Sadia Abbas reports for Urdu Point: Recent reports have found that the consumption of junk and fast foods in Bolivia has risen nearly 200 percent in the last 15 years, representing a major risk to public health. LA PAZ, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 15th Sep, 2018 ) :Recent reports have found that the…
What life is like for the teenage miners of Potosi, Bolivia
Kenneth Dickerman and Photo editor Simone Francescangeli for The Washington Post: “El Tio” and a miner. “El Tio” is a miner’s god that presides over every tunnel entrance. Every day, miners offer him coca leaves, cigarettes and alcohol, hoping it will bring good fortune. (Simone Francescangeli) Any celebration is a good opportunity to drink and forget miners’ living…
Bolivia is following Venezuela and Nicaragua – and that’s toward totalitarian rule
Andres Oppenheimer writes for the Miami Herald: While the mass exodus of more than 2.3 million Venezuelans and the murder of more than 300 anti-government protesters in Nicaragua are making big headlines, it may be time to pay attention to another country in the region that is also moving rapidly toward totalitarian rule: Bolivia. Bolivian…
Adjustments in economic policy are recommended
ANF reports for Pagina Siete: The National Chamber of Commerce (CNC) recommended, in a statement issued yesterday, that given the economic imbalances that were generated in Argentina, and that make foresee consequences in the regional and national economy, some adjustments in Bolivian economic policy should be promoted. “This serious imbalance in the Argentine economy will…
Bolivia flunks big time! Fires: 3,366 hot spots were detected
Valeria Endara reports for El Dia: Only in this month Report. Only between Saturday and Sunday were detected 676 red dots. The municipality of San José is the most affected. Due to the fires that are registered in the department, a slight smoke reached the capital of Santa Cruz. According to the Report of the…
Bolivian cuisine 101: The “llajwa”, an idyll with the Bolivian palate
Jessica Vargas reports for Los Tiempos, photos by Gerardo Bravo: 48 years ago, when Juana Fuentes opened her food stall in the 27 de Mayo market, the first thing she installed was her batán to make llajwa. Before preparing his menu – which includes mixed spicy, lawas, sillpancho, among others – she prepares to create…
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