Editorial, El Deber: A kidnapped mayor The mayor of El Alto, Soledad Chapetón, was kidnapped by residents of the 14th district of that city, and was held in the Virgen de Urkupiña temple from 4:00 p.m. on Saturday until late at night as a measure of pressure to force her to sign an agreement to…
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Peruvian Airlines plane skids on runway in Bolivia
BBC News reports: A plane carrying 127 people skidded and fell on its side on a runway at an airport in Bolivia after it appeared to collapse onto its landing gear. The Peruvian Airlines Boeing 737 was landing at El Alto airport, west of the capital La Paz, after arriving from Cuzco on Thursday. None…
Bolivia’s Mi Teleférico Is The Highest And Longest Cable Car Ride You Can Experience Right Now
M J De Castro reports for Travelers Today: Bolivia’s Mi Teleférico Is The Highest And Longest Cable Car Ride You Can Experience Right Now To say Bolivia is a wonderful yet underrated country would be an understatement, and in the heart of this picturesque country lies La Paz’s futuristic urban subway. At more than 11,000 feet above…
More than 20 writers present their works
Pagina Siete reports: More than 20 writers present their works The program La Paz Reads will open the curtain with the presentation of more than 20 works, among short stories, poems and novels, by writers from La Paz, El Alto, Cochabamba, Oruro, Sucre and Potosí. The activity, which will be held today [04/21/2017] from 15:00,…
In La Paz, Bolivia, Commuters Take Elevated Route
Katrina Wheelan reports for the Valley News: Column: In Bolivia, Commuters Take Elevated Route Almost every major city in the world is clogged with traffic. Usually residents take buses that weave through the traffic or subways that run underneath it. In La Paz, commuters can float right over the packed roads. Bolivia’s capital city is home…
High in the Bolivian Andes, a tour of Aymara sacred sites
From MailOnLine: High in the Bolivian Andes, a tour of Aymara sacred sites By ASSOCIATED PRESS EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) — At a gasp-inducing 13,000 feet-plus (4,000 meters-plus) above sea level, a post marks the spot where Andean gods are said to dwell at the foot of towering, snow-covered peaks. A group of “amautas,” or…
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