Mark C. O’Flaherty reports for The Telegraph: I don’t see countries in black and white, I see them as specific colours. Japan is pink, England is green and Australia is a golden orange. Heading to Bolivia, I know I am going to see red. And then, what appears to be an infinite amount of white. Shortly…
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Juliet and friends found for Romeo the lonely water frog
Damian Carrington reports for The Guardian: Five frogs found on Bolivian expedition funded through lonely hearts profile For 10 years, Romeo, the last known Sehuencas water frog on the planet, led a solitary life in a conservation centre in Bolivia. Now scientists have found him a Juliet. The adult female was among five frogs found on…
From Chiquitania to salar, travel for a different end of the year
Pagina Siete reports: Depending on the destination and the activity, packages of about four days cost between 220 and 3,000 bolivianos per person. From the Chiquitania by train to the beauty of the Salar de Uyuni; from the adventure in the Amazon to the joy in the vineyards of Tarija. There are several options to…
China aspires to world leadership … failing big time with this atrocious and barbaric “preferences”
El Diario reports: Environmental activists Conviction for killing jaguars is insufficient Chinese citizens who sold skins and fangs of jaguars from Bolivia were sentenced to four and three years in prison. The sentence of four and three years of imprisonment for the couple of Chinese citizens, traffickers of jaguar fangs and other pieces of wild…
Our Fish
Michael Snyder and Felipe Luna write for Pulitzer Center: Fishermen use machetes to hack away the giant scales of the invasive paiche before skinning them and casting the refuse into the river. Growing up to three meters and 250 kilograms, the paiche (Arapaima gigas) is the largest scaled fish in the Amazon and one of…
Drone video of the Amazon jungle and Palca Canyon, Bolivia
Haye Kesteloo reports for Drone DJ: Good morning, Today we bring you the beauty of the Amazon jungle and the Palca Canyon in Bolivia. Beautiful scenery and probably not something many of us will see first hand, so enjoy this drone video. Furthermore, we have news for you about the UAS IPP, a firmware update…
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