Renzo Abruzzese, Pagina Siete: The presidential speech When we listen to the arguments put forward by the masistas, we immediately perceive that the masista discourse moves in a closed circle; everything begins and ends in the indigenous-native-peasant sphere. From this interpretative horizon, the “people” is made up of all those who have an ethnic-original identification,…
Solidaridad con Artistas – Solidarity w Artists
Pagina Siete: They organize a solidarity festival to support artists with Covid-19 The online meeting will take place this Saturday, January 30, and will include concerts and a virtual auction. In order to raise funds to support artists affected by Covid-19, next Saturday, January 30, the solidarity version of the Quarantine Song Festival and an…
Couple rescues bees threatened by deforestation in Bolivia
Reuters, Daily Sabah: A couple in Bolivia is moving honey bees to a sanctuary they created to address a staggering decline in the insects’ colonies due to deforestation and coca farming, which has encroached on their habitat. For 10 years, zootechnical engineering vet Eric Paredes and his wife Cinthya Callisaya Yujra have scoured the humid,…
Arce: manipulador – manipulative
Lupe Cajias, El Deber: Dismantle institutions or blue massacre President Luis Arce Catacora ordered public officials “to continue with the dismantling of the neoliberal model.” The words were pronounced on the same day that the last park rangers and qualified workers who take care of the main natural reserves in Bolivia were dismissed en masse…
Perniciosa demagogia – Pernicious demagogy
Manfredo Kempff, El Deber: Democracy in decline I imagine the discomfort – even outrage – that a title like this can cause among true Democrats. Worse if it comes from a subject like me who cannot display such ostentatious democratic credentials as those of those who have taken over the term. But it does not…
Why Bolivia Should Be Your Next Wine Destination
Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler: And how you can start drinking Bolivian wine right now. In 2013, Montevideo, Uruguay hosted a blind wine-tasting contest. Tasters sampled tannat wines, made with a grape originating (but not universally beloved) in France, that is now a prized export of Uruguay. The surprise winner: a Bolivian wine. It was Bolivia’s first-ever grand…
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