Bolivia

Main Square The square has been a witness to various historical events of the city and during the time of Incas it was known as the ‘Square of the warrior’. The journey of stunning ‘Inti Raymi’ begins from here every year. Coricancha and Santo Domingo The convent is a best example of the most delicate works of architecture in Cusco. The convent is constructed over the extravagant Temple of Qoricancha. A long time ago, the walls of the temple were decorated with gold sheets. Museo Inka The museum displays the best collection of Inca artifacts and you can take the glimpses of the works ... Read Full Story

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 what was once the highest ski-run in the world perched on the Chacaltaya glacier at some 5,300 meters (17,390 feet) high. Only a snowy ice cap of some 50 square meters (538 square feet) remains of the magnificent Chacaltaya glacier which spread over 1,600 square meters in the 1950s. "That's all there's left: a little piece of ice that is disappearing and will last no more ... Read Full Story

Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities said Thursday. Diminished rainfall and a rise in solar radiation have in the past four years led to critically low water levels that now threaten fish spawning areas and plant life, the Lake Titicaca Authority said in a statement. Titicaca's waters have dropped 81 centimeters (2.65 feet) since April and flora and fauna are apt to suffer damage if they drop another 30 centimeters (one foot), the statement said. Navy Capt. Jorge Ernesto Espinoza told ATB television that South America's largest ... Read Full Story

Evaporation blamed on global warming has reduced Lake Titicaca, one of the world's highest navigable lakes, to its lowest level since 1949, authorities said Thursday. Diminished rainfall and a rise in solar radiation have in the past four years led to critically low water levels that now threaten fish spawning areas and plant life, the Lake Titicaca Authority said in a statement. Titicaca's waters have dropped 81 centimeters (2.65 feet) since April and flora and fauna are apt to suffer damage if they drop another 30 centimeters (one foot), the statement said. Navy Capt. Jorge Ernesto Espinoza told ATB television that South America's largest ... Read Full Story

WARDEN MESSAGE U.S. EMBASSY LA PAZ, BOLIVIA November 19, 2009 This warden message informs U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Bolivia that, Read Full Story