By Windsor Hernani, Vision 360: The Appointment of Ambassadors Is Only an Aspirin for a Terminal Cancer Nine months have passed without the appointment of new ambassadors. This has triggered a wave of criticism. Journalists, lawmakers, analysts, and public opinion have all questioned this inaction. To assess the situation, let us examine the state of…
The Origin of the Gran Poder Festivity | El Origen de la Fiesta del Gran Poder
By Vision 360: The Lord of Great Power: The Story of the Colonial Painting That Gave Rise to One of Bolivia’s Largest Festivities The image of the “Three-Faced Jesus,” an 18th-century sacred artwork, arrived in the Chijini neighborhood in the 1920s as part of a religious dowry. Devotion to the image led to the construction…
Local Couple Funds Monument to Andrés de Santa Cruz in Huarina | Pareja financia monumento a Andrés de Santa Cruz en Huarina
By Eju.tv: Couple Funds Monument to Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz in His Birthplace of Huarina A towering monument honoring Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana has been unveiled in Huarina, the lakeside town on Bolivia’s Altiplano where the renowned military leader and statesman was born. [video] The monument was financed entirely by local…
The IMF Is Not the Problem; Bolivia Is | El FMI no es el problema; el problema es Bolivia
By Fernando Untoja, Eju.tv: Every time Bolivia faces an economic crisis, the same debate reappears. Some argue that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund represents a loss of sovereignty; others present it as the only possible way out. Both positions start from the same mistaken premise: they consider the IMF to be the center…
The Economy Is Also Built in the Mind | La economía también se construye en la mente
By Óscar A. Heredia, El Diario: “Every economic crisis ceases to be merely an experts’ concern when expectations replace confidence, and uncertainty, anxiety, insecurity, fear, profiteering, speculation, and old economic traumas reach the family shopping basket.” Bolivians are being told today that there is sufficient liquidity, that the market will find its equilibrium, that inflation…
A Democracy in Danger of Regression | Una democracia en peligro de regresión
By Manfredo Kempff, El Diario: Ever since Rodrigo Paz Pereira took command of the country, we knew he would have to deal with a very complicated government, because we were all aware that the administration of Arce Catacora could hardly have been worse. Inefficiency, corruption, fuel shortages, shameless drug trafficking, parliamentary infighting, interference in the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 