Editorial, Los Tiempos: Propaganda and poverty Christmas, whose spirit is still breathed in the atmosphere, is, among other things, a date that highlights the great deficiencies of millions of human beings. Bolivia, of course, is no exception: on the contrary, poverty levels have not been overcome, although government propaganda indicates otherwise. These days, when the…
Cleaning Time – Bolivia – Tiempo de limpieza
Editorial, El Deber: Corruption and impunity Corruption and impunity are two words that describe this dirty moment in politics. The plot of ghost items exploded in the municipality of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, but it quickly splashed other State institutions that work with public money, the one that Bolivians trust their authorities and that…
Endless tensions – Tensiones sin fin
Editorial, Los Tiempos: In recent months we have experienced an environment marked by political tensions and social mobilizations. Tensions that occurred for various reasons and that the proximity of the end-of-year festivities seemed to mitigate, until the scandal of ghost items broke out in the Santa Cruz Mayor’s Office, quickly used for partisan purposes. It…
The traditional Potosi Christmas does not have colonial origins – La Navidad tradicional potosina no tiene orígenes coloniales
Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: The abundant documentation of the time shows that this holiday did not have the importance of today. The Christmas party in Bolivia does not have a colonial origin. Although the commemoration came with the European invasion —and the first corresponded to Columbus, no less than in 1492—, it did not…
Dios salve a nuestra querida Bolivia – God save our beloved Bolivia
Recuperemos nuestras libertades democráticas y restituyamos la civilidad entre nosotros, ya es tiempo de convivir pacíficamente y construir un futuro juntos. Dios quiera tengamos mejores días el 2022 Let’s recover our democratic freedoms and restore civility among us, it is time to live together peacefully and build a future together. God grant we have better…
Bolivian Christmas ritual – Ritual boliviano en Navidad
Jim Shultz, Greensburg Daily News: Christmas rituals around the world … [only pertaining excerpt follow] “Food and Family” from Marcela Olivera in Bolivia Almost every important gathering in Bolivia is organized around food and Christmas is very typical of this tradition. There are some meals that are central to our celebrations. One is called picaña…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 