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☆ I hiked a mountain in the Andes to celebrate my 40th birthday. The hallucinations and violent vomiting that followed had not been part of the plan.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Elizabeth Lavis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I got altitude psychosis a few hundred meters from high camp as I scaled the frigid face of Huayna Potosi, the ninth-highest mountain in the Bolivian Andes. The geodesic dome was surrounded by snow at Huayna Potosi High Camp. Elizabeth LavisThanks to my excellent guide, I made it to high camp and spent the night in an orange geodesic dome perched on Potosi's precarious eastern side. He rapidly identified the seriousness of the situation, carried my day pack the rest of the way, and helped me ascend slowly to high camp. While I was fairly fit and prepared to climb Huayna Potosi, I didn't consider the mental or extreme physical toll the mountain would take.

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☆ Copa Libertadores: Bolivian and Peruvian soccer teams set record after playing match at 4,150m altitude
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Standing 4,150 meters (more than 13,500 feet) above sea level, it is one of highest soccer stadiums in the world. And on Tuesday, Bolivian team Always Ready and Peruvian side Sporting Cristal set a new record for the highest match ever played in the Copa Libertadores, South America’s equivalent of the Champions League. “We must clarify something: playing at this altitude is very difficult,” Cristal head coach Enderson Moreira said after the match, per El Comercio. “We played in a complicated stadium, it is perhaps the game that Cristal has played at the highest altitude, but there are no excuses,” Cristal star Yoshimar Yotún told El Comercio. Always Ready beat Sporting Cristal 6-1 at high altitude.

Persons: Estadio Daniel Alcides Carrión, Cristal, “, ” Cristal, Enderson Moreira, Cristal’s, ”, Yoshimar Yotún, El, Raldes, Estadio Hernando Siles, Alberto Gallardo, Moreira Organizations: CNN, El, Bolivian, Peruvian, Sporting Cristal, Copa Libertadores, Champions League, Spanish, AS, Estadio, El Comercio, Libertadores, Bolivian national, El Alto Locations: Bolivian, El Alto, Peruvian, Cerro de Pasco, El Comercio, Lima, AFP, La Paz, El

☆ Biden's biggest problem in 2024 isn't age or a shaky memory. It's the war in Israel.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementBut among rank-and-file Democratic voters, the situation is far more dire and could threaten Biden's chances of being reelected next November. According to one recent poll, 50% of Democrats believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. While many Democrats who believe that may be willing to support Biden anyway, there's a sizeable portion who may decline to support Biden's reelection. In contrast to questions about Israel, top Democrats have quickly moved to dismiss questions about the special counsel report.

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Scientists say such extreme weather is becoming increasingly common globally because of climate change, which also intensifies the effects of El Nino. Never before has Lake Titicaca dried up like it is now. Experts say many of the factors contributing to the shrinking of Lake Titicaca could be linked to climate change. In global terms we have climate change, and phenomena such as El Nino and La Nina, which cause floods and droughts." Back at Lake Titicaca, Fredy Aruquipa, the person in charge of monitoring the lake's water level, watches it decline daily.

Persons: Alex Flores, Claudia Morales, Manuel Flores, El, Flores, Xavier Lazzaro, Rodney Camargo, La Nina, Fredy Aruquipa, Monica Machicao, Sergio Limachi, Isabel Woodford, Adam Jourdan, Andrea Ricci Organizations: REUTERS, El, Friends, Nature Foundation, El Nino, La, Thomson Locations: Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, South, El Alto, El Nino, Titicaca, United States, Asia

☆ An Epic Pilgrimage Across Three Great Religions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Aatish Taseer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

Before there was tourism, there was pilgrimage: a trip of endurance, hardship and ecstasy in celebration of one’s faith. On an epic pilgrimage of his own, one writer ventures into the heart of three great religions in Bolivia, Mongolia and Iraq. The Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala the day after Ashura. “They’re poor, but they come thousands of kilometers for the love of Imam Hussein.” PILGRIMAGE WAS A great equalizer. “Labaik ya Hussein,” came the solemn chorus of surrounding voices.

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☆ Bolivia faces water shortage as winter heat wave drives drought
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Bertha Apaza, a local resident, said the extreme heat was a clear sign of shifting climates that had now forced the city to ration water use. Bolivia has experienced some of the most extreme temperatures in August and September, which are usually temperate months. Many of those living in El Alto, a city of around one million people, come from farming communities raising livestock and planting vegetables to survive. Members of the scientific community warn the situation could become critical with the El Nino weather pattern set to arrive in December, potentially altering the forecast and turning up the temperature. El Nino can prompt extreme weather events from wildfires to cyclones and droughts in some areas and more rainfall in others.

Persons: Isabel Apaza, Gabriel Flores, Claudia Morales, LA, Bertha Apaza, Mancilla, Oscar Paz, El Nino, Monica Machicao, Santiago Limachi, Sergio Limachi, Daniel Ramos, Lucinda Elliott, Josie Kao Organizations: REUTERS, American, Southern, Authorities, El, Universidad Mayor de, Thomson Locations: Lake Titicaca, Huarina, Bolivia, LA PAZ, El Alto, Bolivian, La Paz, Neighboring Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Australia, Universidad Mayor de San Andres

☆ The world's youngest referee? A 10-year-old rules the pitch in Bolivia
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

EL ALTO, Bolivia, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Erick Callejas may be just 10 years old - and a lot shorter than the other participants on the soccer pitch - but he has no qualms enforcing the rules as one of the few referees his age. "On Saturdays and Sundays I go out to referee with my little colleague, my son, Erick," Ramiro said. Callejas refereed his first match in a women's league after his dad signed him up for the job. "My dream is to referee the Bolivian Derby, to be a FIFA referee so I can go to the World Cup, America Cup, Liberators Cup and the Champions League," Callejas said. Reporting by Monica Machicao, Sergio Limachi, Santiago Limachi; Writing by Isabel Woodford; Editing by Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Erick Callejas, Callejas, Ramiro, Erick, Beimar Tancara, Tancara, Monica Machicao, Sergio Limachi, Santiago Limachi, Isabel Woodford, Lincoln Organizations: ALTO, La Paz, Bolivian Derby, FIFA, America Cup, Liberators, Champions League, Thomson Locations: Bolivia, El Alto, La

☆ Peru bus plunges off cliff, killing at least 24
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 28 (Reuters) - At least 24 people died in northern Peru after a bus carrying 60 passengers plunged off a cliff in early on Saturday, police told local media. The tragedy, involving a bus for the company Q'Orianka Tours Aguila Dorada, occurred in the district of El Alto in the far north of Peru, SUTRAN said. SUTRAN said early investigations showed the bus appeared to have an up-to-date safety inspection and accident insurance. Road accidents are relatively common in Peru, with many drivers operating vehicles on precarious roads and without proper training. In 2021, 29 people died when a bus plunged off a highway in the Andes mountains.

Santa Cruz leaders pledge to fight until Camacho is released, picketing government buildings and stopping transport of grains. "We have a mandate from our assembly that nothing leaves Santa Cruz and that is what we are going to do," said Rómulo Calvo, head of the powerful Pro Santa Cruz civic group. Marcelo Cruz, President of the International Heavy Transport Association of Santa Cruz, said routes were being blocked so no trucks could leave the province. "No grain, animal or supply from the factories should leave Santa Cruz for the rest of the country. "Santa Cruz is the economic stronghold of Bolivia," said Gary Rodríguez, General Manager of the Bolivian Institute of Foreign Trade (IBCE).

☆ Shooting in gang-plagued Mexican state leaves 9 dead
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

MEXICO CITY, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A shooting left nine dead and two wounded at a bar in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, which has increasingly suffered from cartel violence, local authorities said Thursday. Five men and four women were killed in the gunfire and two more women were hurt, the town said. The assailants had not yet been identified, officials said, adding that units of state and federal authorities as well as the National Guard would be moved into the area. Last month, 12 were killed at a bar in the city of Irapuato, following a nearby shooting that left 10 dead in September. Homicides have dropped slightly in 2022, though Lopez Obrador's term is on track to be the deadliest in modern history.

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