Olivier Fontan
@olivierfontan.bsky.social
🇨🇵 au 🇧🇷
compte perso et biodégradable.
compte perso et biodégradable.
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In 2019 a group of Bolivian indigenous women aka the “Climbing Cholitas” summitted Mount Aconcagua, Argentina (highest point - Southern Hemisphere) The women had previously worked for years as cooks for mostly rich male mountaineers. They climbed in traditional dress #WomensArt
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
In 2019 a group of Bolivian indigenous women aka the “Climbing Cholitas” summitted Mount Aconcagua, Argentina (highest point - Southern Hemisphere) The women had previously worked for years as cooks for mostly rich male mountaineers. They climbed in traditional dress #WomensArt
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Esperante et al report 1321 theropod trackways, 16,600 exposed dinosaur tracks, plus numerous solitary tracks, abundant tail traces and swim tracks at Carreras Pampa tracksite in Torotoro National Park, Bolivia.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/s...
Original article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/s...
Original article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
More than 16,000 tracks found at a ‘dinosaur freeway’ in Bolivia | CNN
Theropods once trekked along a “dinosaur freeway” that stretched across a shoreline in what is now Bolivia, according to a new study.
edition.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Esperante et al report 1321 theropod trackways, 16,600 exposed dinosaur tracks, plus numerous solitary tracks, abundant tail traces and swim tracks at Carreras Pampa tracksite in Torotoro National Park, Bolivia.
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/s...
Original article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/s...
Original article: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Il reminds me of good ol' times with my bike.
Such a fear 😬💀
Such a fear 😬💀
The most dangerous road in the world is the North Yungas Road in Bolivia, a 40-mile nightmare that claimed between 200-300 lives every single year at the height of its danger. Could you survive El Camino de la Muerte? A new episode of RCR Stories is now live!
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Bolivia’s Death Road: 300 Deaths a Year (RCR Stories)
YouTube video by Regular Car Reviews
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November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Il reminds me of good ol' times with my bike.
Such a fear 😬💀
Such a fear 😬💀
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✉️ Desde Bolivia, nuestras compañeras recuerdan que el derecho al aborto no está garantizado en todas partes.
Mientras en España se debate sobre blindarlo en la Constitución, en Bolivia miles de mujeres siguen viendo negada su autonomía.
🔗 www.infolibre.es/opinion/plaz...
Mientras en España se debate sobre blindarlo en la Constitución, en Bolivia miles de mujeres siguen viendo negada su autonomía.
🔗 www.infolibre.es/opinion/plaz...
Carta desde Bolivia: cuando el derecho a decidir no existe
Querida ciudadanía española,
www.infolibre.es
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
✉️ Desde Bolivia, nuestras compañeras recuerdan que el derecho al aborto no está garantizado en todas partes.
Mientras en España se debate sobre blindarlo en la Constitución, en Bolivia miles de mujeres siguen viendo negada su autonomía.
🔗 www.infolibre.es/opinion/plaz...
Mientras en España se debate sobre blindarlo en la Constitución, en Bolivia miles de mujeres siguen viendo negada su autonomía.
🔗 www.infolibre.es/opinion/plaz...
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A couple of beauties from Bolivia. Phone pics sent back live from the field by our group enjoying a butterfly bonanza right now!
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A couple of beauties from Bolivia. Phone pics sent back live from the field by our group enjoying a butterfly bonanza right now!
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Just your regularly scheduled reminder that dolphins have some of the weirdest interactions with other species in their communities:
www.zmescience.com/ecology/anim...
www.zmescience.com/ecology/anim...
Bolivian river dolphins sometimes dangle anacondas in their mouths and scientists don't know why
Seriously, dolphins?
www.zmescience.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Just your regularly scheduled reminder that dolphins have some of the weirdest interactions with other species in their communities:
www.zmescience.com/ecology/anim...
www.zmescience.com/ecology/anim...
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JUST PUBLISHED – From crisis to stability: what next for Bolivia’s economy? 🇧🇴
By Carlos Gustavo Machicado Salas
By Carlos Gustavo Machicado Salas
From crisis to stability: what next for Bolivia’s economy? - Economics Observatory
Bolivia is at a decisive moment in its modern economic and political history, after nearly two decades of dominance by the Movement Toward Socialism party. Whoever ends up taking charge will need to…
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October 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
JUST PUBLISHED – From crisis to stability: what next for Bolivia’s economy? 🇧🇴
By Carlos Gustavo Machicado Salas
By Carlos Gustavo Machicado Salas
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Bolivia’s Big Border Blunders How & When It Lost Its Territory
Find out more: brilliantmaps.com/bolivias-...
Find out more: brilliantmaps.com/bolivias-...
October 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Bolivia’s Big Border Blunders How & When It Lost Its Territory
Find out more: brilliantmaps.com/bolivias-...
Find out more: brilliantmaps.com/bolivias-...
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Isometric reconstruction of a previously unknown Tiwanaku temple in the Bolivian Andes, published this year in Antiquity. Its study reveals the complex trade and ritual interaction networks of this powerful pre-Inka state.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Isometric reconstruction of a previously unknown Tiwanaku temple in the Bolivian Andes, published this year in Antiquity. Its study reveals the complex trade and ritual interaction networks of this powerful pre-Inka state.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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Magnitude : 4.7
Region: *Chile-Bolivia Border *
Time: 2025-10-14 04:43:33 UTC
Epicenter : 68.39°W 21.89°S
Depth: 101 km
*First posted at: 04:48 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025ucxg/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
Region: *Chile-Bolivia Border *
Time: 2025-10-14 04:43:33 UTC
Epicenter : 68.39°W 21.89°S
Depth: 101 km
*First posted at: 04:48 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025ucxg/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Magnitude : 4.7
Region: *Chile-Bolivia Border *
Time: 2025-10-14 04:43:33 UTC
Epicenter : 68.39°W 21.89°S
Depth: 101 km
*First posted at: 04:48 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025ucxg/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
Region: *Chile-Bolivia Border *
Time: 2025-10-14 04:43:33 UTC
Epicenter : 68.39°W 21.89°S
Depth: 101 km
*First posted at: 04:48 UTC*
https://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqexplorer/events/gfz2025ucxg/general
##GEOFON ##GFZ ##earthquake ##magnitude
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#15Oct #MujerRural, visibilizamos su contribución económica y social en el mundo entero, y su aportación a la seguridad alimentaria: recolectoras de la nuez de Brasil en la Bolivia amazónica, y su lucha por ser Capitanas y estar en la toma de decisiones
medicusmundi.es/es/actualida...
medicusmundi.es/es/actualida...
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
#15Oct #MujerRural, visibilizamos su contribución económica y social en el mundo entero, y su aportación a la seguridad alimentaria: recolectoras de la nuez de Brasil en la Bolivia amazónica, y su lucha por ser Capitanas y estar en la toma de decisiones
medicusmundi.es/es/actualida...
medicusmundi.es/es/actualida...
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🇧🇴 Bolivia a puertas del primer balotaje de su historia
Con el racismo al centro del debate, el 19 de octubre 8 millones de bolivianos deben emitir su voto en el primer balotaje de su historia y el 8 de noviembre se posicionará el nuevo Gobierno
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Con el racismo al centro del debate, el 19 de octubre 8 millones de bolivianos deben emitir su voto en el primer balotaje de su historia y el 8 de noviembre se posicionará el nuevo Gobierno
✍🏼 @valeriasilvaguzman.bsky.social
Bolivia a puertas del primer balotaje de su historia
Con el racismo al centro del debate, el 19 de octubre 8 millones de bolivianos deben emitir su voto en el primer balotaje de su historia y el 8 de noviembre se posicionará el nuevo Gobierno
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October 14, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🇧🇴 Bolivia a puertas del primer balotaje de su historia
Con el racismo al centro del debate, el 19 de octubre 8 millones de bolivianos deben emitir su voto en el primer balotaje de su historia y el 8 de noviembre se posicionará el nuevo Gobierno
✍🏼 @valeriasilvaguzman.bsky.social
Con el racismo al centro del debate, el 19 de octubre 8 millones de bolivianos deben emitir su voto en el primer balotaje de su historia y el 8 de noviembre se posicionará el nuevo Gobierno
✍🏼 @valeriasilvaguzman.bsky.social
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Satellite imagery reveals thick smoke spreading from #wildfires in #Bolivia over #SantaCruz, drifting toward #Argentina. Bolivia has declared a national emergency as repeated dry seasons, land-clearing fires for agriculture (“chaqueo”), and #climate stress fuel this crisis. 🌬🔥🌎
October 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Satellite imagery reveals thick smoke spreading from #wildfires in #Bolivia over #SantaCruz, drifting toward #Argentina. Bolivia has declared a national emergency as repeated dry seasons, land-clearing fires for agriculture (“chaqueo”), and #climate stress fuel this crisis. 🌬🔥🌎
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🔥 Amazon fires getting worse
The Amazon saw its worst forest disturbance in over 20, mostly from fire-driven degradation. Emissions were 7 times higher than recent years. Brazil and Bolivia were hardest hit.
🔗 bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Amazon 🧪
The Amazon saw its worst forest disturbance in over 20, mostly from fire-driven degradation. Emissions were 7 times higher than recent years. Brazil and Bolivia were hardest hit.
🔗 bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Amazon 🧪
Extensive fire-driven degradation in 2024 marks worst Amazon forest disturbance in over 2 decades
Abstract. The Amazon rainforest, historically fire-resistant, is experiencing an alarming increase in wildfires due to climate extremes and human activity. The 2023–2024 drought, surpassing previous r...
bg.copernicus.org
October 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
🔥 Amazon fires getting worse
The Amazon saw its worst forest disturbance in over 20, mostly from fire-driven degradation. Emissions were 7 times higher than recent years. Brazil and Bolivia were hardest hit.
🔗 bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Amazon 🧪
The Amazon saw its worst forest disturbance in over 20, mostly from fire-driven degradation. Emissions were 7 times higher than recent years. Brazil and Bolivia were hardest hit.
🔗 bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...
#SciComm #ClimateCrisis #Amazon 🧪
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In Northern Virginia, home to the largest Bolivian population in the U.S., Coca Luján, a.k.a. K’ancha, serves as “cholita” influencer and cultural preservationist for this community of 40,000.
How a Bolivian construction worker became an online star from her Va. garage
Dressed as a traditional "cholita," a Northern Virginia construction worker is live-streaming Indigenous Bolivian culture and language for her 180,000 followers.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In Northern Virginia, home to the largest Bolivian population in the U.S., Coca Luján, a.k.a. K’ancha, serves as “cholita” influencer and cultural preservationist for this community of 40,000.
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#onthisday October 9, 1967 Che Guevara was executed in La Higuera, Bolivia, ending his bid to ignite continental revolution and turning his image into a lasting global symbol of insurgency, martyrdom, and radical iconography #HistoryOfPolitics
October 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#onthisday October 9, 1967 Che Guevara was executed in La Higuera, Bolivia, ending his bid to ignite continental revolution and turning his image into a lasting global symbol of insurgency, martyrdom, and radical iconography #HistoryOfPolitics
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Elecciones Bolivia: Llueven las acusaciones en la campaña a la segunda vuelta
Elecciones Bolivia: Llueven las acusaciones en la campaña a la segunda vuelta
En el debate entre los candidatos a la vicepresidencia de Bolivia que acompañarán a Rodrigo Paz del Partido Demócrata Cristiano y a Tuto Quiroga de la Alianza Libre, tomaron protagonismo múltiples acusaciones más que propuestas programáticas. Ambos candidatos se preparan para la segunda vuelta electoral el próximo domingo 19 de octubre.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Elecciones Bolivia: Llueven las acusaciones en la campaña a la segunda vuelta
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Back in 2017, after playing in a World Cup qualifier in La Paz, Bolivia, some Brazilian players needed to use oxygen tanks to feel better 💨
La Paz, Bolivia sits nearly 12,000 ft (3660 m) above sea level, making it the highest capital city in the world ☁️
One of the toughest
La Paz, Bolivia sits nearly 12,000 ft (3660 m) above sea level, making it the highest capital city in the world ☁️
One of the toughest
October 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Back in 2017, after playing in a World Cup qualifier in La Paz, Bolivia, some Brazilian players needed to use oxygen tanks to feel better 💨
La Paz, Bolivia sits nearly 12,000 ft (3660 m) above sea level, making it the highest capital city in the world ☁️
One of the toughest
La Paz, Bolivia sits nearly 12,000 ft (3660 m) above sea level, making it the highest capital city in the world ☁️
One of the toughest
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The "flying rivers" of the Amazon bring water across the continent. As their rainfall is depleted by deforestation, especially in the critical dry season, forest loss in Brazil threatens the stability of the unique Amazon and Andes forests in Peru & Bolivia.
www.maapprogram.org/amazon-flyin...
www.maapprogram.org/amazon-flyin...
October 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The "flying rivers" of the Amazon bring water across the continent. As their rainfall is depleted by deforestation, especially in the critical dry season, forest loss in Brazil threatens the stability of the unique Amazon and Andes forests in Peru & Bolivia.
www.maapprogram.org/amazon-flyin...
www.maapprogram.org/amazon-flyin...
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Archaeologists mapped the Palaspata temple in the Bolivian Andes, a 410 by 475 ft rectangle with fifteen rooms, located about 130 miles southeast of Tiwanaku. Read more: https://getnews.me/palaspata-temple-expands-known-tiwanaku-reach-in-bolivia/ #tiwanaku #bolivia
September 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Archaeologists mapped the Palaspata temple in the Bolivian Andes, a 410 by 475 ft rectangle with fifteen rooms, located about 130 miles southeast of Tiwanaku. Read more: https://getnews.me/palaspata-temple-expands-known-tiwanaku-reach-in-bolivia/ #tiwanaku #bolivia
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Boliviana "La hija cóndor" ganó en Biarritz noticine.com/festivales/3...
September 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Boliviana "La hija cóndor" ganó en Biarritz noticine.com/festivales/3...
'' No funcionan los motores, no funcionan los botes, no funcionan los cuadratracks, las movilidades están parqueadas, no tienen mantenimiento, no hay gasolina, no tienen diésel de gasolina... ''
🇧🇴😟 #Bolivia enfrenta una grave crisis en la gestión de sus áreas protegidas. Con solo 270 guardaparques para 23 reservas nacionales que cubren 17 millones de hectáreas, la vigilancia es insuficiente ante amenazas crecientes. es.mongabay.com/2025/09/poli...
Sin presupuesto, personal ni equipos: políticas gubernamentales de Bolivia debilitan áreas protegidas
Bolivia enfrenta una grave crisis en la gestión de sus áreas protegidas: bajo presupuesto, sin guardaparques ni equipos.
es.mongabay.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
'' No funcionan los motores, no funcionan los botes, no funcionan los cuadratracks, las movilidades están parqueadas, no tienen mantenimiento, no hay gasolina, no tienen diésel de gasolina... ''
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Afro-descendants in Bolivia fight invisibility with dance and memory
Afro-descendants in Bolivia fight invisibility with dance and memory
Cielo Torres had always lived in Bolivia. Yet before moving at age 17 to the remote town of Tocana - where much of the country’s Afro-descendant community lives - she had rarely encountered people…
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September 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Afro-descendants in Bolivia fight invisibility with dance and memory