The Jesuits’ musical legacy: A mission opera debuts in Bolivia | El legado musical de los jesuitas: Se estrena una ópera misional en Bolivia

By Phillip Alcon Ganir, S.J., America Magazine: Scott Loudon and his team filming his documentary, ‘Anonimo’ (photo courtesy of Scott Loudon) Like many other films that suffered financially during the Covid-19 pandemic, Scott Loudon’s documentary on the music of the Jesuit reductions in South America stalled. But the project never died. Loudon’s faith as a Protestant evangelical…

Pirates decapitated in Potosí | Piratas decapitados en Potosí

Historia y Leyenda de la Villa Imperial de Potosí – Bolivia: “Did you know that four pirates were decapitated in the Plaza de la Villa Imperial de Potosí in 1596?” “The pirates, allies of the most feared and famous of the Caribbean pirates, the Englishman Francis Drake, were decapitated in the Plaza de la Villa…