The Charm Of The Charango

The Odyssey Series, Wisconsin Public Radio [To listen to the instrument, click on the photo. To download it, use the link at the bottom]: The charango from Bolivia is thought to have originated roughly 300 years ago in Potosi, commonly designated as the “silver city.” It was crafted over time by South American Indian musicians…

The coca grower raves – El cocalero delira

Editorial, Pagina Siete: The purger should be purged The head of the MAS, Evo Morales, has announced an internal purge to get rid of the renovators of his party who are within the government of Luis Arce and of his party structures. That, according to him, is the main conclusion of the meeting to evaluate…

A deranged masismo – Un masismo desquiciado

Pagina Siete: Militias, that madness The so-called Coordinator for the Defense of Democracy, which responds to the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), was launched yesterday with the mad idea of ​​changing the Constitution to create armed militias in the country destined to replace the Armed Forces. If there were not a context of hardening of the…

Less land for the indigenous – Menos tierra para los indígenas

Luis Antezana, El Diario: Indigenous people own less land now than before The amount of land that peasants and indigenous people have is now less than what they owned before the application of the new agrarian legislation INRA, dictated by the government of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and prolonged in its validity by the Agrarian…

Opposition travels to the US to report persecution to the IACHR, OAS – Oposición viaja a EEUU para denunciar persecución ante la CIDH, OEA

Pagina Siete: The delegation is made up of deputies and senators from Comunidad Ciudadana and Creemos. A mixed delegation of legislators from Comunidad Ciudadana (CC) and Creemos traveled to the United States to denounce political persecution of opponents. They are expected to meet with representatives of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Organization…