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….
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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…
Lluvia y caminos – Rain and roads
Allison Cuellar, El Dia: The ABC reports 24 section cuts nationwide The highway that connects the departments of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba suffered a sewer collapse at dawn on Thursday at kilometer 103 of the Cochabamba-Santa Cruz highway (Montero-Yapacaní section). Traffic interruptions in Santa CruzThe highway that connects the departments of Santa Cruz and Cochabamba…
Rains and snow affect three regions of the country
El Diario reports: The intense rains in several regions of the country caused the cutting of roads on departmental roads between Santa Cruz and Cochabamba. In the mountain range of the Tunari it snowed. TRAFFIC COVERAGE IN THE SAN JOAQUÍN ARROYO SECTOR OF LA PAZ – UNDUAVI SECTION DUE TO ROAD MATERIAL MUD SLIDE. Three…
Bolivian roads 101 under evo!
Editorial from Pagina Siete, pictures from the internet when searching for poor condition roads in Bolivia: Abandoned roads A few days ago we commented in this same space that government inefficiency is increasingly evident. The example used was that of the creation of the social security manager that, after nine years, has not yet been…
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