Dan Collyns reports for The Guardian: Bolivia approves controversial highway in Amazon biodiversity hotspot Major 190-mile road will strip national park and home to thousands of indigenous people of its protected status, making it vulnerable to deforestation. Bolivia has given the go ahead to a controversial highway which would cut through an Amazon biodiversity hotspot…
Sucre, Bolivia: Best resort for tourists with a limited budget
Paradox reports for The Mice Times of Asia : Excerpts pertaining Sucre, Bolivia follow: Best resorts for tourists with a limited budget. Everyone wants to earn more. Think about the life they could live if I only earned more. But the truth is, the world is full of places where you can live on very…
Condoriri Natural Park: Community prepares to create tourism agency
El Diario reports: Community prepares to create tourism agency Community members from the upper part of the Condoriri Natural Park, are engaged into arranging the creation of their own tourism agency, in the perspective of improving their economic income by implementing strategies linked to community tourism. This undertaking will allow the possibility of providing employment…
Damned evo brought New Dependency: How China is “remaking” Bolivia
Emily Achtenberg reports for NACLA: Financial Sovereignty or A New Dependency? How China is Remaking Bolivia China has become the principal funder and contractor for President Evo Morales’s state-led development project. What’s at stake for Bolivia? A major highway in Cochabamba, Bolivia, under construction by Chinese conglomerate Sinohydro, is paralyzed by five work stoppages in 14…
Watch: This Bolivian Restaurant Is Inside a Manhattan Subway Station
Eater Video and Lucas Peterson reports: Watch: This Bolivian Restaurant Is Inside a Manhattan Subway Station ‘Dining on a Dime’ heads to New York City for meaty salteñas This episode of Dining on a Dime, which kicks off this New York City-focused season, takes host Lucas Peterson to the center of all the action —…
Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’, Where People Are Participating In The Most Dangerous Race In The World
Anuj Tiwari reports for Indian Times: Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’, Where People Are Participating In The Most Dangerous Race In The World Bolivia has emerged as a destination for thrill seekers in the recent times. And the country’s North Yungus Road in the La Paz region is the top attraction. Nicknamed the ‘Death Road’ by locals,…
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