Tatiana Castro, Los Tiempos: Park Rangers Must Face Harassment from Encroachers and Illegal Miners Park rangers must confront the lack of human resources, adverse working conditions, harassment from encroachers, and judicial harassment in their tasks of protecting the 23 parks and protected areas in Bolivia. They feel defenseless and unauthorized. The vice president of the…
1904: THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE IN BOLIVIA | EL PRIMER AUTOMOVIL EN BOLIVIA
Miguel Salas Aguilar: 1904 / 1944: THE “CHAUCHEROS” (Part two. History of transportation in Oruro) 1904, THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE IN BOLIVIA Don Rene Canelas recounts: “In 1904, the first cars, the first automobiles, arrived from the United States by Mr. Jesús Aguayo. Their small plates read ‘SPECIAL CARRIAGE’ ‘MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY FOR MR. J. AGUAYO. UNDER…
The Difficulty of Being Bolivian as a Cruceño | La dificultad de ser boliviano siendo cruceño
Carlos Valverde, El Deber: We commemorate the Foundation of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, that dream of Ñuflo de Chaves that became a reality there, in Chiquitos, far from everywhere and close to nowhere… Later, 264 years later, we participated as free Cruceños in defining our destiny, in the foundation of the Republic (Bolívar-Bolivia) because…
La Ruta De Las Lagunas
Rides, Adventure Motorcycle: La Ruta De Las Lagunas: A Ride in Southern Bolivia Written by Alexandra Fefopoulou and Stergios Gogos. Posted in Rides It was late June when we arrived at San Pedro de Atacama in northern Chile. Our first encounter with the Andes and the high altitude had already given us an idea of…
Journey on the Grande River concludes with discoveries | Viaje en el río Grande culmina con hallazgos
Correo del Sur: THE EXPEDITION OF A TEAM OF 15 PEOPLE LASTED 22 DAYS They find traces of sauropods and a pre-Hispanic bridge used by cultures of Chuquisaca. An expedition lasting 22 days carried out by North American explorers and a Bolivian guide along the Grande River concluded successfully with indications of two findings: one…
Miner w/o authorization dares to sue park rangers for doing their work? Only happens under the populist masista corrupt gov | ¿Minero sin autorización se atreve a demandar a guardaparques por hacer su trabajo? Solo ocurre bajo el corrupto gobierno populista masista
El Diario: Cooperative miner suing park rangers was not authorized to carry out mining activities The Mining Administrative Jurisdictional Authority (AJAM) revealed that Ramiro Cuevas, the miner who is suing two park rangers from the Madidi protected area, is not the holder of mining rights and, therefore, could not carry out this type of activity….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 