Canvas of the Virgen del Socavón was restored

El Diario reports: Patroness of Bolivian folklore The canvas of the Virgen del Socavón [Virgin of the Mine], Patroness of the National Folklore, is duly stable and without deterioration after the armoring and insulation work, informed the person in charge of Furniture Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, Carlos Rua Alanda. According to official information,…

CODE and Ralf Pasel Boarding School Bella Vista Agronomy Campus Bolivia

Floornature reports; Architect and professor Ralf Pasel designed Bella Vista Boarding School with the Department of Structural Design and Construction (CODE) and 40 architecture students from the Institut für Architektur at Technische Universität Berlin, concluding the second stage in the Bella Vista Agronomy Campus and making a concrete contribution to fighting poverty in Bolivia. About…

Satellite T. Katari, a white elephant [evo’s waste of funds]

Editorial from El Diario, you can also read our earlier [09/21/2014] post here: A poignant question has been worrying for several years to the opinion of the country: the existence of the Túpac Katari Satellite, bought by the government of President Evo Morales to the Republic of China for just over 300 million dollars. In…

In Bolivia, a new generation of wrestlers in bowler hats

Paola Flores, AP reports for The Washington Post: Young cholita wrestler Dona Chevas, 16, top, holds the legs of her rival, fellow trainee Simpatica Sonia, 24, as they compete in the ring in El Alto, Bolivia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2019. A new generation of athletes is coming to one of the world’s more colorful sporting…

The Hovde Foundation Opens a New Hovde House in La Paz, Bolivia

Hovde Foundation through PRNewsWire.com: A Home for Girls and Teenagers Living in the Streets MADISON, Wis., Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — In the area of Huajchilla, Bolivia, south of the city of La Paz, a new home named “Hovde House: Marta Bedoya de Claure” has opened its doors for thirty vulnerable girls and teenagers living in the streets. The construction of…