Potosi (Region- Bolivia)

The world’s largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni

Salar de Uyuni in south-west Bolivia was once part of a massive prehistoric lake but today is the world’s largest salt flat. When dry it’s a barren landscape, so featureless that it’s great for perspective tricks – but during...

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Bolivian glacier 'disappearing'

Once home to the highest ski resort in the world and now reduced to a rocky mountainside, Bolivia's Chacaltaya range bears powerful witness to the precipitous melting of glaciers. The rusting remains of a ski lift now dominate...

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M 6.5, offshore Tarapaca, Chile

OFFSHORE TARAPACA, CHILEDistances Felt Reports Power outages in Iquique. Felt (V) at Arica, Alto Hospicio, Camina, Huara Iquique and Pozo Almonte; (IV) at Pica; (III) at Colchane; (II) at Calama and Tocopilla. Felt (III) at La...

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Bolivian Farmers Support Local School Meals

WFP has long provided food for school meals projects around the world, convinced of their importance in fighting hunger. But in an ideal world the food would come not from WFP but from local producers. In Bolivia this is...

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Heraclia Ledezma De Luna : Bolivia

25 of $1,200 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 11, 2009 Heradia has been married for 20 years. She is 46 years old and has three children. Heradia sells groceries. Also, along with her husband, she transport passengers and...

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The world's most surreal landscapes

From the geysers of Dominica's Valley of Desolation to the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia, we showcase 10 of the world's most bizarre landscapes. Salar de Uyuni Bolivia Blindingly white and dizzyingly high, this vast salt flat...

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Hilarion Gomez Ali : Bolivia

25 of $300 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 10, 2009 Hilarión lives on #20 Street in the Huayna Potosi district of the city of El Alto. He lives in a rental property. His wife looks after their five children. Hilarión...

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New World Resource Corp.: High Lithium Content in Additional Pastos Grandes Sampling Drill...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - New World Resource Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NW) announces the results of the recently completed Pastos Grandes brine sampling program and the commencement of a drill program employing...

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Where Next? Part 1

So now that we’re back home, we can’t help but think of where we want to go next. Though we visited 24 countries on our trip, our world did not get any smaller. In fact, I think it got bigger. The more you travel, the more...

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Bolivia Plans To Continue Sales Of Lithium Mining Exploration Contracts

Lithium mining deposits in Bolivia is the largest lithium mine in the world. If the lithium mining exploration work, then Bolivia will become the supplier of raw materials in the world’s largest lithium. Government of Bolivia...

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