Oliver Balch reports for The New York Times: At just shy of 4,000 meters, my wheezing lungs and leaden legs remind me that I’m in foreign territory in every sense. The teenager running alongside me, Luz, doesn’t say much. She is focused, her head dead straight, her stride landing rhythmically on the tarmac highway. Luz…
A unique tour of Bolivia, from cathedrals and markets to the world’s first salt hotel
Mary Miers reports for Country Life: Laguna Colorada (red lagoon) is aptly named. Its startling red colours derive from both dissolved red mineral deposits and algae; these contrast with blinding white white borax deposits. Located in the Bolivian altiplano, close to Chile, this is one of South America’s most beautiful salt lakes. Its flamingo and…
Bolivian cardinal causes controversy after supporting Morales re-election bid
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: Cardinal Ticona’s first public statement was against evo … after he received approval by Bolivians, he changed his talk and is openly an advocate of evo … of course he lost credibility and respect from most of Bolivian population. He also had accusations that he had a “wife” with whom there was…
Bolivia: Dozens of Judges Arbitrarily Dismissed
OAS Should Condemn Threat to Judicial Independence Bolivia’s President Evo Morales speaks during a press conference about judicial elections at the presidential palace, in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday Dec. 4, 2017. © 2017 AP Photo/Juan Karita (New York, April 29, 2019) – Bolivian authorities have arbitrarily dismissed almost 100 judges since 2017, seriously undermining…
Depredation of tropical forests [worsened during evo’s atrocious gov]
Editorial from El Deber, photos from the internet: Depredation is devouring the tropical forests of Bolivia and the other countries that share the Amazon. According to a latest study presented by the Friends of Nature Foundation, the equivalent to the territory of Ecuador has already been lost; that is, 283,560 square kilometers, aggravating the environmental…
Double Christmas bonus that causes companies to close
Truth hurts and this striking Editorial from El Diario defines it clearly: The government, long before imposing the payment of the “double Christmas bonus” that already was fulfilled in several years, has full knowledge of the algid situation of the companies of the country; knows that most of them face situations of financial failure, that…
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