AFP, France 24: Oruro (Bolivia) (AFP) – At a table on a street corner in Oruro in western Bolivia, night owls get ready to tuck into a favorite dish touted as a hangover cure: roasted lamb’s head. Late-night diners savor every part of the head, using their fingers to pull off bites of meat and brain….
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Cañahua: Grain that resists climate change | Grano que resiste al cambio climatico
Andres Rodriguez, Opinion: The Quechua engineer who rescued from oblivion the grain that resists climate change Trigidia Jiménez’s life was always linked to the field. Her contact with the earth, with the sun and nature are her thing. Her first memories of her agriculture come from her father, who passed on his love for food…
The last eight fish of Lake Poopó – Los últimos ocho pescados del lago Poopó
Jose Pablo Criales, Opinion: The second largest lake in Bolivia made headlines in 2015 because it completely dried up. A good rainy season has returned the water to their basins, but rising temperatures, mining pollution and the diversion of their rivers threaten the lives of their people forever. Brake! –Cristina Mamani suddenly shouts– Stop, we…
Oruro: Historic bell tower | Histórico campanario
El Deber: They restore the historic bell tower of the Cathedral of Oruro It was supported by the United States Cultural Preservation Fund. Among other historical events, it witnessed the arrival of Simón Bolívar In 2021, the Cultural Preservation Fund of the United States chose to support the restoration project of the 19th century bell…
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