In 1516, a Spanish conquistador named Alejo García was shipwrecked off the coast of what is now Santa Catarina. There were days when the Indians guaraníes field to ease in southern Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia. Garcia lived for eight years with the Indians and came to know the fantastic network of roads that had guaraníes tissue in the heart of South America.

Those trails, marked by hills, rivers and waterfalls, were aimed at finding the Earth without evil, a mythical place in which human beings could live in complete happiness. (más…)

The department of Oruro is the capital of the country folk, known for its magnificent and lavish Carnaval declared “Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.” Behind this devotional feast, Oruro lies a wealth of natural resources and ancestral culture.

The city of Oruro to this (m.s.n.m. 3.706).
One cannot fail to mention the unique natural features that it has this department, surrounded by volcanoes, salt flats and flamingos. Moreover, the great Lake Bird Sanctuary and Poopó Sajama National Park, considered the world’s highest forest, form a harmonious whole of natural beauty. (más…)