By Lupe Cajias, Los Tiempos: The Essential Ones (I) “There are men who fight for a day and are good. There are others who fight for a year and are better. There are those who fight for many years and are very good. But there are those who fight all their lives; they are the…
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Katerine (9): Saves the national flag from a fire | Salva la bandera nacional de un incendio
El Deber, Vision 360: Her School Burned Down They evoke the bravery of Genoveva Ríos: a girl saves the national flag from a fire in San Matías Forest fires in the country mainly affect the department of Santa Cruz. The Girl with the National Flag Escapes Before the Flames Reach Her. Photo: El Deber Katerine,…
Juana Asurdui de Padilla
By Juan José Toro, Brujula Digital: La Juana and the “laris” In Sucre, many people, including authorities, are preparing to celebrate the birth anniversary of Juana Azurduy de Padilla on July 12. They are going to do it despite the fact that they have been repeatedly warned that this is not the correct date. The…
Roly Mamani: Restoring limbs with dignity| Restaurando extremidades con dignidad
Esther Mamani, AFP RelaxNews, The Star: Bolivian toymaker restores limbs, dignity with 3D-printing Mamani (left) explains the operation of the bionic arm prosthesis to Marco Antonio Nina in the town of Achocalla, 18km from La Paz, Bolivia on Jan 8, 2024. Mamani has delivered more than 400 prostheses across Bolivia to poor and rural people,…
Gary Prado Salmón
AFP, ABC Net: Bolivian general Gary Prado Salmón, who captured Che Guevara, dies The Bolivian general who captured Cuban revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara and became a national hero has died at age 84. Key points: Gary Prado Salmón had been receiving hospital treatment for health complications since April. “He was accompanied by his wife and children,” his son…
FIRST AIR COMBAT IN AMERICA -PRIMER COMBATE AÉREO EN AMÉRICA: Chaco hero, Cap. Rafael Pabón
Por/By: Ramiro Molina Alanes 90 YEARS AGO: THE FIRST AIR COMBAT IN AMERICA At around six in the morning on Sunday, December 4, 1932, exactly 90 years ago, in the skies of the Boreal Chaco, one of the most glorious and transcendental feats of our military history took place, the first air combat in America,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 