Bolivia farm region blocks borders, grain transport as protests lead to clashes
Santa Cruz/La Paz, Bolivia Reuters Protesters in Bolivia’s farming region of Santa Cruz are blocking highways out of the province, threatening to snarl the domestic transport of grains and food, as anger simmers following the arrest of local Governor Luis Camacho. The region, a stronghold of the conservative opposition to socialist President Luis Arce, is […]
Bolivia protesters burn cars, clash with police after governor arrested
Santa Cruz/La Paz, Bolivia Reuters Protesters in Bolivia’s Santa Cruz, a relatively wealthy farming region, attacked buildings, burned cars and blocked highways as part of a 24-strike on Friday following the arrest of the regional governor, a right-wing opposition leader. As night fell, protesters in parts of the provincial capital torched cars and tires and […]
Peru diplomatic spat grows as envoys in Mexico, Argentina summoned home
Lima, PeruReuters A diplomatic spat over Peru deepened on Thursday as the new foreign minister formally summoned ambassadors home from countries including Mexico and Argentina, which have criticised the recent ouster of former president Pedro Castillo. The swift removal of Castillo, who led the South American country for just 17 months, has reverberated far beyond […]
In South America’s Andes, farmers pray for rain to end drought
Tihuanacu, Bolivia Reuters High in the mountains of the Bolivian Andes, farmer Alberto Quispe has one thing on his mind: rain. In the rural area of Tihuanacu, around 100 kilometres south-west of highland city La Paz, locals say there has been little rain this season during a dry spell across the Andean regions due to […]
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Latin America’s kids slid into education black hole during pandemic
La Paz, Bolivia/Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters In Bolivia’s highland city La Paz, Maribel Sanchez’s children spent much of the last two years huddling over a small smartphone screen to attend online classes amid a lengthy lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The two boys, aged 11 and eight, frequently missed lessons when their timetables collided as […]
Cholita Mona Lisa: Bolivian artist gives famed portrait indigenous makeover
Alla Baja, BoliviaReuters High in Bolivia’s Andean mountains, surrounded by small thatched roofed houses and sheep, Claudia Callizaya, 32, makes the final brushstroke to her newest piece of art: a take on the Mona Lisa as a local indigenous cholita woman. Her adaptation has the same steady gaze as in Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece portrait […]
Wow!: Pages for pardons? In Bolivia, inmates can cut jail time by reading
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Bolivian boy turns photographer on iconic salt flats – with help from a dinosaur
Salar de Uynui, Bolivia Reuters On the otherworldly white salt flats of Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, an 11-year-old boy has become a photography success taking quirky and creative pictures of tourists – with a little help from a blue plastic dinosaur toy. Piter Condori makes use of an unusual trick of perspective on the iconic salt flats, […]