Juan Jose Toro, El Potosi: We present this work in connection with the controversies over the use of these clothes, which in some places is interpreted as an insult, and in connection with the inauguration of an exclusive boutique for cholitas. Her name was Manuela del Risco y Agorreta and, although she had to go…
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10 Bolivian Women Who Changed the Course of History
Written by Christina Noriega for Remezcla: In 1930s Bolivia, a powerful labor rights movement that upended all conventions of the times emerged. Indigenous and working-class women who were usually relegated to the margins walked front-and-center in protests. Cooks, florists, market vendors and other women in undervalued professions unionized. Cholas, Indigenous and mestiza women who dress in…
Bolivia’s first indigenous president was not Morales
From Augusto López Claros, Executive Director, Global Governance Forum, Washington, DC, US I read with interest your thoughtful, balanced editorial [Financial Times] on the recent resignation of president Evo Morales and the protests that led to it (“Morales leaves behind a sad legacy in Bolivia”, November 14). As has been done frequently by the international…
Bolivia’s identity in nine hats
Yvonne Leon reports for Los Tiempos: Each of the country’s departments has a particular hat with which the region is usually identified. The garments become the first skin, cover letter and identification of an era. Although there is not much literature that speaks exclusively of this garment, little by little there is an approach to…
The historical and critical narration of Querejazu about national pictorial art
Caio Ruvenal reports for Opinion: Interview with the author of the book Painting in Bolivia in the XXth Century (BBB) that is presented, in a second revised and expanded edition, next Thursday 23 at the Melchor Pinto Cultural Center in Santa Cruz. In 1989, the Banco Hipotecario Nacional, celebrating its centenary, launched the book Bolivian…
Bolivian History 101: 202 years of Battle of La Tablada -TARIJA
El Diario reports: The beautiful Tarija remembers today 202 years of The Battle of the Tablada. When commemorating the 202 years of the Battle of La Tablada, Tarija shows a negative performance, which is reflected in its main indicators, despite the statements of national authorities about the resources received by the region. On April 15,…
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