Editorial, Los Tiempos: In less than two weeks, in Potosí, two MAS militants, one a mayor official and the other a deputy, were the object of violent attacks perpetrated by their supporters. It might seem that these are isolated events, but the context of these attacks and the long series of similar events carried out…
Climbing Cholitas – Cholitas Escaladoras
Tanya Imaña Serrano, El Deber: Empowered woman with a skirt: Elena competed in ‘trail running’ in preparation for climbing Everest Elena Quispe is one of the 14 Climbing Cholitas. Last weekend, she tried something different: a run in the mountains of Samaipata Elena Quispe likes challenges. Although racing is not part of his daily activity,…
The atrocity of mercury in mining – La atrocidad del mercurio en la minería
Mongabay: Struggles loom as Bolivia prepares new plan to clean up its mercury problem by Maxwell Radwin on 9 March 2023 Bolivia’s failure to combat illegal gold mining generated a heated national debate last year. Numerous news sites published investigations into deforestation, pollution and corruption tied to the mining industry, while leading officials in congress and the UN made public…
Central government denies reality – Gobierno central niega la realidad
Editorial, El Deber: Clean up the economy Time passes and cycles run out. The worst thing is to cling to what was without accepting that reality is now different. Eleven years ago, in 2014, the Bolivian economy was buoyant, revenues from gas exports poured in non-stop, and government spokesmen claimed that the economic model was…
Lambs’s head, a favorite dish for Bolivia’s night owls | Cabeza de cordero, plato favorito de los noctámbulos bolivianos
AFP, France 24: Oruro (Bolivia) (AFP) – At a table on a street corner in Oruro in western Bolivia, night owls get ready to tuck into a favorite dish touted as a hangover cure: roasted lamb’s head. Late-night diners savor every part of the head, using their fingers to pull off bites of meat and brain….
United front to recapture our Bolivia | Frente unido para recuperar nuestra Bolivia
El Diario: Manuel Morales (Conade) There is optimism in Conade for the formation of a united front Noting that up to now no objections have been raised by political, civic and citizen organizations, at the national level, to be part of a single bloc that will face the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in upcoming electoral…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 