Prison Libraries Implemented in Cochabamba Prisons as Part of ‘Bolivia Lee’ Program

Prison Libraries Implemented in Cochabamba Prisons as Part of ‘Bolivia Lee’ Program

“The Knight in Rusty Armor”, “Journeys through a Dream”, “La Chaskañawi”, “Metal del Diablo”, “Race of Bronzes”, “The Apple of His Eye”, normative compendiums, codes, Algebra, Geometry and many others are on shelves. With a total of 3,500 books, libraries were implemented yesterday in the seven prisons of Cochabamba: El Abra, San Sebastián Mujeres, San … Read more

Expansion of Red Line Electric Train Nearing Completion in Cochabamba

Expansion of Red Line Electric Train Nearing Completion in Cochabamba

The expansion of the red line of the electric train, which now extends to kilometer 7 of Petrolera Avenue, is nearing completion. With 93 percent progress, it is expected to be received in February and is committed to improving transportation in the southern area of ​​the city of Cochabamba, although residents aspire for more. The … Read more

Avian Flu Risk of Resurgence: Bolivian Poultry Farmers Vaccinate 24 Million Birds

Avian Flu Risk of Resurgence: Bolivian Poultry Farmers Vaccinate 24 Million Birds

One year after the arrival of avian flu in the country, the risk of resurgence exists and producers allocated almost 5 million Bolivians to vaccinate more than 24 million laying and rearing birds. The vice president of the Departmental Association of Poultry Farmers (ADA), Iván Carreón, reported that the disease arrived in the “country to … Read more

COVID-19 Vaccine Shortage in Cochabamba: 45 Thousand Doses Expired

COVID-19 Vaccine Shortage in Cochabamba: 45 Thousand Doses Expired

Are you interested in an anti-covid vaccine? Well, it will be impossible to acquire it, at least for now. This is because no health center in Cochabamba or authorized point of sale has had immunization doses since October, reported the head of Epidemiology of the Departmental Health Service (SEDES), Rubén Castillo. The current shortage of … Read more

Cochabamba COVID Vaccine Shortage: Impact and Updates from Departmental Health Service

Cochabamba COVID Vaccine Shortage: Impact and Updates from Departmental Health Service

Are you interested in an anti-covid vaccine? Well, it will be impossible to acquire it, at least for now. This is because no health center in Cochabamba or authorized point of sale has had immunization doses since October, reported the head of Epidemiology of the Departmental Health Service (SEDES), Rubén Castillo. The current shortage of … Read more

Cochabamba Department Achieves International Certification for Being Measles and Polio-Free

Cochabamba Department Achieves International Certification for Being Measles and Polio-Free

The department of Cochabamba, considering all the municipalities, is free of measles and poliomyelitis. The authorities of the Departmental Health Service (SEDES) assured that the work is continuous. The general coordinator of the SEDES Directorate, Osvaldo Marcelo Castro, participated this Saturday in the ‘Voces de la Llajta’ program and reported on the international certification of … Read more

“Cochabamba International Exhibition Fair Requires Full Covid-19 Vaccination Schedule for Participants”

As part of the biosecurity measures that the participants of the Cochabamba International Exhibition Fair (Fexco), in June, will be asked to have the complete vaccination schedule against Covid-19 and to continue washing their hands and probably the use of the mask, reported the municipal secretary of Health, Aníbal Cruz. The vaccine against Covid-19 is … Read more

70-year-old woman wins raffle for motorcycle as incentive for Covid-19 vaccination

A 70-year-old woman won the raffle for a motorcycle on Thursday and the delivery will be made in a public act at the Headquarters on Tuesday. The winner is Faustina Maldonado Pérez, 70, who was vaccinated against Covid-19 between January 5 and April 5. The raffle was held at a public event at the Casa … Read more

Art. A quartet of artists shines at the Gíldaro Antezana

Four great Bolivian artists have been exhibiting their works since yesterday in the Gíldaro Antezana hall. Ángelo Benito Guzmán, Eddy Vargas Orellana and Gimber Rojas Lafuente from Cochabamba, as well as Esmeralda Méndez from Orurena, are the virtuosos who are part of the Bolivian artist collective Arte Gris and exhibit fifty samples of drawing, watercolor, … Read more

La Paz surpasses Cochabamba in infections and registers 1,018 cases of Covid-19

The department of La Paz surpassed Cochabamba in Covid-19 infections this Saturday, registering 1,018 positive cases. In the country, a total of 3,570 were reported. “The new infections this day are: La Paz 1,018, Cochabamba 910, Santa Cruz 587, Chuquisaca 270, Tarija 174, Potosí 229, Oruro 253, Beni 125, and Pando four”, indicates the 867 … Read more