El Diario reports: Chile fails to meet deadline for demining at the border The demining process should have been completed in 2011 by determination of the Ottawa Convention, but progress is slow, said Defense Minister Ruben Saavedra. Chile only have defused 25% of the explosives, according to Senator Ignacio Mendoza. Given the limited progress on demining…
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Carnival 101: Oruro, Bolivia!
These are excerpts pertaining Bolivia, from an interesting book about the history of the Carnival in the World [if you want to read the whole paper, please use the link provided at the end, thank you]: OVERVIEW This teacher curriculum guide was developed in conjunction with the traveling exhibition ¡CARNAVAL!, that was produced at the…
Music for quena [Bolivian flute] wins composition prize
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…
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…
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