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,…
Category: Bolivia
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…
Brink of Economic and Social Collapse | Al borde del precipicio económico y social
By Agustín Saavedra Zambrana, El Deber: Bolivia: A Country on the Brink of Economic and Social Collapse Bolivia is undergoing a multidimensional crisis that threatens its stability and the well-being of its citizens. The government’s erratic economic policies have plunged the country into a spiraling decline that worsens daily. The scarcity of U.S. dollars has…
A precise colonial clock in the Casa de Moneda | Un preciso reloj colonial en la Casa de Moneda
By Rocío Ruíz, El Potosí: Potosí has a precise colonial clock located in the Casa de Moneda The clock is in the second courtyard and has two faces that tell the time, but the back face is the one that shows the time in winter. This clock is in the second courtyard of the National…
Mining activity in indigenous communities reported | Denuncian actividad minera en comunidades indígenas
El Diario: With authorization from AJAM National deputy for the Creemos group, María René Álvarez, reported that the Administrative Jurisdictional Mining Authority (AJAM) authorized mining activity in the municipality of Roboré, Chiquitos province of the department of Santa Cruz, which affects the indigenous communities of Aguas Calientes, Yororobá, and Quitunuquiña. The legislator explained that the…
Bolivia 101: José Manuel Pando
By Luz Mendoza, Eju.tv: “The Cliff-Fallen General:” José Manuel Pando, from the Perspective of a Writer from Santa Cruz “The General Driven Off a Cliff” reveals a Trinity of Beings, highlights Darwin Pinto while commenting on the content of the book written by the renowned jurist Juan Carlos Urenda, about the life of the illustrious…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 