Elvis Fuertes, El Potosi: Infraestructuras que fueron testigos del auge del Estaño – Miraflores, UNCÍA. Infrastructures that witnessed the tin boom – Miraflores, UNCÍA. Interior de una pulpería en Catavi, quedó totalmente desbaratada. LLALLAGUA. | Interior of a grocery store in Catavi, was completely destroyed. LLALLAGUA. Mina [Mine] Siglo XX. Monumento al Minero revolucionario y…
Tag: high altitude
YUNGAS road
Travel, BBC: The world’s most dangerous road (Image credit: Harald von Radebrecht/Alamy) By Shafik Meghji A drive down Bolivia’s infamous “Death Road” takes travellers into a world where two resources have provoked fascination, misunderstanding and controversy for centuries: coca and gold. After cresting the 4,800m Cumbre pass, the trufi (shared taxi) plunged into a cloud of swirling mist….
CHARQUINI: Receding Glacier ‘Doomed to Disappear’ – Glaciar en retroceso ‘condenado a desaparecer’
Reuters, USNews: In Bolivia, a Battle Over a Receding Glacier ‘Doomed to Disappear’ Mountain guides in the Cholita climbers group pass in front of a no trespassing sign during the inauguration of tourist season at the Charquini glacier, as scientists and climbers battle over the future of the controversial lure for tourists, outside of El…
Chaetophractus Nationi – Quirquincho
Pagina Siete: They declare the quirquincho Natural Heritage The Andean quirquincho was declared a Natural Heritage of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, after National Law 1424 was enacted on April 13. The norm was debated since last year in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly and was finally promulgated by President Luis Arce, according to a publication…
Cochabamba – Tunari
Cristina Cotari, Los Tiempos: Las familias que llegaron al Tunari para disfrutar y jugar con la nieve. The families that came to Tunari to enjoy and play in the snow.| Carlos López Las bajas temperaturas realzan una laguna y el paisaje. Low temperatures enhance a lagoon and the landscape. | Carlos López Las familias que…
UTAMA
Fabien Lemercier, CineEuropa [Video: use link below/use el link al final]: In the Bolivian highlands, an elderly Quechua couple has been living the same daily life for years. During an uncommonly long drought, Virginio and his wife Sisa face a dilemma: resist, or be defeated by the environment and time itself. “If you knew how…
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