But as recently as ten years ago, the cholita faced the greatest hardships, because they were deemed inferior members of ...

An curved arrow pointing right. A group of intrepid Cholita women from Bolivia decided to scale eight mountains, each over over 19,685 feet high. Former cooks and assistants to their tour guide ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Four Indigenous Aymara climbers hope to become the first Bolivian women to summit Mount Everest. They plan on wearing the traditional pollera, once a symbol of ...

“One of my dreams has come true: half the cabinet seats are held by women”, said the Bolivian president. “The new cabinet is made up of singers, lawyers, economists, caucus leaders, doctors ...

A group of Bolivian women is currently attempting to to climb eight mountains over 6000m in the Andes. Aged up to 50 and wearing their traditional dress, for years they have worked as cooks or porters ...