Bolivia and Peru vow to clean up polluted Lake Titicaca

Dan Collyns reports for America CGTN: Straddling the borders of Peru and Bolivia, is South America’s largest freshwater lake — Lake Titicaca. But today the once pristine body of water is blighted by pollution and it is a problem that both nations want to address. CGTN’s Dan Collyns repors from Copacabana, on the Lake’s Bolivian…

Climatic phenomenon causes disasters in the country

El Diario reports: Senamhi report Cochabamba, Beni and the north of La Paz are identified as the most vulnerable areas. From January to mid March there will be more rainfall. To date, the phenomenon of “El Niño” claimed the lives of three people and there are 282 families affected throughout the country. The threat of…

Jhojan and Samuel qualify to the Robotics World competition

Pagina Siete reports: Jhojan Ramírez and Samuel Dorado, both 12 years old, are the youngest winners of the 2017 Bolivian Plurinational Student Olympiad (OCEPB) and will represent the country in the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) robotics competition, an event that brings together almost 20,000 teams of girls, boys and young people from more than 60…

Bolivian observatory collects data as glaciers melt

Carlos Valdez, Associated Press for PA Home Page: LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – The snow appears to be pristine on the Andean peaks that loom above Bolivia’s capital, but even here ash and smog reach up to a remote plateau that is home to the world’s highest atmospheric observatory. It’s an ideal site for a…

Growing underground to avoid drought

BBC has produced a short but very interesting video, whose link you could find at the very end of this post: Growing underground to avoid drought The Altiplano in Bolivia is one of the largest and highest plateaus in the world. To protect their crops from drought, flash floods and increasing temperatures, some farmers are…