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,…
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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…
Meet the Cholita Wrestlers Beating Down the Patriarchy in Bolivia
Lauren Evans writes in Broadly: Meet the Cholita Wrestlers Beating Down the Patriarchy in Bolivia Cholitas, the indigenous women of Bolivia, are pile-driving their way into the previously male-dominated sport of wrestling, skirts and all. It’s Sunday afternoon in El Alto, Bolivia, and sun is streaming through the grit-streaked windows of the city’s Multifunctional Center….
Bolivian Thoughts 