Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Cultures between two discourses What can Bolivians expect from the new Ministry of Cultures, Decolonization and Depatriarchalization? The act of possession counted on the presence of the deep multicultural and multilingual nation; beautiful fabrics, beautiful music, lots of hugs. The second look is more worrisome: why was Sabina Orellana Cruz named…
Month: November 2020
Reformas necesarias – Crisis – Necessary reforms
Los Tiempos: CEPB suggests reforms in 7 areas to get out of the crisis The Confederation of Private Entrepreneurs of Bolivia (CEPB) has proposed to the government of President Luis Arce Catacora to apply structural reforms in seven fiscal areas to overcome the economic crisis with sustainability and projection into the next decade. The first…
The Mysterious Sajama Lines
Heritage Daily: The Sajama Lines is an ancient network of pre-Hispanic linear paths, located in the altiplano, or highlands of western Bolivia near the Nevado Sajama volcano. The web of lines covers an area of 22,525 square kilometres (almost fifteen times larger than the Nazca lines situated over a thousand kilometres away), and ran a combined length…
No más – evo – No more
Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: We want new people It may be the first time that the whole country, everybody, coincide with some masistas. Those who yelled at the coca grower Morales, in his face, “We want new people” were telling him that they don’t want him. Neither him nor his entourage. Courage is needed to…
Fisonomía – 101 – Physiognomy
Carlos Hugo Molina, Los Tiempos: The physiognomy of the Bolivian We have to accept that we are the product of the popular national construction that was born after the Chaco War and that combined mestizos, urban and rural self-employed living in cities and autonomous territories, and informal, corporate, violent and supportive people. In order for…
Subempleo – Underemployment
Pagina Siete: The underemployment shoots up to 17% and affects 597 thousand people in the country People who are underemployed do not contribute to the AFPs, do not have a permanent job with a contract and do not receive social benefits. Until the third quarter, the unemployment rate reached 10.76%, according to the INE. La…
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