Instagram snapshots: Carolyn Stritch in Bolivia – in pictures Bolivia’s stark beauty, grand (and less grand) buildings and local beer were an inspiration to this traveller on a South American road trip High in Potosí I’m from Newcastle, but I’ve been travelling since January 2015. Potosí is one of the world’s highest cities, and while…
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Bolivia: The wild, weird and unadulterated country no one talks about
Ben Groundwater writes for Stuff Destinations: Bolivia: The wild, weird and unadulterated country no one talks about [to watch this video, please use the link down below] Make sure you get a window seat. Because as amazing as Bolivia is, as exciting and exotic and strange as…
History 101: how silver turned Potosí into ‘the first city of capitalism’
A great article regarding Potosi, by The Guardian: Story of cities #6: how silver turned Potosí into ‘the first city of capitalism’ The discovery of a mountain of silver (and a new way to extract it) transformed this remote Incan hamlet into the economic centre of Spain’s empire – larger than London, Milan or Seville….
Worth a Potosi
Radio Fides published: Worth a Potosi By Carlos A. Quiroga For over four centuries, the city of Potosi has been synonymous with wealth. In Spanish there is a saying, “Vale un Potosí”, or “to be worth a Potosi”, used when speaking of something of great value. [cartoon is from El Deber, July 31, 2015. The…
The History of Potosi, Bolivia
From BoliviaBella.com: The History of Potosi, Bolivia This is a detailed summary of the history of Potosi. You can learn more about Potosi Bolivia by looking up information on points that are of special interest to you. In extreme Southwestern Bolivia there is a city that was once the pearl of the Spanish Crown, the…
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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