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The Virgin Mary strikes back

Bolivian pilgrims ask the Virgin Mary for money and revenge. Bolivian pilgrims come to her in huge numbers to complain about their poor financial position and the neoliberal system which they blame for this. Women also grab ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Testosterone low, but responsive to competition, in Amazonian tribe

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's a rough life for the Tsimane, an isolated indigenous group in Bolivia. They make a living by hunting and foraging in forests, fishing in streams and clearing land by hand to grow crops. ...

Biology / Other

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bolivians demand controversial highway be built

More than 2,000 Amazon Indians on Monday called on Bolivian President Evo Morales to approve the building of a highway through a nature reserve, a project scrapped last year after widespread protests.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sunlight in tropical forest driving force behind ecological niches of tree species

Not water, but sunlight is the main factor in determining the growth of the hundreds of tree species in tropical forests. The variation in physiological characteristics between tree species explains how the various species ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Recycle this: Bolivian turns waste into high fashion

Crafted from old newspapers, plastic bags, discarded CDs and soda bottle caps, Bolivian designer Marion Macedo's quirky fashion creations have added an eclectic dimension to the catwalks of Europe, South ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bolivia cancels controversial Amazon highway

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday he was cancelling a controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bolivian natives enter La Paz after march from Amazon

Hundreds of indigenous people made a triumphal entry into La Paz Wednesday at the end of a two-month march from the Amazon to oppose the construction of a highway through their ancestral homeland.

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created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Record number of jaguars uncovered in Bolivia

In a new camera trap survey in the world's most biologically diverse landscape, researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society have identified more individual jaguars than ever before.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fossils of forest rodents found in highland desert

Two new rodent fossils were discovered in the arid highlands of southern Bolivia by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Universidad Autónoma Tomás Frías.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Melting glaciers signal climate change in Bolivia

Scientists and peasants combine traditional farming techniques and cutting-edge research to grow food sustainably in the high Andes, where the ecology is rapidly changing.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Brazil government identifies uncontacted tribe

(AP) -- The Brazilian government confirmed this week the existence of an uncontacted tribe in a southwestern area of the Amazon rain forest.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4


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