| Alpacas originate from the high altiplano of South America, and must withstand vast climate changes. |
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| In 1570, the Spanish decreed that the natives would be forced to work in the rich silver mines on the altiplano. |
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| The vanguard sector in this struggle is the well-organized Aymara peasants, who have descended en masse from the altiplano, above the capital. |
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| Aymara men in the altiplano wear long cotton trousers and woolen caps with ear flaps. |
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| The foundation of the Bolivian diet in the Andean highlands or altiplano is the potato. |
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| Moreover, the traffic into Potosi necessarily included huge quantities of food and drink produced all over the altiplano and in the lowlands on either side. |
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| Atmospheric circulation over the Bolivian altiplano during dry and wet periods and extreme phases of the southern oscillation. |
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| Like the vast majority of older generations in the altiplano, she speaks only Quechua. |
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| Other buildings here are made from brick and concrete, and few are painted, creating a subfusc cityscape exacerbated by the dust blowing across the altiplano. |
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| The farm is situated on the Andean altiplano at 4,000 metres above sea level, where there are only grasslands for grazing and underground springs that bring water to the highland wetlands. |
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| Traditionally, Bolivian men living on the Altiplano would wear homemade trousers and a poncho. |
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| Aymara men in the Altiplano region wear long cotton trousers and woolen caps with ear flaps. |
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| I've fixed jeeps on the Altiplano, metal sunblinds in Sevilla and kitchen cupboards in the Outer Hebrides. |
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| Each song was sung four or five time in Spanish then continued in Aymara, the predominant indigenous language in the Altiplano. |
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| Dozens of staff at Altiplano jail in south Mexico are being quizzed as to how they failed to hear the steel floor being removed. |
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| The concession is located on the Altiplano alongside the Coniri fault at an elevation of 13,000 feet. |
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| Bolivia is a mix of the Altiplano high desert and the tropical forest, only a few kilometers away. |
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| Since millenia, Bolivian Altiplano is the cradle of the culture of the quinoa. |
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| It has to be said that young people in the Altiplano do not have an easy life. |
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| Situated in Southern Brazil, the Serrano Altiplano is one of the most beautiful mountain regions in the State of Santa Catarina. |
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| The choice of development between the Altiplano at 4 000 m and the coastal plane is not as simple as it seems. |
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| For thousands of years, quinoa has grown on the Andean Altiplano and served as a staple food for its people. |
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| Its Possession watch started life with Arabic numerals but in 2010 began featuring Roman numbering — a restyling the brand later implemented in some versions of its Altiplano line. |
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| Wearing this extra-thin Altiplano is by the way quite surprising: because of its thinness and its lightness, you don't feel the watch around your wrist! |
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| Chile, as the host nation for ALMA, will participate in the project through its presence on the ALMA Board, and other ALMA committees, and by making available the superb astronomical site in the Atacama Altiplano. |
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| In 1976, the Ministry of Education set out to implement a comprehensive rural educa tion programme under the title Proyecto Educativo del Altiplano. |
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| Surely this haunting scenery inspired many of the local legends, including tales of goblin spirits that live alone in the puna, the Altiplano, and enjoy tormenting rural travelers. |
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| However, most of the southern portion of the Inca empire, the portion denominated as Qullasuyu, was located in the Altiplano. |
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| Half a century ago, a land reform shared out much of the highland plateau known as the Altiplano among peasant farmers, slowing the rush to the cities. |
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| And when I reach the bottom I see for the first time the enormity of the narrow tunnel as it disappears into the distance and towards the now infamous Altiplano prison. |
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| Inland areas, like the Marquesado and the Altiplano, show an incredible contrast between almost moonlike desert landscapes and the leafy vegetation of the surrounding hills. |
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| So, from his cell at Altiplano prison, El Chapo is trying a new approach. |
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| It encompassed the Bolivian Altiplano and much of the southern Andes, reaching Argentina and as far south as the Maipo or Maule river in Central Chile. |
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| From a semiconstructed building in the middle of a cornfield into the bathroom floor of his cell in the Altiplano prison, its length is greater than a mile. |
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