By Carlos Toranzo Roca, Brujula Digital: In 2003, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was forced to resign. The social mobilizations were not innocent; they wanted to oust him from power. El Mallku explicitly said they had rebelled and that government personnel were ambushed in Warisata to overthrow the government. The mobilizations in El Alto were not…
Rattles with Soul: David Ibañez, the Artisan Who Brings Faith to Life with Wood and Tradition | Matracas con alma: David Ibañez, el artesano que da vida a la fe con madera y tradición
By Visión 360: Throughout his career, the artisan has designed rattles shaped like ships and televisions, as well as armadillos, teeth, and vintage vehicles. Artisan David Ibañez in his rattle workshop. Photo: Courtesy. “As long as I have strength, I’ll keep making rattles. I don’t know how to do anything else, and I don’t want…
Modesto Omiste and His Time | Modesto Omiste y su Tiempo
By El Deber: Written by Carlos Medinacelli, February 1941 What was the environment and historical moment in which don Modesto Omiste was born? Omiste was born, according to the baptismal record published by his most documented biographer, Luis Subieta Sagárnaga, in June 1840, a time during which two decisive events must be taken into account…
40 Years Later: Harvard and Bolivia’s Cyclical Crises | A 40 años de distancia, Harvard y las cíclicas crisis bolivianas
By Raúl Peñaranda, Brujula Digital; Harvard returns to the center of Bolivia’s economic debate, 40 years after Sachs’ historic plan. Today, economist Hausmann leads a new analysis to confront the crisis. As in 1985, the university offers ideas, but decisions rest in Bolivian hands. Marcelo Claure addresses the audience at Harvard. Behind him stands Professor…
Government forewarned, half saved | Gobierno alertado, medio salvado
By Francesco Zaratti: I paraphrase a phrase of my grandmothers to indicate that warnings are not negative criticisms but sincere wishes to avoid problems that approach. The current hydrocarbon crisis in Bolivia is not the product of a meteorite falling from the sky, or an unpredictable earthquake, but the natural result of mistakes, omissions, amateurism…
Blindness or Complicity? Velazco and Colque criticize the IMF for applauding the MAS for years | ¿Ceguera o complicidad? Velazco y Colque critican al FMI por aplaudir al MAS durante años
By Brújula Digital: Columnists Enrique Velazco and Gonzalo Colque criticized the IMF for applauding the MAS model for years and only now warning of its collapse. They accused the organization of ignoring structural weaknesses and issuing late alerts, now that the severity of Bolivia’s economic crisis is evident. Development experts Enrique Velazco and Gonzalo Colque…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 