Lupe Cajias, Los Tiempos: The Trumpeter Who Returned to Dust The biography of Evo Morales Ayma (Orinoca-Oruro Canton, 1959) is recounted in the most mythological ways. Iván Canelas, one of his biographers and former minister, claimed that Evo followed the path of Jesus; in the manger of Plaza Murillo, they placed a big-headed baby as…
Category: Bolivia
Divisions within the opposition obstruct unity projects | Divisiones en la oposición obstruyen proyectos de unidad
They look after individual interests’ Expressing regret over the increasingly frequent internal disputes within opposition political organizations, former rector of the Universidad Mayor de San Andrés (UMSA), Waldo Albarracín, argued that such positions reveal personal interests and prevent the consolidation of unity projects to defeat the ruling party in the upcoming elections. Through his social…
Potosí 1773 | Mint House – Casa de la Moneda | 250 years – años
Jorge Manuel Soruco Ruiz, Vision 360: The Mint will release a commemorative piece for its 250th anniversary The coin was designed by students Limbert Martin Huanca Aguirre and Alex William Sánchez Huallpa. Municipal and departmental authorities approved the concept. PHOTO: FCBCB On one side is the facade of the National Mint Museum (CNM). On the…
The need for dollars and camouflage in works | La necesidad de dólares y el camuflaje en obras
Germán Huanca Luna, Urgente.bo: We repeat, the Social Community Productive Economic Model of the MAS does not work. The government takes advantage of the ignorance in economic matters of the social organizations and uses political blackmail for the approval of credits. Although the origin of the economic crisis and the lack of dollars has been…
Bolivian fraternity has vanished | La fraternidad boliviana se ha esfumado
Ronald MacLean-Abaroa, Brujula Digital: (Dis-united) Census and Social Decapitalization The customary ‘Census 2022’ took place two years later, and nobody knows for certain the reason behind the forced delay. But as it’s said about statistics – much like with bikinis – they show a lot, but not the most important. The Census 2024 will not…
The existence of “chola” or “cunumi” bourgeoisies | La existencia de burguesías “chola” o “cunumi”
Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: Economic Elites Beyond the Aristocracy There is a prejudice in Bolivia that suggests economic elites have always come from the country’s aristocratic landowning class, from the oligarchies. However, empirical analysis shows that since the early days, starting with Simón I. Patiño, the tin baron who internationalized very early on, to…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 