James Fenton reports for lovin.ie: When you hear the word ‘Copacabana’, you’ll most likely immediately think of the bustling beach in Rio De Janeiro, one of the most famous tourist sites in South America. All while humming the Barry Manilow classic of the same name, of course. [What this author didn’t say is that Copacabana’s…
Princess Mako attends anniversary ceremony in Bolivia
Japan Times reports; SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA – Princess Mako on Wednesday attended a commemoration in Santa Cruz, eastern Bolivia, to mark the 120th anniversary of the arrival of Japanese immigrants to the South American country. “I express my sincere respect for Japanese immigrants and their descendants who have won trust in Bolivian society and become a…
Bolivia declares emergency plan to end gender killings
VOA for Citizen Digital: Bolivia, which has one of South America’s highest rates of women being killed because of their gender, has declared femicide a national priority and will step up efforts to tackle growing violence, a top government rights official said on Tuesday. Since January authorities have recorded 73 femicides – the killing of…
Indebtedness of the country during bonanza
Luis Antezana writes in El Diario, cartoon showing evo’s wastefulness is from Pagina Siete: The considerable economic income that favored and disposed the Bolivian Plurinational State during the thirteen recent years and that were administered by the governing party, the MAS, led by President Evo Morales Ayma, reached an astonishing 45.5 billion dollars, according to…
Chacaltaya contributed to man’s trip to the moon
ANF reports in Opinion: A space observatory from that mountain would have made Bolivia participate in the Apollo 11 mission, according to scientific articles and the director of the planetarium. The observations of “clouds of dust” of the lunar orbit that were made from the Chacaltaya mountain were part of the preliminary studies of space…
Authoritarianism prevents Morales from accepting debate
El Diario reports: According to Carlos Mesa The candidate for president by the Citizen Community (CC) alliance, Carlos Mesa, said that the authoritarian stance of Evo Morales makes him refuse to debate and go to the dirty war, in addition to fake news. “Evo Morales, the debate that you reject, reflects your authoritarian spirit. He…
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