Adam Williams reports for These Football Times: April Fools’ Day is not widely celebrated in Argentina. For most Spanish-speaking countries, 28 December – Holy Innocents’ Day – is the equivalent window for far-fetched headlines and phantom pregnancies. But after hearing the news on 1 April 2009, legions must have though Latin America had adopted Western…
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Bolivia’s fine wine
The Economist reports: High varietals Bolivia’s other intoxicating export—fine wine A newcomer to tipple’s top table In 2010 the Netherlands’ Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries, which is financed by the government, sent Cees van Casteren to Bolivia. His mission was to help Bolivia’s vintners break into Europe. It was a tough assignment….
Skiing in Bolivia!
Freeskier reports: Adventure is guaranteed on the roof of the Andes WORDS • Ben Hoiness | PHOTOS • Fredrik Marmaster We started planning this trip a year ago after seeing some photos in the American Alpine Journal. We were hoping to explore Bolivia’s Cordillera Real range—a 125-kilometer-long stretch of densely glaciated granite peaks largely unexplored by skiers. Our group…
1943, La Paz city, a superb video!
A Julien Bryan production: Great socio economic display, and during WWII which was not even mentioned … Loved to see trams as public transportation … like train service, these days, both were discontinued and that is a real shame!
Bernardo Guarachi: ‘I’m proud, I’ve fulfilled with Bolivia’ – Bernardo Guarachi: ‘Estoy orgulloso, he cumplido con Bolivia’
Marcelo Avendaño reports for La Razon: Bernardo Guarachi: ‘I’m proud, I’ve fulfilled with Bolivia’ The mountaineer fulfilled his dream and with Bolivia: he made summit in the Seven Summits of the world when climbing the Vinson Massif last week. Bolivian mountaineer Bernardo Guarachi fulfilled his dream and with Bolivia: he climbed the summit of the…
Grown At High Altitudes, Bolivia’s Wines Are Rising Stars
John Otis writes for OPB: A vineyard in Tarija, Bolivia, the center of the country’s wine industry. A growing number of wineries here are improving their techniques, ramping up production and starting to export, as global interest in Bolivia’s award-winning wines grows.Insights/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Bolivia is better known for snow-capped mountains than sun-drenched vineyards,…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 