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Bolivia’s Silent Destruction

Bolivia’s Silent Destruction

Select your citation format: MLA (Modern Language Association 8th edition) Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (full note) APA (American Psychological Association 7th edition) Read the full essay here. Since 2019, policies encouraging land...

An Overlooked Hill in Bolivia Turned Out to Be One of the Andes’ Oldest Temples

An Overlooked Hill in Bolivia Turned Out to Be One of the Andes’ Oldest Temples

Aerial view and layout of the Palaspata Temple. Credit Jose Capriles/Antiquity In the dry, wind-swept highlands of Bolivia, a dusty hill overlooked by archaeologists and tourists alike has revealed one of the most significant ancient discoveries...

Local cultural highlights for July

Local cultural highlights for July

Soul in Motion will perform African dances and drumming this Saturday at Ossian Hall Park. [Soul in Mortion] By James Albright, chair of the Mason Arts Advisory Council Rather than just being the yawning, stifling chasm between the end of the...

Cuba appreciates Nicaragua and Bolivia’s denunciations of US measures

Cuba appreciates Nicaragua and Bolivia’s denunciations of US measures

Through the social media platform X, the foreign minister expressed his gratitude to co-presidents Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, as well as to the Government of National Unity and Reconciliation and its revolutionary people for their...

'Free spirited' Oisin Hoy was 'living his life to the fullest' when tragedy struck in Bolivia

'Free spirited' Oisin Hoy was 'living his life to the fullest' when tragedy struck in Bolivia

The heartbroken family of ‘free spirited’ Oisin Hoy, who was killed when a 4x4 overturned in Bolivia, have said he was ‘living his life to the fullest on his Bolivian adventure,’ when tragedy struck. Mr Hoy, 29, from Clontarf in Dublin, was among...

GAA club leads tributes to Irish man with 'trademark smile' killed on Bolivian adventure

GAA club leads tributes to Irish man with 'trademark smile' killed on Bolivian adventure

Tributes have poured in for a young Irish man described as a "free spirit" and a "remarkable soul" after his tragic death while travelling in Bolivia last Friday. Oisín Hoy, from Clontarf in Dublin, died following a car crash while exploring...

Study compares industrialised, indigenous groups, finds inflammation not always linked with ageing

Study compares industrialised, indigenous groups, finds inflammation not always linked with ageing

Inflammation levels due to ageing were found to be similar between the two industrialised populations studied, but did not hold in the indigenous groups, where inflammation was found to be driven largely by infection rather than age |Image used...

Bolivia celebrates UN recognition of wiphala

Bolivia celebrates UN recognition of wiphala

Tuesday, July 1st 2025 - 09:56 UTC The Wiphala is a symbol that reflects the multicolored harmony of nature, born from the worldview of various indigenous peoples and social groups, the Bolivian government argued Bolivian authorities, including...

UNOOSA and Exolaunch Enable Satellite Launches for Bolivia, Guatemala, Jordan, and Nepal

UNOOSA and Exolaunch Enable Satellite Launches for Bolivia, Guatemala, Jordan, and Nepal

This groundbreaking initiative, part of UNOOSA's Access to Space for All program, includes fully funded launch slots for each mission and underscores the growing global interest in space and the need for practical launch opportunities for emerging...

Amazon Crime Crisis: U.N. Backs Indigenous Demands

Amazon Crime Crisis: U.N. Backs Indigenous Demands

Organized crime now dominates 70% of Amazonian municipalities across Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Networks of illicit economies – or “Amazon Crime” – have diversified and expanded the territorial control and political...

Tributes paid to "larger-than-life" Irishman killed in horror Bolivia crash

Tributes paid to "larger-than-life" Irishman killed in horror Bolivia crash

A young Irishman who died following a 4×4 crash in Bolivia has been remembered as someone who made everyone’s lives "that bit brighter." Oisín Hoy, who was in his 30s, was killed last Friday when the vehicle he was travelling in overturned in the...

Tributes paid to Dublin man (29) who died while travelling in Bolivia

Tributes paid to Dublin man (29) who died while travelling in Bolivia

A GAA club has paid tribute to one of its members who was killed in a road accident in Bolivia last weekend. Oisín Hoy (29) from Clontarf in Dublin died after the car he was travelling in was involved in an accident close to the famous salt flats...

Paraguay promoted as tourism destination for Bolivian travelers

Paraguay promoted as tourism destination for Bolivian travelers

Tuesday, July 1st 2025 - 07:00 UTC The Asunción-Santa Cruz air route is operated by both Paranair and Boliviaana de Aviación (BoA) Officials of Paraguay’s National Secretariat of Tourism (Senatur) conducted a trade mission in Santa Cruz, Bolivia,...

Inflammation Tied to Lifestyle, Not Just Aging

Inflammation Tied to Lifestyle, Not Just Aging

Register for free to listen to this article Thank you. Listen to this article using the player above. ✖ Want to listen to this article for FREE? Complete the form below to unlock access to ALL audio articles. Inflammation, long considered a...

Tributes flow for 'lovely' Irish tourist killed in Bolivia 4x4 accident

Tributes flow for 'lovely' Irish tourist killed in Bolivia 4x4 accident

Tributes have flowed for an Irish tourist who was killed when a 4x4 overturned in Bolivia with a pal saying he was 'one of the loveliest people you would ever have met.' Oisin Hoy, 29, from Clontarf in Dublin, was among a group of seven in a...

Inflammaging may be a lifestyle phenomenon rather than a universal aging trait

Inflammaging may be a lifestyle phenomenon rather than a universal aging trait

Inflammation, long considered a hallmark of aging, may not be a universal human experience, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. The research suggests that "inflammaging"-chronic, low-grade...

New Tennessee law would criminalize aiding undocumented immigrants, sparking legal concern

New Tennessee law would criminalize aiding undocumented immigrants, sparking legal concern

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A Tennessee law set to go into effect Tuesday will make harboring undocumented migrants a crime. But a lawsuit filed on Friday is trying to stop the law, claiming it would have far-reaching consequences. Senate Bill 392 makes...

Tributes paid to Irish man who died in Bolivia crash

Tributes paid to Irish man who died in Bolivia crash

Oisin Hoy (29) from Clontarf in Dublin, died on Friday while amongst a group of seven travelling on Bolivia’s salt flats in the southwest of the country. He was gravely injured and died on route to the nearby city of Potosi. Paying tribute...

How many white students were enrolled in La Paz County districts in 2023-24 school year?

How many white students were enrolled in La Paz County districts in 2023-24 school year?

Bicentennial Union High School District Superintendent Kari Avila (2023) | Bicentennial Union High School DistrictBicentennial Union High School District Superintendent Kari Avila (2023) | Bicentennial Union High School District There were 398...

Activists warn CFE gas plant in Los Cabos threatens whales and marine life

Activists warn CFE gas plant in Los Cabos threatens whales and marine life

Environmental groups warn that a proposed gas-fired power plant in Los Cabos by Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission threatens whales and marine ecosystems in the Gulf of California. A coalition of more than 40 environmental organizations has...

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