Dan Collyns reports for America CGTN: Straddling the borders of Peru and Bolivia, is South America’s largest freshwater lake — Lake Titicaca. But today the once pristine body of water is blighted by pollution and it is a problem that both nations want to address. CGTN’s Dan Collyns repors from Copacabana, on the Lake’s Bolivian…
World’s tallest statue of Christ
From Mexico News Daily, excerpts pertaining Bolivia, follow: … Cochabamba, Bolivia, is currently home to the world’s tallest Christ statue. It stands 34.2 meters tall. … https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/worlds-tallest-statue-of-christ-to-be-erected-in-tamaulipas/
Climatic phenomenon causes disasters in the country
El Diario reports: Senamhi report Cochabamba, Beni and the north of La Paz are identified as the most vulnerable areas. From January to mid March there will be more rainfall. To date, the phenomenon of “El Niño” claimed the lives of three people and there are 282 families affected throughout the country. The threat of…
Ancient Hidden City Discovered Under Lake Titicaca
Ian Harvey for The Vintage News: Five minutes away from the town of Tiquina, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, archaeologists found the remains of an ancient civilization under the waters of the lake. The find was made 10 years ago, by Christophe Delaere, an archaeologist from the Free University of Belgium, by following information…
Bolivia landlocked: how lack of ports hinders economic growth
Belen Olmos and Homagni Choudhury write for The Conservation: Bolivia really wants a port (or two) to call its own. For more than a century, the landlocked Latin American country has fought with Chile over sovereign access to the Pacific Ocean and territory that Bolivia lost in a 19th century war with its neighbour. A number of…
Murillo denounces 4 members of the TSE for very serious fault
Erbol reports from El Dia: For endorsing the re-nomination Senator Arturo Murillo filed a complaint in the administrative channel for a very serious fault against the four members of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), which endorsed the resolution that enabled the re-nomination of Evo Morales. Those denounced are the members María Eugenia Choque, Lucy Cruz,…
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