Five Bolivian students die and three injured as fourth-storey railing collapses over stairwell

At least five students die and three are injured as railing collapses sending people plummeting down a four-storey stairwell as dozens of youngsters try to cram into Bolivian university protest meeting WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A huge crowd was gathered at El Alto University They were trying to enter an assembly room when a metal barrier … Read more

Five Bolivian students die and three injured as fourth-storey railing collapses over stairwell

At least five students die and three are injured as railing collapses sending people plummeting down a four-storey stairwell as dozens of youngsters try to cram into Bolivian university protest meeting WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: A huge crowd was gathered at El Alto University They were trying to enter an assembly room when a metal barrier … Read more

Humans in the Bolivian Amazon more than 10,000 years created thousands of ‘forest islands’

Humans were cultivating crops in the Bolivian Amazon basin more than 10,000 years ago, a study has found.  Thousands of ‘forest islands’ were formed when humans discarded food waste in heaps and, over millennia, these developed into vast mounds rich in nutrients.  Trees eventually flourished on these islands, which sit several metres above the surrounding … Read more