By Tanya Imaña, El Deber: Harpy Eagle Chick Becomes the First Wild Individual to Be Banded for Scientific Study in Bolivia This type of research had never been carried out in Bolivia until now. The harpy eagle has been declared an emblem of Santa Cruz’s skies and a Natural Heritage Symbol of the Department of…
Mercury Evidence Challenges State Inaction | Evidencias de mercurio desafían la inacción estatal
By Erbol: Researcher on Mercury Pollution: “We Have the Tools to Hold the State Accountable” During the presentation of the book Mercury and Health in the Bolivian Amazon, its author, researcher Roger Carvajal, emphasized that the publication provides scientific tools to hold the State accountable for mercury contamination affecting the health of Indigenous communities and caused…
Aspirin for a Dying Diplomacy | Aspirina para una diplomacia agonizante
By Windsor Hernani, Vision 360: The Appointment of Ambassadors Is Only an Aspirin for a Terminal Cancer Nine months have passed without the appointment of new ambassadors. This has triggered a wave of criticism. Journalists, lawmakers, analysts, and public opinion have all questioned this inaction. To assess the situation, let us examine the state of…
The Origin of the Gran Poder Festivity | El Origen de la Fiesta del Gran Poder
By Vision 360: The Lord of Great Power: The Story of the Colonial Painting That Gave Rise to One of Bolivia’s Largest Festivities The image of the “Three-Faced Jesus,” an 18th-century sacred artwork, arrived in the Chijini neighborhood in the 1920s as part of a religious dowry. Devotion to the image led to the construction…
Local Couple Funds Monument to Andrés de Santa Cruz in Huarina | Pareja financia monumento a Andrés de Santa Cruz en Huarina
By Eju.tv: Couple Funds Monument to Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz in His Birthplace of Huarina A towering monument honoring Marshal Andrés de Santa Cruz y Calahumana has been unveiled in Huarina, the lakeside town on Bolivia’s Altiplano where the renowned military leader and statesman was born. [video] The monument was financed entirely by local…
The IMF Is Not the Problem; Bolivia Is | El FMI no es el problema; el problema es Bolivia
By Fernando Untoja, Eju.tv: Every time Bolivia faces an economic crisis, the same debate reappears. Some argue that an agreement with the International Monetary Fund represents a loss of sovereignty; others present it as the only possible way out. Both positions start from the same mistaken premise: they consider the IMF to be the center…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 