Ivan Alejandro Paredes, El Deber: An indigenous nation abandoned and forgotten: the Araonas fear the worst This town, in the north of La Paz, does not have a health post and there are deaths that can be avoided. There is no connection and to be treated at a health center they must travel four days…
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Yuqui women take power to care for forests and fight extinction | Las mujeres yuqui toman poder para cuidar bosques y combatir extinción
Opinion: HOME OF THEIR ANCESTORS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS Yuqui women take power to care for forests and fight extinction All the hierarchical positions of the indigenous nation, located in the Cochabamba Tropics, are occupied by women, who concentrate their efforts on obtaining drinking water, medical attention, economic aid and studies. On June 4, the modest…
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…
A crucian is leader of a military school in the U.S.
This is one of the success stories of one of our own, wonderful people who had to live their beloved Bolivia for many reasons; like lack of opportunities, lack of safety-security, better future, you name it. I say, Bolivians are no better and no worse than anyone in this planet; and when given an opportunity,…
No ideas, only slogans… guess who??
Andres Oppenheimer writes in the Miami Herald: “If political biographies of recent U.S. presidents and top foreign policy officials are any indication of what goes on in their mind — and I think they are — the new book by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks for itself: it’s about 98 percent about the…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 