Bolivian cuisine on the map – kudos to GUSTU!!

Tatiana Sanabria reports for Pagina Siete: Gustu, simply the best restaurant The digital magazine Como Sur [eat south], has chosen them, by vote, as best new restaurant, best restaurant and best chef in 2013. Yesterday, Gustu restaurant in La Paz, took a huge and pleasant surprise to learn that was chosen as the best restaurant…

Bolivian public transport 101

Juan Jose Toro writes in Los Tiempos: Quality: that is the question Still a few days away from Christmas 2013 but the Spanish language page made me a gift: taught me that the word “taxi” comes from “meter” which is the “unit which will be provided to some rental cars, which automatically dials the distance…

The perception of the people about the role of the Bolivian State

Armando Mendez writes in El Dia: The perception of the people about the role of the State The so-called “neoliberal” period in Bolivia did not change the way of thinking of the Bolivian people. Since the thirties of the last century, intensified under the denominative from the ‘national revolution’ in the 1950s, led to its…

Bolivian politics 101: 10 keys to recognize totalitarianism

Andres Gomez writes in Pagina Siete: 10 keys to recognize totalitarianism Fascism, Nazism, Stalinism developed as a strategy for the social idiocy to stay in power. Is there a risk that these totalitarian currents are occurring in the present age? Anything can happen, better to prevent. Recognize them how to care for democracy? I have…

Bolivian politics 101: Return to the coca-grower regime…

Ivan Rada writes in El Diario: Return to the coca-grower regime When Evo Morales was appointed by the caucuses of the left as their candidate, taking advantage of the image that showed him as the most voted Deputy of the country by the United Left, the economic power that holds the Tropic of Cochabamba began…