Category: Holidays

Bolivian ruling ochlocratic government in carnival!

This blog has the purpose of translating from Spanish news, the best articles that can depict where are we going, not only politically, economically but as well as our heroes, our entrepreneurs, our champions. In the middle of the 2014 carnival, I thought there would be no other way to demonstrate current centralist ochlocratic government…

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Bolivia carnival 2014, what to do and how to have fun!

For the Santa Cruz tourist or anyone interested, Saul Montaño reports for El Deber: Carnival tourism ‘made in’ Bolivia Oruro and Tarija are the major destinations for the holidays. Vallegrande make a difference with their celebrations. Here the options and their characteristics: Carnival may be a good reason to visit the country, to travel and…

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Bolivia Music 101: Chiquitos and the music by Mario Vargas Llosa

Mario Vargas Llosa writes in El Pais, Madrid after his recent visit to Santa Cruz: Chiquitos and the music The first Jesuits who came to this remote corner of eastern Bolivia saw the houses of the Indians with very small houses, that baptized the entire region with the name of Chiquitos [tiny]. Father Jose de…

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Do Bolivians take enough vacation?

This is an interesting information, made known to me by my lovely daughter. From Creative Solutions for Living Well + Doing Good:   Infographic: Vacation Time Around the World “To be human is to need a break from time to time. Yet, the amount of time we get to spend away from work varies widely…

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Do Bolivians eat properly?

Monica Briancon writes in La Prensa: POPOLO GRASSO, POPOLO MAGRO [FAT PEOPLE, SKINNY PEOPLE] Some time ago, in a social venue, I was departing with friends, chit chat. One of them, openly, entrusted to the group that in Bolivia being skinny is a luxury. All the others nodded and agreed with the statement. Those who were…

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