Shreeya Joshi reports via GlacierHub: Photo Friday: A Visit to Sajama, Bolivia This Photo Friday, journey to Sajama, Bolivia, through photos taken by Karina Yager, a professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, on her recent trip to the country. Joining two Bolivian scientists, Rosa Isela Meneses and Humber Alberto, from the Bolivian…
Why is Bolivia’s most famous ointment called Mentisan?
Miguel Angel Melendres reports for El Deber: Why is Bolivia’s most famous ointment called Mentisan? To commemorate its 80 years of life, 300,000 units of this ointment have been put on sale in a replica of its first container. Produced by INTI laboratory, Mentisan celebrates 80 years as the ointment that remains in Bolivian families…
The Paradox of the Women of La Paz
Jada Yuan reports for The New York Times: Place 9 of 52: The Paradox of the Women of La Paz I never imagined that my main takeaway from the Bolivian city, where women have struggled for equality, would be one of female empowerment — thanks to everyone from chefs to wrestlers. Maybe it was oxygen deprivation,…
The Brazil Bolivia Connection: Odebrecht and OAS
There is no question about how corrupt evo’s government became! He is not only a demagogue but has wasted over $160 billion dollars in the last 12 years. As pointed out in the last paragraph of the following article, is not only OAS and CAMC the source of corruption, it is more troubling to see…
Salaries of professionals fell by 20% between 2005 and 2017
People with post-graduate degrees are facing low salary offers which does not equal to their capacities … this government, specially evo is always demeaning education, he said he does not like to read, he said he can do anything and lawyers can fix that … Some of his appointees have minimal if any academic training…
Bolivian History 101: Loud, true and clear message to Chile: “There is no Silala river”
El Diario reports: Antonio Bazoberry “There is no Silala river” The researcher and expert in the study of watersheds, Antonio Bazoberry Quiroga, through his book The myth of the Silala, dismisses the Chilean thesis presented in his lawsuit against Bolivia and assures that the Silala River does not exist. This statement is based on hydraulic…
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