World Travel Awards reports: World Travel Awards (WTA) has revealed that its Latin America Ceremony 2019 will be hosted in La Paz, Bolivia on 13th July 2019. The leading figureheads, decision-makers and influencers of Latin America’s travel and tourism industry are scheduled to attend the ceremony, which will mark WTA’s first visit to Bolivia. The red-carpet ceremony…
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La Paz, Bolivia’s Emerging Wine Destination
Lauren Mowery reports for Winemag.com: From unique restaurants and Bolivian wine to the riveting Andes, La Paz has everything you need for a trip of a lifetime. A Bolivian winemaker describes La Paz as “chaos, color and kitsch.” Indeed, the city bursts with dozens of ethnic groups that intersect over food, culture and dress. It’s the world’s…
Pepino the Cucumber comes back to life as Bolivia kicks off carnival – 2019
Euro News reports [to watch the video, please use the bottom link]: Trumpets blare as people walk solemnly alongside a golden casket through the streets of South America’s highest capital, La Paz, Bolivia, on Sunday (February 3), four weeks before carnival begins. Representing the spirit of carnival, the clownlike figure of Pepino, or cucumber in…
Caporal dance was claimed internationally
El Diario reports: In more than 70 cities they moved to the rhythm of the Bolivian dance that enchants the world Strength and agility, the main characteristics of the dance of Bolivian folklore, caporal. When the clocks marked three in the afternoon on Sunday, thousands of people moved to the rhythm of the Bolivian caporal…
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I am Potosino, between a hymn and the Libertarian Efforts – Humberto Iporre Salinas
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: The life, work and death of the composer Humberto Iporre Salinas share several coincidences close to the commemoration of November 10th. The potosino composer Humberto Iporre Salinas. Potosí celebrates 208 years of its Gesta Libertaria [Libertarian Deed], whose soil is evoked as a pillar of the Bolivian economy, a…
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