The eternal potato – La papa eterna

Nicole Pinto, El Deber: Chuño: The truth behind the eternal ‘potato’ Its production can take several days, between which the feet will be used as part of the process, resulting in a food that can last up to 10 years properly stored. Chuño is an ancestral food of Andean origin, widely consumed throughout the area…

Empoderamiento de las mujeres – Women empowerment

Pagina Siete: Cholitas climbers go to the top of Sajama Three cholitas climbers from the Maya organization began a journey to bring a message of empowerment to women. Dora Magueño, 56, Ana Lía Magueño and Flora Chura left the city of La Paz for the town of Sajama. There they had a picnic and later…

World’s highest ski resort a Bolivian memory

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…

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…