Los Tiempos reports: COLONIAL ART Ernesto Ortiz Silverware A twenty year old Ernesto Ortiz, a native of Arani, began collecting works of art from the colonial period and seeing the demand and that these were not merely reproduced, he launched into production mainly of embossed silver and other religious objects. “I liked to collect colonial…
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Jersey City’s Bolivian 2015 parade stuns with colorful costumes
From True Jersey – nj.com: Jersey City’s Bolivian parade stuns with colorful costumes By Ben Shapiro, The Jersey Journal Bolivian culture took center stage Saturday at the 12th annual Bolivian Parade and Festival in Jersey City. In native dress and costumes highlighting the red, yellow and green of the South American nation’s flag, hundreds of…
Do Bolivians have an identity?
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The Bolivian A discussion that is part of the social and political debate of the last thirty or forty years in Bolivia, especially since the time of the visibility of the “kataristas” cultural currents, refers to the need to find or define the identity of Bolivia. All reflection struggled…
Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015: Bolivia
Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2015 The World Economic Forum has, for the past nine years, engaged key industry and thought leaders through its Aviation & Travel Industry Partnership Programme, along with its Global Agenda Council on the Future of Travel & Tourism, to carry out an in-depth analysis of the T&T competitiveness of economies…
Watch a great video of La Paz, 1943. They had trams!
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We are loosing our CERRO RICO, and the world knows about this disgrace!
I am sad and upset, despite the fact that it is our NATIONAL EMBLEM, not only is central part of our our Code of Arms but also belongs in our History, ever since the Colony to date. The Cerro Rico, is systematically been destroyed. And now it is part of the infamous, yet credible tag…
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