Carlos Valdez, AP reports for Bradenton Herald: CURAHUARA DE CARANGAS, BOLIVIA – A buttress supporting an adobe wall has collapsed and grass overgrows the patio of the four-century-old church whose dazzling murals depicting biblical scenes and remote location high atop a Bolivian plateau have earned it the nickname the “Sistine Chapel of the Andes.” In this…
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The fraudulent causes of Chile that cloistered Bolivia
Rodolfo Becerra writes in El Diario: The terrible question of the confinement of Bolivia is a chapter that should shame America, because it is not alone in the dispossession of its ports, nor in the closure of its territory connected to the sea nor in the usurpation of its considerable natural resources or in confinement…
Disaster in 22 municipalities
El Diario reports: Ministry of Defense 4,436 families were affected and had to leave their flooded homes to protect their safety, according to minister Javier Zavaleta Government suspended solidarity flights and continues search for missing persons in Caranavi Stabilization work in the Armas bridge sector, in the Santa Bárbara – Caranavi section, route that was…
They discover the procedure to stop the deterioration of Samaipata rock
Pagina Siete reports: Experts in conservation-restoration will apply technology on the reliefs, so that the stone is regenerated and prevents the absorption of water, allowing the transpiration of the rock. The Fort of Samaipata receives 70,000 tourists every year, according to the local mayor’s office. Photo: Pinterest The largest carved stone in the world is…
So Much Gas, So Few Allies Spells Trouble in Populist Nation [evo, you’re done!]
Laura Millan Lombrana, Jonathan Gilbert, and Sabrina Valle report for Bloomberg: South America’s only successful populist government has triumphed largely thanks to the natural gas it exports to its neighbors. But that may soon be changing. Contracts with Bolivia’s biggest customers — Brazil and Argentina — are in the process of being renegotiated at a time when…
After failures to attract investments, what?
An Editorial from El Diario: The government, with a view to obtaining investments, on both the part of United States, England, Germany and Canada, organized meetings with businessmen and capitalists in each capital of those countries and tried to encourage them and give them assurances so that they invest financial capital, technology and human capital…
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