Atlas Obscura reports: Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park. There are plenty of things to see and do in Bolivia’s Torotoro National Park. You can trek along the numerous canyons that cut through the semi-arid landscape, the deepest reaching depths of almost 1,000 feet. You can bathe in natural swimming pools, some…
Lost graves of Scots miners found in abandoned Bolivian cemetery
Alison Campsie reports for the Scotsman: The long-forgotten graves of three Scots silver and tin miners have been found in an abandoned foreigner’s cemetery in Bolivia. Dr. Stewart Redwood, a geologist originally from Stirlingshire but now of La Paz, discovered the graves in the windswept and treeless mining city of Oruro, which sits high on a desert…
New Reserve Safeguards Vital Landscape in Bolivia
Madison Lemelin reports for Rainforest Trust: This week, Rainforest Trust and partner Wildlife Conservation Society-Bolivia (WCS-Bolivia) established the Rhukanrhuka Municipal Reserve. The 2,123,749-acre reserve in the Beni region protects grasslands found in the transition area between the Sub-Andean and Llanos de Mojos Ecosystems. The Beni grasslands, an area twice the size of Portugal, is South…
Trust yourself and make your own everything: Hear the artist hustle of Amado Espinoza
John Jared Hawks reports for Startland: Whether directing a contemporary indigenous stage performance, covering the Beatles classic Elanor Rigby with a pan flute and charango for TEDxKC or creating a diatonically-tuned bendy-straw, Amado Espinoza understands the importance of fully committing to a pursuit. “For me, being a professional musician means when you dedicate your entire life to music,”…
Construction sector registers its lowest growth in 13 years
Juan Carlos Salinas reports for El Deber: In 2018 the Gross Domestic Product of the sector closed at 3.54%, according to the INE. In 2007 there was the highest growth with 14.35%. For analysts, it is the effect of deceleration. For the first time, in 13 years (2006-2018), the performance of the construction sector recorded…
On a more likely presidential election fraud: under evo the perspective of the economy, which went from “stable” to “negative” and is “uncertain” beyond 2019
Fitch reports, for Spanish use Pagina Siete’s last bottom link: Fitch Revises Bolivia’s Outlook to Negative; Affirms IDR at ‘BB-‘ Fitch Ratings – New York – 20 June 2019: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Bolivia’s Long-Term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at ‘BB-‘ and revised its Outlook to Negative from Stable. KEY RATING DRIVERS The…
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