Bolivian Liliana Colanzi wins the Ribera del Duero Short Story Award – La boliviana Liliana Colanzi gana el premio Ribera del Duero de cuentos

Andrea Rodés, Al Dia News: Bolivian writer and Cornell university professor Lilian Colanzi knows how to mix sci-fi and Andean realism. Barely 41 years old and with no titles published by any of the major publishing houses in Madrid, Barcelona or Mexico City, Bolivian writer Liliana Colanzi (Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 1981) has established herself as…

Lost graves of Scots miners found in abandoned Bolivian cemetery

Alison Campsie reports for the Scotsman: The long-forgotten graves of three Scots silver and tin miners have been found in an abandoned foreigner’s cemetery in  Bolivia. Dr. Stewart Redwood, a geologist originally from Stirlingshire but now of La Paz, discovered the graves in the windswept and treeless mining city of Oruro, which sits high on a desert…

A born Bolivian struggling under Trump’s stupidity!

I can only imagine the stress of Nicolle Uria and her family … Bolivian parents try to give their best to their children, we are very caring and loving … sometimes we need to abandon our country as there are no jobs, no conditions to match our children’s needs for a better future than what…

‘Yo Soy Inmigrante:’ Bolivian Luis Gamarra, a Berklee Student Sings of the Immigrant Experience

Berklee reports: ‘Yo Soy Inmigrante:’ Berklee Student Sings of the Immigrant Experience By Bryan Parys Earlier this month, music business/management major Luis Gamarra brought 50 musicians and dancers—from Berklee and The Boston Conservatory—together in Berklee’s cutting-edge Shames Family Scoring Stage to record his original song, cowrote with fellow student Nicolas Farias, “Yo Soy Inmigrante” (“I…

Bolivian Ombudsman investigates situation of Bolivian migrants in Brazil

Pagina Siete reports: WITH A COMMISSION, VILLENA YESTERDAY WENT TO INTERVIEW MIGRANTS Bolivian Ombudsman investigates situation in Brazil The Ombudsman Rolando Villena, and a commission traveled yesterday for Brazil to investigate the situation of human rights of Bolivians who migrated to this country and also meet their demands and concerns. Villena and his team will…