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,…
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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,…
Young Bolivian prodigy, delights with his art in the White House | Joven prodigio boliviano, deleita con su arte en la Casa Blanca
El Diario: First Lady of the United States congratulates José André, the young Bolivian prodigy The First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, congratulated on her social networks the young Bolivian prodigy José André Montaño, a jazz pianist who has already rubbed shoulders with the most important musicians in the world. José André, 17,…
Chaco war: Boquerón
Ignacio Vera de Rada, El Diario: Boquerón, nine decades Exactly ninety years ago, in September ’32, a handful of few men resisted under the severe order not to shoot if it wasn’t at an accurate target. Without water, without food, with the wounded unattended and the dead buried improvised, tempted to eat the only pack…
Posthumous PAHO award – Carla Gabriela Romero Perez – Premio postumo OPS
Pan American Health Organization: Bolivian epidemiologist receives posthumous PAHO Award for Health Services Management and Leadership Washington, D.C. 26 September 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has recognized the late epidemiologist Ms. Carla Gabriela Romero Pérez, from Bolivia, for her service by presenting her with the PAHO Award for Health Services Management…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 