El Diario reports: Music for quena [Bolivian flute] wins composition prize “Four Pieces for flute and chamber orchestra” by Rodrigo Miguel Llanque Montaño, is the winning National Composition Prize ‘Orlando Alandia Pantoja’ for this year, as declared by the Jury, composed by Alberto Villalpando, Javier Parrado and Edgar Alandia. The event, organized by the Oruro…
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Protected Areas of Bolivia 101
Jorge Arteaga writes in El Diario: “We should all travel to these earthly paradises” Protected Areas of Bolivia [Pics above belong to http://www.boliviabella.com/parques-nacionales-de-bolivia.html%5D Two-thirds of Bolivia are found in the Amazon that, on average, is about 200 meters above sea level (masl). Then, the Bolivian territory rises westward to reach the high plateau, about…
LLAMA LEATHER IS MORE RESISTANT THAN CATTLE
Reports La Prensa: CURRENTLY THERE ARE SOME 20 MILLION HEADS OF CAMELIDS LLAMA LEATHER IS MORE RESISTANT La Paz. The Llama leather is 15 times more resistant than those of cattle, said Roberto Mustafa, general manager of Curtiembre Andina [Andina Tannery]. In an interview with the newspaper Cuero Noticias [Leather News], Mustafa said that with…
Fall in the price of gold results in laying off 185 miners, it is just starting…
Gregory Beltran reports for La Prensa: Inti Raymi gold, ABOUT TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS GOLD FALL LEAVES OUT in the STREET, 185 MINERS A total of 185 gold miners from the company Inti Raymi, Oruro, received letters of notice. Entrepreneurs told them that the decision to dispense with their services is due to the falling price…
Bolivian jewelry: 700 young goldsmiths launch Gala, their own brand of jewelry
Pagina Siete reports: THEIR CREATIONS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED ABROAD BY “BULGARI” 700 young goldsmiths launch Gala, their own brand of jewelry Teens of La Paz, Oruro, Potosi and Santa Cruz are trained by skilled craftsmen. With support from Save the Children, aimed at export. At 16, Santa Cruz born, Nicole Illanes divides her time between…
Current Bolivian anarchical ochlocracy in power is relentless!
El Dia reports: It obeys to an order from social organizations Deputy Mineral Policy has submitted his irrevocable resignation Eugenio Mendoza, submitted his irrevocable resignation from office, the same in which he held since August 14, 2013. Vice Minister of Mining Policy, Regulation and Enforcement, Eugenio Mendoza, resigned on Tuesday 12, after having declared at…
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