By Raul Dominguez, El Deber: Rains and road closures hit producers in Santa Cruz and Cochabamba A seedling business was left under the mud in the community of Achira, near Samaipata, in Santa Cruz. Fruits and vegetables were also affected. Photo: Ricardo Montero/ElDeber In the tropics, the rains flooded more than 2,700 hectares of crops,…
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Bolivia’s 7 best road trips | Los 7 mejores viajes por carretera de Bolivia
Maria Silvia Trigo, LonelyPlanet.com: Road conditions in Bolivia can vary widely and driving can be challenging, even for the most experienced drivers © Sasipa Muennuch / Getty Images Though the highways are mostly well-maintained, driving in Bolivia can be stressful due to unpredictable drivers, landslides depending on the season and last-minute roadblocks that derail your schedule. But…
Chinese Highway to Cause Environmental Damage | Autopista china causará daño ambiental
Julieta Pelcastre, DialogoAmericas: Quechua women walk in the outskirts of Potosí on June 24, 2014. The China Railway Group Limited will begin construction of a highway to link Potosí to Cochabamba in 2023, a project that may threaten nature and several archeological zones. | Mujeres quechuas caminan en las afueras de Potosí el 24 de…
YUNGAS road
Travel, BBC: The world’s most dangerous road (Image credit: Harald von Radebrecht/Alamy) By Shafik Meghji A drive down Bolivia’s infamous “Death Road” takes travellers into a world where two resources have provoked fascination, misunderstanding and controversy for centuries: coca and gold. After cresting the 4,800m Cumbre pass, the trufi (shared taxi) plunged into a cloud of swirling mist….
Carreteras cerradas por lluvia – Roads closed due to rain
Pagina Siete: Five roads in three regions are closed due to the rains The Bolivian Highway Administration (ABC) reported on the closure of three sections in the department of Beni, a fourth in the north of La Paz and the fifth in Santa Cruz. In Beni, the sections closed are: the Santo Domingo-Monte Grande highway,…
Road to Yungas: driver fell into the ravine in the middle of a fight for not giving way – Camino a Yungas: chofer cayó al barranco en medio de pelea por no ceder el paso
Pagina Siete: The driver was transferred to a hospital in Villa Fátima and has been diagnosed 70 days of disability. For not wanting to give way, a fight between drivers ended with one of them injured, on the road between La Paz and Los Yungas. The Police report indicates that one of the drivers fell…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 