Sometimes envy helps… – A veces la envidia ayuda …

Yahoo! LifeStyle: Woman hits back after being slammed over ‘inappropriate’ school-run outfit A woman has hit back after she was slammed for the outfit she donned while dropping off her young son at school in the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The lawyer and fitness model, known as ‘Vanesita (Vanesa) Medina’ on…

Micaela Meneses – GOLD – Angélica Barrios

Gabriel Caero, Los Tiempos: Meneses y Barrios logran oro en Denver Las raquetbolistas Micaela Meneses y Angélica Barrios conquistaron ayer la presea dorada en el certamen internacional de ráquetbol, que concluyó en Denver, Colorado. El rendimiento de ambas jugadoras permitió que lleguen a la consagración, además de seguir acumulando minutos de cara al Panamericano de…

Bolivian Gamers – eSport

Los Tiempos: Samsung Liga Pro Gaming impulsa el talento de los “gamers” bolivianos La comunidad de jugadores de videojuegos de Bolivia da un gran paso hacia la profesionalización del eSport (deporte electrónico) con el apoyo de Samsung. La compañía surcoreana, que cuenta con monitores profesionales gamer, potencia el talento boliviano en distintas competiciones de eSport, a través de la…

Bolivian women skateboard in Aymara garb to showcase culture

The Mainichi: LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The traditional bowler hats, bright blouses and long, plaited “pollera” skirts of the young women contrast with the skateboards under their feet as they swoop back and forth on the skate ramp in Bolivia’s largest city. The girls of the collective “ImillaSkate,” a mixture of Aymara and English…

The skatepark built of salt

Surfer Today reports: Finnish skateboarder Jaakko Ojanen created a skatepark out of bricks of pure salt in the high Andes mountain range. The project had never been attempted before in the history of skateboarding, but the internationally renowned rider wanted to make it a reality. The “White Desert” project allowed Ojanen, Angelo Caro, Luciano Cristobal,…

SIX AND OUT: THE DAY BOLIVIA ANNIHILATED DIEGO MARADONA’S ARGENTINA

Adam Williams reports for These Football Times: April Fools’ Day is not widely celebrated in Argentina. For most Spanish-speaking countries, 28 December – Holy Innocents’ Day – is the equivalent window for far-fetched headlines and phantom pregnancies. But after hearing the news on 1 April 2009, legions must have though Latin America had adopted Western…