El Diario reports: Creative works The frost, the overflow of the Lauca River and the evaporation of Lake Poopó left the inhabitants of the arid land without food Urus crafts women expose and sell their works of art until today in the artist’s house. The Urus de Chipaya, Llapallapani and Tinta…
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Neglect, rain threatening ‘Sistine Chapel of the Andes’
Carlos Valdez, AP reports for Bradenton Herald: CURAHUARA DE CARANGAS, BOLIVIA – A buttress supporting an adobe wall has collapsed and grass overgrows the patio of the four-century-old church whose dazzling murals depicting biblical scenes and remote location high atop a Bolivian plateau have earned it the nickname the “Sistine Chapel of the Andes.” In this…
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Civics from 8 regions ratify the civic strike in defense of 21F
El Deber reports: Civic leaders from eight regions, except Pando, met and ratified the civic strike for December 6 in defense of the referendum vote of February 21, 2016 Fernando Cuéllar, president of the Civic Committee for Santa Cruz, said on Thursday that the citizens of eight regions, except Pando, have ratified the civic strike…
The Christ tattooed on rock has its natural sanctuary in Pazña
Leny Chuquimia reports for Pagina Siete: The chapel of Cerro Torrejaque preserves the image of the Cristo del Gran Poder on a rock that has been transformed into an altar. The church of Jesus of the Great Power of Pazña, municipality to 81 kilometers of Oruro. Photos: Leny Chuquimia / Pagina Siete A small chapel…
How could we describe what really means to Be Bolivian?
Pagina Siete rightfully describes who we are: In the sights Be Bolivian We Bolivians are hard-working, enterprising people, of fortitude [ñeque], as they say in La Paz. But, just as we have that virtue, we are owners of a horrible defect: we do not like to comply with the law. All generalization is bad, but…
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