Pagina Siete (12/18/11) had the excellent idea to publish Alejandra Pau’s article that captures how Christmas was celebrated some years back in Bolivia. The photograph to the right, is from a Christmas carol (villancico) group, around the 1930s in La Paz: “Here goes Jesuschrist’s its crystal Ray, illuminating the world over as the Heavenly Kingdom”, says the…
Bolivian wines: high altitude vineyards = great wine!!
Los Tiempos reports on high quality Bolivian wines; their mainly from Tarija department, the picture to the right was taken by Carlos Lopez; Ximena Gareca displays the wines; an article written by Gary Rojas: Wines and singanis of Tarija conquered (in a short time and with specific qualities such as the aroma, flavor and technology)…
A song by Octavia nominated for best song 2011!!
Pagina Siete reported on December 15, 2011 about great news for Bolivian rock!! I urge you to vote in favor!! The song Bienvenido (welcome), by Octavia national rock band, was nominated in the category best song 2011 for RadioCAN Awards, the radio station of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) on the internet. The song by…
What’s cooking? Expenditures > Investment
This cartoon is from La Razon, December 16, 2011. A bunch of cooks around the pot labelled ‘state’ … only one arguing “But don’t eat the dow! with what are we going to cook?” and one of the other cooks, replies “hum, I bet he is one of the infiltrated…” The word infiltrated was initially…
URGENT: Unbelievable and outrageous removal of Beni’s Governor
El Deber reports in its website tonight, an outrageous political move stirred by current political party in central government. The Governor of Beni, Ernesto Suárez Sattori was suspended in the last few hours. -Authority argues that this is a coup d ‘ état sponsored by the national Government. Haisen Ribera Leigue, member of the Departmental Council,…
Toxic fire in Santa Cruz, December 15, 2011
El Dia reports on December 16, 2011 of a fire that lasted over dour hours to be put out: Deposits of a multinational oil company with highly toxic chemicals burned in flames in the southern part of the city. There are no injured people; However, inhalation of these gases could affect the health of residents nearby. Fire…
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