This blog has the purpose of translating from Spanish news, the best articles that can depict where are we going, not only politically, economically but as well as our heroes, our entrepreneurs, our champions. In the middle of the 2014 carnival, I thought there would be no other way to demonstrate current centralist ochlocratic government…
Beni disaster: Dams in Brazil caused overflowing rivers!!
From El Diario: Dams in Brazil caused overflowing rivers in the country As reported before by El Diario, the League of Environmental Defense says there were alteration of hydrology in the Bolivian Amazon from the Madeira River, for the negative impact on the northern region. The League of Environmental Defense (Lidema) confirmed the denunciation made…
Bolivia Archaeology 101: Qillqantiji featuring over 220 cave paintings
Gabriel Diez Lacunza reports for Pagina Siete: EXPERT FINISH RESTORATION AND CONSERVATION WORK Qillqantiji featuring over 220 cave paintings Archaeology The site, located in the town of Peñas, has paintings from the formative, pre-Tiwanaku period, to colonial. Over 220 cave paintings of flames, masks, two-headed birds and human figures, created between the formative period before…
Bolivian Justice or ‘the boomerang syndrome’
Renzo Abruzzese writes in El Deber: Justice or ‘the boomerang syndrome’ President Evo Morales has publicly stated that reforming the judiciary did not produce the results expected and nothing helped bring professionals with skirt [pollera is a typical clothing for the indigenous highlands and valleys women] and hat, with reference to their ethnic composition. The…
Bolivian History 101: The Law of the ten cents
Luis S. Crespo wrote in El Diario, February 14, 1928: The Law of the “ten cents” The National Constituent Assembly approved the transaction between the Government of Bolivia and the Nitrate and Railways Company of Antofagasta about nitrate concessions and establishing a tax of ten cents per quintal of nitrate exported; charge which served as…
Bolivian People 101: The rise of the ‘cholitas’
Paula Dear reports for BBC News: The rise of the ‘cholitas’ Bolivia’s “cholitas” are riding the crest of a resurgence that has seen them transform from being “maids of the middle classes” who were routinely stereotyped and discriminated against, to having real clout in the economic, political and fashion worlds. With their high bowler hats,…
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