5 Bolivian-American Creatives Whose Work You Need to Know

Michaela Vargas reports for Remezcla: In October 2019, Bolivia took center stage in the news as mass protests and social division exploded over the contested presidential election. Bolivia’s first high profile Indigenous president, Evo Morales, was nearing the end of his near 14-year presidency and sought re-election. Mass protests and violence ensued and Morales obtained asylum…

Chapareños y Alteños

Una sinvergüenzura que sólo demuestra estupidez‼️ Resultado de 14 años masistas …

Bolivia announces total quarantine from March 22 to combat virus

AFP reports for Rappler: Bolivia has 19 coronavirus cases so far, fewer than its neighbors Brazil and Cuba LA PAZ, Bolivia – Bolivia’s government on Saturday, March 21, announced a complete quarantine to come into effect from Sunday, March 22 in a bid to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus. “It’s a tough but necessary…

Shine on, Shine Heroes

BOLIVIA, DOCUMENTARY, FEDERICO ESTOL, LA PAZ, PHOTOBOOK Written by Hannah Abel-Hirsch for the British Journal of Photography: All images © Federico Estol. Federico Estol empowers the vilified shoeshiners of La Paz, Bolivia, turning their working lives into a fictional tale of superheroes This article was originally published in issue #7893 of British Journal of Photography. Visit the…

The hidden inheritances – Las herencias ocultas

Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The hidden inheritances Contrary to what happens in some novels or movies, in which the character is surprised because someone left him some inheritance that he did not expect, in Bolivia inheritances left by MAS are being discovered, which are, in reality, time bombs. The joy with which the…