Manfredo Kempff writes in El Diario: Finally sanity Bolivia is an unpredictable country because when it seems everything is sinking, that hopes are lost, that is when wisdom arises, the sense of homeland, and the sensation of falling stops. It is what has happened in the last hours with the formation of the coalition called…
Heritage 101: At least 10 of Bolivia’s cultural heritage sites are at risk
Anahí Cazas and Margarita Palacios report for Pagina Siete: WERE IDENTIFIED ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER, MUSEUMS AND CHURCHES At least 10 of Bolivia’s cultural heritage sites are at risk Seven experts consulted by Pagina Siete identified the sites and explained that required conservation works and management. For lack of conservation and management, ten sites that were declared…
Heritage 101: Unesco declares as World Heritage the Inca Trail
AFP/Doha reports in Pagina Siete: ROUTES OF SIX COUNTRIES, INCLUDING OF BOLIVIA, HAVE THE TITLE Unesco declares as World Heritage the Inca Trail The distinction allows agencies to get funding conservation and restoration of trails and sanctuaries.The Camino del Inca, a masterly road communication network that spanned six countries in South America, was declared yesterday…
Bolivian debate over corruption and wastefulness of current ruling political party
Alejandro Mallea writes in El Diario: Debate on corruption and wastefulness In Bolivia there were times of economic prosperity of the State, by the rising prices of natural resources in the international markets. If the leaders of those years managed such monies in a way that were properly administered, must have been in good faith…
Current Bolivia gov’s outrageous wastefulness expenditures!
Francesco Zaratti writes in Pagina Siete: Austerity? Austere comes from a Latin and Greek root original literally means “rough, bitter to taste” and figuratively “mortified, penitent, remote and quiet,” according to a learned Alex Grijelmo column (El País, 01/03/2013). As I taught my children, to be austere is very different from being greedy or stingy,…
Expoforest 2014: June 25 – 28, Santa Cruz de la Sierra
El Deber reports: Expoforest will host a forum for forest plantations The Expoforest 2014, to be held from June 25 to 28, in the grounds of Fexpocruz, will be the platform for activities such as the Forum of Commercial Forest Plantations in Bolivia, to be held on June 26 at the Salon Tecnologia. In this…
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