By Vision 360: The “Sistine Chapel of the Altiplano” will be restored with more than $66,000 from a U.S. cultural fund Restoration experts will carry out a comprehensive analysis of the temple’s current condition, including detailed photographic documentation, damage assessment, and a review of previous interventions. The church and its murals; Tuesday’s event, attended by…
Tag: Oruro
Prices for the Oruro carnival | Precios para el carnaval de Oruro
By Brujula Digital: Combos for the Oruro Carnival range from Bs 800 to Bs 2,800 Travel agencies in La Paz offer several options depending on length of stay and services. A diablada fraternity at the Oruro carnival / ABI archive The Oruro Carnival is perhaps the country’s greatest tourist attraction in terms of intangible heritage…
Oruro: Evolution of the Diablada Mask | Evolución máscaras de la Diablada
By Juan Gonzáles, Red Uno; Eju.tv: Carnival 2026: This Is How the Diablada Mask Evolved The masks or face coverings of the Diablada are icons of Bolivia’s Oruro Carnival, crafted by artisans who represent the constant struggle between good and evil. A Red Uno team arrived in the city of Oruro to recall the origins…
Bolivia cancela proyecto chino de zinc y exige correcciones en planta siderúrgica | Bolivia cancels Chinese zinc project, demands steel plant fixes
Por Mining.com: Proyecto de fundición de zinc. Crédito: ENFI El nuevo gobierno de Bolivia está cancelando un proyecto planificado de zinc adjudicado a un consorcio chino y exigirá que otra empresa china corrija deficiencias en un complejo siderúrgico. Las autoridades están anulando una refinería de zinc de 350 millones de dólares, dijo el ministro de…
Oversized Plant Threatens Llamas | Planta sobredimensionada amenaza a las llamas
By Unitel: The Oruro camelid plant is so large that if it operates at 100% “we are going to wipe out the llamas,” warns the office of public enterprises “It’s not that the plant will only be used a little; either it works or it doesn’t. They didn’t think about feeding these camelids, they didn’t…
Millions of lights and giant trees: this is how Christmas begins in Bolivia | Millones de luces y árboles gigantes, así se comienza a vivir la Navidad en Bolivia
By Vision 360: End-of-year festivities Municipalities have prepared schedules that include parades, dances, the lighting of giant trees, and millions of colorful lights. Christmas lights on a street in Cochabamba. Photos: APG and Jhersson Soria Sandoval The Christmas atmosphere is already felt in several Bolivian cities, where local governments have planned activities ranging from parades…
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