Abel reflects our daily conundrum and deserves our full respect. It is despicable that worthy people like him have to face threats of all sorts as this article describes (see a portion of his work at the bottom): Pagina Siete reports: Harassment and death threats against the illustrator of Página Siete The threats and insults…
After the virus – Después del virus
Editorial from Pagina Siete: The day after the virus If we are guided by the experience of other countries in their fight against the coronavirus, in the evolution of infections and deaths, Bolivia seems to be still at the beginning of the fight. There are reasons to believe that sensible measures have been taken in…
Cerro Rico production stops after nearly 500 years
Paul Harris reports for Mining Journal: Revolution, war, plague and genocide couldn’t stop production from Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia, but COVID-19 has seen it suspended after almost 500 years. Editor’s Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see…
Bolivia’s fine wine
The Economist reports: High varietals Bolivia’s other intoxicating export—fine wine A newcomer to tipple’s top table In 2010 the Netherlands’ Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries, which is financed by the government, sent Cees van Casteren to Bolivia. His mission was to help Bolivia’s vintners break into Europe. It was a tough assignment….
Skiing in Bolivia!
Freeskier reports: Adventure is guaranteed on the roof of the Andes WORDS • Ben Hoiness | PHOTOS • Fredrik Marmaster We started planning this trip a year ago after seeing some photos in the American Alpine Journal. We were hoping to explore Bolivia’s Cordillera Real range—a 125-kilometer-long stretch of densely glaciated granite peaks largely unexplored by skiers. Our group…
How Bolivia plans to deal with the oil price crash
Bnamericas report: Bolivia’s hydrocarbons ministry has outlined a roadmap to navigate the current oil pricing environment impacted by depressed energy demand brought on by the global health crisis. “For our country, the immediate effect of what happens in the world is null…however, our country always had the dilemma of generating a lot of income from the sale…
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