El Diario reports: Minister Oscar Mercado Blockades for political purposes seek health catastrophe In the last hours, the demands of the protesters changed from requests for the relaxation of the quarantine to be able to work, to demands for resignation of authorities and advancement of the general elections The blockades caused by those related to…
The pollera skirt: flag or stigma? – La pollera: ¿bandera o estigma?
E. Gerardo Mallea writes in El Diario: The pollera skirt: flag or stigma? In an immediate historical past, the pollera skirt and its use meant a reality reviled and ignored, its intrinsic values were practically exhausted. However, in recent years an overwhelming narrative about the pollera skirt and chola has been mythologized; coming to exalt…
Glyptodon, giant ancestor of the armadillo – Gliptodonte, ancestro gigante del quirquincho
Erbol reports for El Dia: By chance They find remains of the glyptodon, the giant ancestor of the quirquincho By chance, while conducting an excavation in Chuquisaca, fossil remains of glyptodon, an extinct animal, remote ancestor of the current quirquincho or tatú, of the armadillo family, were found. The remains of the animal were found…
Large majority of Bolivians do not want to go to elections in 90 days – Gran mayoría de bolivianos no queremos ir a elecciones en 90 días
Pagina Siete reports: Survey: 66% of Bolivians do not want to go to elections in 90 days The city of El Alto was the only city where 58% supported the elections in that period. The most recent survey by the Ipsos company indicates that 66% of Bolivians across the country rejects the approach of going…
Bolivia needs an election, but covid-19 makes that hard
The Economist reports: The opposition fears the interim president is using the pandemic to cement her power On april 21st, a month into Bolivia’s lockdown, police in riot gear swarmed the home of Patricia Arce, the mayor of Vinto, a city in the department of Cochabamba, and a senate candidate for the left-wing Movement to…
Propaganda in the Evo government – Propaganda en el gobierno de Evo
Editorial from Pagina Siete: Propaganda in the Evo government One of the best-kept secrets by the Evo Morales government has been revealed in the last few hours by the Ministry of Communication: the list of media that received large amounts of advertising/propaganda in that administration. The current Minister of Communication, Isabel Fernández, first made known…
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