Reuters for VoA: Archeologists show a skull as part of an archeological finding, dated approximately 500 years ago, in Mazo Cruz, near Viacha, Bolivia, Nov. 12, 2018. LA PAZ — A team of archaeologists in Bolivia said they have discovered tombs containing over a hundred bundles of artifacts and human remains dating more than 500 years…
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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…
Torotoro National Park seeks to become a new “Jurassic park”
AFP reports via El Deber: The 3,500 footprints belong, according to the researchers, to eight species of prehistoric animals and would place this Bolivian region of a pleasant temperate climate A dinosaur in the Plaza de Torotoro. Photo BoliviaMia.net A row of steps of sauropods, theropods and ankylosaurs of the Cretaceous period are observed in…
Chefs look for the peanut soup to be the flag dish of Bolivia
Aida Zuazo reports for El Deber: The associations and federations of chef of Bolivia presented the project of the Declaratory Law of the “Peanut Soup, Flag Plate of Bolivia” This soup is one of the traditional dishes of Bolivia With macaroni (noodle), rice or simply with french fries. Now a project of the Declaration Law…
MSU was given a mummy from Bolivia in 1890. Now the university is returning it.
By RJ Wolcott and Sarah Lehr, for the Lansing State Journal: Museum. “It’s the ethical thing to do, and it’s consistent with the United Nation’s treaty on the rights of indigenous people.” The mummified remains were donated to the university in 1890 by Fenton McCreery, whose father, William, was then United States consul to Chile. The body was…
Bolivian money 101: What was the first banknote of Bolivia?
From Bolivia.com: In 1867, Bolivia had its first bill and this is the true story that few know. The history of the first banknotes of Bolivia. Photo: BCB The history of Bolivian, as it is known today, in the form of bills and coins, began in 1867, 42 years after the founding of the country…
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