From The Brazilian Report, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follow: By Eduardo Franco Berton: At first glance, Li Ming and his wife Yin Lan look like two ordinary Chinese citizens. Sat on a bench, they greet the relatives who have come to visit them with warm, kind smiles. It’s lunchtime. One of the visitors approaches…
These Powerful WOMEN RUN BOLIVIA’S FOOD SYSTEM
LESLIE PARISEAU reports for Saveur: Along the winding streets of La Paz,through a hidden alleyway and down a dim market corridor, a butcher wields a cleaver, bringing it swiftly down upon a glistening slab of scarlet beef. Another butcher lifts a swollen aubergine heart, nestling it carefully atop a heap of other hearts. Yet another…
Traffic destroys wildlife in Bolivia
El Diario reports: Animals abandoned to their fate • Chinese citizens promote the killing of species in the country, offering money to local people in exchange for jaguar tusks and other parts • Senator Yerko Núñez said that out of more than 100 complaints only two are sentenced and regretted for the little control exercised…
Bolivian reality 101: Bad and good corruption according to political color
An striking truth, Editorial from El Diario, photo from Los Tiempos, 2016: In our environment, corruption is an endemic and widespread evil. It is seen in the big and in the small, but above all it nests in the bowels of the State, understanding it not only the Central Government but also the mayors and…
Fast Food Consumption Jump Poses Health Risks In Bolivia: Reports
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…
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