By Denisse Rojas, Opinion: Tarija has everything ready to celebrate the Grand Feast of San Roque With an extensive program that includes solemn masses and cultural, artistic, and gastronomic activities, the religious festival is celebrated from August 16 to September 10. The Great Fiesta of San Roque de Tarija will welcome over 10,000 devotees on…
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By Denisse Rojas, Opinion: Pilgrimage to Calvary: The Path that Unites Thousands The approximately 15-kilometer journey from the Cathedral of Cochabamba to the Cota hill marks the end of the grand national festival. Another of the main activities during this festivity is the pilgrimage to Calvary. Also known as the walk, it is performed as…
Food in Potosi | 1830 | Comida en Potosí
The following piece is from “Proyecto Tuja” (Facebook), the link at the end is from the orignal book by Edmond Temple: “Magnificent observer, the Englishman Edmond Temple (Knight of the Royal Order of Carlos II) left for posterity a chronicle of his passage through Potosí in 1830. We extract some fragments from the book and…
A precise colonial clock in the Casa de Moneda | Un preciso reloj colonial en la Casa de Moneda
By Rocío Ruíz, El Potosí: Potosí has a precise colonial clock located in the Casa de Moneda The clock is in the second courtyard and has two faces that tell the time, but the back face is the one that shows the time in winter. This clock is in the second courtyard of the National…
Lack of dollars harms tourism | La falta de dólares perjudica al turismo
By Omar Pereyra, Eju.tv: The shortage of dollars slows down the recovery of tourism in Bolivia The president of the Bolivian Chamber of Tourism, Luis Ampuero, considered that the effect of the lack of dollars in the country is “varied” and slows down the recovery that the sector was showing after the devastating years of…
Masismo has postponed La Paz | El masismo ha postergado a La Paz
El Diario: In almost 20 years They claim that masismo has postponed La Paz In response to the statements made by President Luis Arce Catacora about the need for La Paz to regain its hegemony and become the leading economy in the country, the deputy for Comunidad Ciudadana (CC), Alejandro Reyes, stated that after almost…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 