Nike Releases Neon “B2-Fera” React Element 55 Inspired by Bolivian Culture

Emily Engle reports for Hypebeast: The tropical colorway designed by Fera Schmidt will drop August 19. Bolivian fashion designer Fera Schmidt of ICETEES recently teamed up with Nike and its WeAreCultivator program, an initiative that aims to further highlight the stories of Nike collaborators. The result of this particular collaboration is a tropical neon green React Element 55 that draws…

evo and the MAS denigrating people with the “mitimae”

Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario, the definition of mitimae is provided here: Economy of words The mitimaes of MAS Like the Incario monarchs, the Evo Morales party has sent thousands of Bolivian citizens away from their places of birth to invade lands of other native peoples and spread the philosophy of the “process of…

Bolivia Forestry Officials Profit from Harvest of Illegal Wood

Yuri Neves reports for InSight Crime: Officials within the agency entrusted with protecting Bolivia’s forests falsified data and provided documents legitimizing the illegal harvesting of timber, a scheme that occurs throughout South America. René Noel Sivila Céspedes is accused of signing more than 2,096 documents that allowed for the clearing of protected areas while he was the…

Princess Mako attends anniversary ceremony in Bolivia

Japan Times reports; SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA – Princess Mako on Wednesday attended a commemoration in Santa Cruz, eastern Bolivia, to mark the 120th anniversary of the arrival of Japanese immigrants to the South American country. “I express my sincere respect for Japanese immigrants and their descendants who have won trust in Bolivian society and become a…