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Photos of the Cholita Paceña contest that honors Aymara women

In La Paz, Bolivia, the Cholita Paceña contest celebrates Aymara Indigenous women, recognizing their traditional fashion, beauty, fluency in Indigenous language and cultural knowledge. Contestants, dressed in long skirts, embroidered shawls, and bowler hats, dance to folkloric music and answer questions before a jury. The event aims to preserve and…

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‘Swimming with orcas is out of control’: can new rules keep tourists and Mexico’s whales safe?

Experts are calling for stricter limits on numbers of those flocking to Baja California Sur to swim with the animals in the wild. But some local tour operators are not convinced

The Guardian - UK

Fancy a beer and a burger? The world’s cheapest Hard Rock Cafes revealed

Exclusive: Three people could drink and dine in South America for the same price as a solo customer in Dubai

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Irish aid for Guatemala more vital after Trump’s cuts, says charity

Guatemala is vulnerable to the effects of climate change which is forcing its indigenous people further into poverty.

Evening Standard

Bolivia's heavy rains claim 28 lives as death toll rises

The rains have affected eight of the country's nine Administrative divisions. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Facing Bolivia's Economic Crunch With Toy Houses, Fake Banknotes

For a month every year, thousands of Bolivians throng the stalls of an unusual market in La Paz, shopping for tiny toy houses and wads of fake cash -- substitutes for the real-life objects their hearts desire.

International Business Times

Heavy rains in Bolivia send mud crashing into the capital, leaving 1 missing and destroying homes

Authorities say that a landslide caused by heavy rains has flooded dozens of homes in La Paz, the capital of Bolivia

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Bolivians carry adorned human skulls asking for favors in the Ñatitas festival in La Paz

Hundreds of Bolivian devotees have arrived at the municipal cemetery of La Paz carrying human skulls adorned with flowers for the Ñatitas festival

The Independent UK

Bolivia: protest march by ex-president’s supporters reflects split at heart of left

Evo Morales leads thousands of followers to La Paz to ‘save’ country from his handpicked successor turned rival

The Guardian - US

Bolivia moves World Cup qualifier to even higher altitude, hoping to elevate performance

Bolivia has always been a difficult place to play and the challenge has just got even higher

The Independent UK

Bolivia's President Announces Major Natural Gas Discovery

Bolivia's president unveils a significant natural gas discovery near La Paz, aiming to revive the country's gas industry and economy.

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Bolivia: fake or real, the attempted coup exposes the country’s deep underlying turmoil

When heavily armed troops, spearheaded by a tank, broke through the gates of Bolivia’s presidential palace in La Paz on June 26, it appeared that the country’s military was mounting an armed coup with the aim of replacing the left-wing government of Luis Arce.

The Conversation

Bolivians in shock after attempted coup by top general

Military forces led by army chief General Juan Jose Zuniga appeared to take control of president Luis Arce’s government

The Independent UK

Bolivia Reels From Botched Coup Bid Amid Economic Crisis

Bolivian President Luis Arce was facing a deep political crisis on Thursday after a botched bid by military chiefs to overthrow his government deepened turmoil in a country facing severe economic decline.

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Waiting for water: It's everywhere in this Colombian city — except in the pipes

The country is rich in water resources. Yet many people in the city of Santa Marta struggle to get enough to meet daily needs. They improvise, strategize — and rely on a tangle of 1-inch pipes.

The Independent UK

AP Week in Pictures: Global | Oct. 6 - 12, 2023

People searched for victims after an earthquake killed and injured thousands in Afghanistan’s Herat province, supporters of Israel embraced near the Israeli Consulate in New York during a demonstration in the wake of a deadly attack by Hamas, and people prayed for rain during a drought near the Incachaca dam…

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Bolivian EV startup hopes tiny car will make it big in lithium-rich country

The municipality of La Paz, Bolivia, is using a small fleet of tiny electric cars to bring doctors to patients' homes living in the suburbs of the capital city

Tribune News Service

This summer, head to La Paz, Mexico's unsung seaside destination

Most travelers likely have heard of Los Cabos, a celebrated Mexican tourist spot that sits on the southern tip of Baja California, the linear peninsula that’s bounded by the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Sea of Cortez (a.k.a. the Gulf of California) on the other.

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Bolivia: Opposition blockades push for leader's release

Trucks are snarled and people in the Santa Cruz region have to find ways to skirt blockades that opposition leaders set up across the area considered to be Bolivia's economic engine to protest the detention of Gov_ Luis Fernando Camacho late last year on “terrorism charges.”

Reuters

Bolivia's farm hub battles political capital over cattle and grains

Javier Monasterio, a rancher in Bolivia's lowland area of Santa Cruz, is feeling the economic hit of weeks-long protests and blockades since the dramatic arrest of the region's governor that has snarled domestic transport of grains and meat.

Reuters

Bolivia governor arrest stokes fears of political revenge cycle

The arrest of a prominent Bolivian opposition figure has sparked criticism from human rights groups and thrown a spotlight on how both the country's right and left have used a weak judicial system to go after opponents.

Reuters

Bolivia protesters burn cars, clash with police after governor arrested

Protesters in Bolivia's Santa Cruz, a relatively wealthy farming region, attacked buildings, burned cars and blocked highways as part of a 24-hour strike on Friday following the arrest of the regional governor, a right-wing opposition leader.

Reuters

Bolivia court sentences opposition leader to four months ahead of trial

A Bolivian court sentenced right-wing opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho to four months of pre-trial detention, a day after he was arrested in connection to 2019 social unrest that saw former leftist President Evo Morales flee the country.

Reuters

Explainer-Who is Luis Fernando Camacho, the opposition leader arrested in Bolivia?

Prominent Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho was arrested on Wednesday, exacerbating tensions between the government in La Paz and opposition centered around the affluent farming hub of Santa Cruz.

Reuters

Power struggle divides Bolivia as soy-rich Santa Cruz demands more clout

Tropical, sunny and relatively wealthy, Bolivia's farming region of Santa Cruz has long butted heads with the arid highland political capital La Paz. Now, buttressed by rising soy and beef exports, it is in a power struggle for greater political and financial clout.

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