by he El Reportero’s news services
A group of 22 Bolivian archaeological pieces which had been in possession of a German family will return to the country, as anounced here today.
The archaeological pieces are from the Inca and Tiwanaku cultures.
According to the Bolivian embassy in Berlin, the works were in possession of Tobias Wagnerberger in the city of Munich, who obtained them through his grandfather, photographer and war correspondent Hans Ertl.
Ertl was also an explorer who settled with his family in Bolivia at the end of World War II, like many Germans in the 50s of last century.
Wagnerberger explained to the Bolivian authorities that the pieces were stored in a tank of his residence and when he realized the interest that could have for the South American country decided to contact the embassy.
President Evo Morales expressed his gratitude during the ceremony to welcome the New Andean-Amazon Year 5524.
“We welcome and are grateful that these pieces are already in our embassy in Germany and we will soon recover them”, the leader said.
He showed pictures and stressed that Bolivian archaeologists will classify the information and origin of the valuable objects.
According to Morales, Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca carries out permanent management to recover similar pieces, like it happened with the return of the Illa del Ekeko.
The 16-cm stone idol, which represents a God of abundance and prosperity, was repatriated in November 2014 after spending 157 in a museum in Switzerland.
The leader thanked the good will of “some German brothers who have conscious”, like Tobías Wagner Berger, son of photographer Hans Elrd, who arrived in Bolivia in 1954, after World War II.
He also urged families from other countries to return more archaeological pieces that exited the country in an uncertain way.
Argentine singer Fito Páez gives his heart to Havana
Argentine singer, Fito Páez, gave his heart again to Havana last night, in a concert dedicated to the city he fell in love with in 1987.
The concert that closed Páez’s tour of Latin America, celebrating 30 years of his album ‘Giros’, took place in the packed Karl Marx Theater.
The singer, who is celebrating the album that catapulted him to international fame, opened with ‘Giros’ to a standing ovation. In an unforgettable concert, he also sang 11 y 6, Taquicardia, Cable a tierra and Alguna vez voy a ser libre.
The first chords of Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazo’ welcomed unto the stage one of Cuba’s most important musicians, Pablo Milanés, who Paez thanked for having invited him to the island in the late 1980s.
The musician also shared the stage with troubadour Carlos Varela, flutist José Luis Cortes, known as ‘El Tosco’, and singer Diana Fuentes.
Organized by PM Records studios, the concert which lasted more than two hours, was attended by Cubans of several generations and is a tribute to the cultures of Cuba and Argentina through the universal language of music.
