Santa Cruz History

Ms. Zapata, the elementary principal, just let me know about a great web site on Santa Cruz history. It's in Spanish, but should be fairly easy to read for all our students.

Thanks Ms. Zapata!

Transportation strikes

It's quite interesting that both France and Bolivia are having transportation strikes at the same time, though over different issues. Read this BBC article (in English) to further understand the French strike. The BBC also has a short article on the Bolivian strike. El Deber has a more indepth article (in Spanish).

To find out more about this issue, or anything else in the news, Google News is a great place to start your search.

Bolivia's Biodiversity

I spent this weekend hiking in the lovely Amboro National Park, just hours outside of busy Santa Cruz. I was reminded how diverse and beautiful the country of Bolivia is. While hiking I was lucky enough to see an ocelot, two different kinds of monkeys, a wide variety of butterflies, fish and birds, as well as beautiful trees, plants and flowers.

If you're not able to get out of the city to view such lovley parts of Bolivia's heritage, come to the library to see Retratos de Biodiversidad - Bolivia / Biodiversity Portraits of Bolivia, a book full of beautiful pictures of nature. This book may also be helpful to report writers as there are limited resources on plants and animals specific to Bolivia. (It is currently on the new book shelf, but will soon be moved to its permanent location in the non-fiction 500s section of the library.)