Potato or Potatoe originally came from the highlands of South America. Therefore, Bolivia is also the source of this incredible and delicious food. We should follow the Peruvian lead and begin producing these non genetically modified food. Opinion of Bolivian Thoughts. El Diario reports: Colored potatoes prevent diseases Unknown outside the Andes, colored potatoes such…
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A Visit to Sajama, Bolivia
Shreeya Joshi reports via GlacierHub: Photo Friday: A Visit to Sajama, Bolivia This Photo Friday, journey to Sajama, Bolivia, through photos taken by Karina Yager, a professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University, on her recent trip to the country. Joining two Bolivian scientists, Rosa Isela Meneses and Humber Alberto, from the Bolivian…
Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro
Edwin Conde Villarreal reports for El Diario, excerpts follow: Museum conserves giant mammal skull in Oruro • The animal could have measured four to five meters long and with a diet exclusively of leaves and herbs, sometimes of grains, was an herbivore that lived in the Quaternary period. The fossilized skull of a lazy bear…
Bolivia: Bishops call for ‘thorough investigation’ of explosions in Oruro
Catholic News Agency reports: Bolivia: Bishops call for ‘thorough investigation’ of explosions in Oruro La Paz, Bolivia, Feb 17, 2018 / 12:00 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The General Secretariat of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference called on civil authorities to conduct a “thorough investigation” of recent explosions in the city of Oruro that have left 12 dead…
Hotspot of the week: Oruro, Bolivia
From Stuff Destinations: Hotspot of the week: Oruro, Bolivia More than 2400 kilometres away from the golden beaches of the Brazilian capital, this normally nondescript mountain town in landlocked Bolivia hosts one of the largest carnivals in South America. Declared a “Masterpiece of Oral and Tangible Heritage” by Unesco, it’s a riotous celebration of the triumph…
It’s okay to know they like our folklore, but please do NOT SAY is yours!
Bolivian Thoughts opinion: It is undeniable how colorful, joyful and magnificent is Bolivian Folklore! So, there is no wonder that the temptation to display it in Peru and Chile is great, that by doing so they even damage their own folklore, as if they had none… Current government is pure demagogue, they portrait themselves as…
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