Carlos Hugo Molina, Los Tiempos: The physiognomy of the Bolivian We have to accept that we are the product of the popular national construction that was born after the Chaco War and that combined mestizos, urban and rural self-employed living in cities and autonomous territories, and informal, corporate, violent and supportive people. In order for…
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Do Bolivians have an identity?
Carlos Toranzo writes in Pagina Siete: The Bolivian A discussion that is part of the social and political debate of the last thirty or forty years in Bolivia, especially since the time of the visibility of the “kataristas” cultural currents, refers to the need to find or define the identity of Bolivia. All reflection struggled…
Bolivian miscegenation and its dilemmas
H.C.F. Mansilla writes superbly in El Dia: Miscegenation and its dilemmas The contrast between mestizaje and indianism that characterizes many public discussions should be relativized in view of the historical experiences and events of recent years in Bolivia. This hidden controversy, as is usual in social phenomena of the most various kinds, which are usually…
Elderly suffer more abuse because of their belongings
Natali Vargas reports for Pagina Siete: THEY DENOUNCE THAT ARE ABUSED BY THEIR FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS Elderly suffer more abuse because of their belongings Organizations dedicated to supporting seniors in cities say that family appropriates the family home and in the country-side, their productive land. “I have given $20,000 and suddenly came the eviction, they…
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