PhysOrg (para leer en español, use el link de abajo): Bernardo Guarachi’s eyes light up as he reminisces about the glory days of Chacaltaya—once the highest ski resort in the world but now a crumbling relic to climate change in the Bolivian Andes. “Today, it’s a cemetery,” said Guarachi, pointing to the rusted poles and…
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Simplificando la agricultura – Ramiro Mamani – Simplifying agriculture
EFE, Hola News: Satiri, the invention of a young man who simplifies agriculture in Bolivia ROBOTIC BOLIVIA Quinamaya (Bolivia), Oct 27 (EFE).- Satiri, which in Aymara means to sow, is the name of a robot designed by 22-year-old Bolivian Ramiro Mamani and who channeled his knowledge to make a prototype to plow the land and…
Why do indigenous people flee from the Pachamama – Por qué los indígenas huyen de la Pachamama
Editorial, El Diario: A note registered in the editorial page of EL DIARIO in the edition of Sunday, March 7, made it known that in the highlands and valleys of La Paz and other departments, 500 thousand hectares of top-quality land, which were cultivated by peasants, were abandoned. who have now abandoned them and migrated…
2 condors released into Bolivian wild as probe held into mass poisoning
La Prensa Latina: Choquekota, Bolivia, Feb 23 (efe-epa).- Two female condors rescued in a rural Bolivian community were returned to their natural habitat on Tuesday after undergoing a rehabilitation process in the municipal biopark of La Paz and as an investigation is underway in the south of the country into the death of around 30…
Un corto animado rescata la leyenda del Salar de Uyuni – An animated short rescues the legend of the Salar de Uyuni
Wara Arteaga, Pagina Siete: After a half-year work, the short will be released on February 28 on the Google Meet platform, days later it will be broadcast on YouTube. According to the Andean oral tradition, the largest salt desert in the world was the result of a great love disappointment: the betrayal of the great…
Why Bolivia Should Be Your Next Wine Destination
Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler: And how you can start drinking Bolivian wine right now. In 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay hosted a blind wine-tasting contest. Tasters sampled tannat wines, made with a grape originating (but not universally beloved) in France, that is now a prized export of Uruguay. The surprise winner: a Bolivian wine. It was Bolivia’s first-ever grand…
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