Keeping track and not forgetting our heroes is a must. Today, I wanted to share what Luis S. Crespo wrote in March 8, 1928: Juana Azurduy de Padilla Juana Azurduy was born in the city of Chuquisaca [Sucre] on March 8, 1781, and not having known her father, she took the surname of her mother,…
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Bolivian People 101: The rise of the ‘cholitas’
Paula Dear reports for BBC News: The rise of the ‘cholitas’ Bolivia’s “cholitas” are riding the crest of a resurgence that has seen them transform from being “maids of the middle classes” who were routinely stereotyped and discriminated against, to having real clout in the economic, political and fashion worlds. With their high bowler hats,…
Autonomy will suffer one more time, current Bolivian ochlocracy is relentless…
Aidee Rojas reports for El Deber: DELAY IN THE DISBURSEMENT YPFB poses to defer payment of HDI and royalties The transfer of the resources will be in uniform fees over 10 years The President of YPFB, Carlos Villegas, said yesterday about deferring the payment in five years, of the royalties and direct tax to the…
Exceptional room for improvement: Bolivian productive businesses!
El Diario reports a striking reality! Why is that we have very little numbers of productive businesses?! Initial answer targets weak and awkward public policies as they do not do what they are supposed to: promote investment on job and value-added creation! Two of every thousand companies are large and productive In Bolivia, two of…
Erika Cuellar: Bolivian pride! one of National Geographic’s explorers!!
I have mentioned Erika Cuellar back in June 2012, for that post, please click here. We have to be proud of her, she is National Geographic’s recognized and renowned explorer! Follows NatGeo’s page about her and below the links of Bolivian newspapers regarding her accomplishments! Erika Cuellar Conservation Biologist Emerging Explorer Erika Cuéllar works to…
Bolivia’s San Calixto Observatory for the last 100 years!
Alejandra Pau reports for Pagina Siete: San Calixto Observatory, 100 years taking the pulse to the Earth Science institution is world-renowned for its studies in seismology, meteorology and astronomy. Shortly, will held its centenary. Its creation in 1913, was a milestone. It was a momentous shift from knowledge about the coming land of stories and…
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