rock has its natural sanctuary in Pazña
Leny Chuquimia reports for Pagina Siete: The chapel of Cerro Torrejaque preserves the image of the Cristo del Gran Poder on a rock that has been transformed into an altar. The church of Jesus of the Great Power of Pazña, municipality to 81 kilometers of Oruro. Photos: Leny Chuquimia / Pagina Siete A small chapel…
Women are making Bolivia a destination for foodies
April Peavey writes for PRI: At La Paz’s markets, women — many indigenous — work the butcher counters, produce stalls, and food stands. Credit: Michelle Heimerman/SAVEUR “Women hold the keys to Bolivia’s food system.” That’s the conclusion made by food writer Leslie Pariseau in her recent article in Saveur. Pariseau traveled to Bolivia to meet women involved in all aspects…
Chefs look for the peanut soup to be the flag dish of Bolivia
Aida Zuazo reports for El Deber: The associations and federations of chef of Bolivia presented the project of the Declaratory Law of the “Peanut Soup, Flag Plate of Bolivia” This soup is one of the traditional dishes of Bolivia With macaroni (noodle), rice or simply with french fries. Now a project of the Declaration Law…
MSU was given a mummy from Bolivia in 1890. Now the university is returning it.
By RJ Wolcott and Sarah Lehr, for the Lansing State Journal: Museum. “It’s the ethical thing to do, and it’s consistent with the United Nation’s treaty on the rights of indigenous people.” The mummified remains were donated to the university in 1890 by Fenton McCreery, whose father, William, was then United States consul to Chile. The body was…
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