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Yapurá

British  
/ japuˈra /

noun

  1. the Spanish name for Japurá

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“We live in a country with a strongman who wants to control everything,” Yapura said.

From Washington Post

Another reason Morales so thoroughly dominates Bolivian politics is that there is no significant ideological debate over the direction of the country, said Grover Yapura, editor of the Bolivian magazine Oxigeno.

From Washington Post

Yapura said the average Bolivian has seen a clear improvement in the standard of living under Morales.

From Washington Post

See here!" he shouted; "the place is far to the north, near the valley of the Yapura River.

From Project Gutenberg

On the western side of the River Yapura, near where it pours its waters into the Amazon—a forest region inundated during the greater part of the year—there lives in small troops, high up among the crowns of the lofty trees,—where it feeds on fruits of various descriptions,—a small, almost tailless monkey, its face glowing with the most vivid scarlet hue.

From Project Gutenberg