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According to a new study published in The Lancet, the Tsimane (pronounced chee-MAH-nay) — an indigenous people of lowland Bolivia — have the lowest reported levels of coronary artery disease of any population recorded to date, with coronary atherosclerosis being five times less common than in the United States. Tsimane …

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Gustavo Vargas Villegas worked for the Bolivian aviation authority The Bolivian authorities have detained a second suspect over the air crash that killed most of Brazil’s Chapacoense football team last month. Prosecutors said Gustavo Vargas Villegas, a former aviation authority official, is being held on …