Santa Cruz again! in the front lines defending BOLIVIA democracy rights!

Santa Cruz has demonstrated once more why this beautiful region and people is constantly attacked by current political party in power. Freddy Lacio Fernandez writes for El Deber: They call for referendum to change law of autonomy The first citizen Assembly in the history of the plurinational State provided a boost to Santa Cruz Governor…

Bolivian identity versus current gov denial for who we are: proud mestizo!

Jorge Lazarte, a reputable Bolivian writes a wonderful article regarding our struggle to be recognized [most Bolivians] as mestizos and not as part of the indigenous ‘nations’ that this government stubbornly wishes to encapsulate us. This cartoon portrays a Senator from the MAS with dark glasses and a cane. It  reads “we are all indigenous”…

To be mestizo or be nothing at all, that is the Bolivian census dilemma!!

Los Tiempos reports about a serious and sensitive issue: The draft of the Census ballot conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) is included in the question “To what nation do you belong?”, but excludes the category “mestizo” within the 36 Nations as a possible answer. Next to it, the issues of housing and limits…