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LA PAZ (Reuters) - Six years ago, Richard Vargas lost his hands in a dynamite explosion - a common occurrence in Bolivia, where the explosive is so pr...

Six years ago, Richard Vargas lost his hands in a dynamite explosion - a common occurrence in Bolivia, where the explosive is so prevalent a senator once suggested declaring it a national heritage. When he woke up two weeks later in hospital, Vargas began facing the same difficulties as many other amputees - he lost his job as a metal worker, struggled with meeting the bills and faced social discrimination. Now, he wears two hyperrealistic prosthetic hands which allow him to walk around unnotice

A street in Paco and another in U.P. Diliman and a house in Taal (Batangas) are reminders of the life and times of brothers Judge León Apacible (1861-1901) and Dr. Galicano C. Apacible (1864-1949).