Masismo 101: Complicity among rogues, and cynicism | Complicidad entre pillos y el cinismo

By Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Brujula Digital: Whale Skin I confess that my capacity for amazement remains intact: “I can’t understand” (as the Chapare cacique always says) the cynicism that protects certain national political figures like a bulletproof vest. These individuals seem impervious to everything, including direct accusations about their ethical and moral, not just political,…

Food in Potosi | 1830 | Comida en Potosí

The following piece is from “Proyecto Tuja” (Facebook), the link at the end is from the orignal book by Edmond Temple: “Magnificent observer, the Englishman Edmond Temple (Knight of the Royal Order of Carlos II) left for posterity a chronicle of his passage through Potosí in 1830. We extract some fragments from the book and…