By Carlos Toranzo, Brujula Digital: Bolivia, the unfolding of multiple mestizajes When analyzing the first round of the national elections of August 2025, we observe that the legitimacy of the Plurinational State founded by the MAS in the 2009 Constitution has collapsed; it may continue to exist in the wording of that Constitution, but it…
Tag: sociology
The Living Experiment of Jesuit Missions | El Experimento Vivo de las Misiones Jesuíticas
By Mauricio Goio Eju.tv: Jesuit missions and the imagination of a different order In the South American rainforest, a different kind of city was attempted: plazas, workshops, and baroque choirs coexisted with forest rituals. These reductions showed that, even under colonial violence, it was possible to imagine another order — imperfect, yet profoundly human. In…
Racism Unmasked After the Runoff | Racismo sin máscara tras el balotaje
By Romina Saavedra, Opinion: DEBATE BETWEEN THE PLURINATIONAL AND THE REPUBLICAN The fall of Tuto and the hangover of hatred: without the ‘Masista’ on stage, racism makes a feast After the runoff election, social media was flooded with messages against Indigenous people, peasants, and the left. Sociologist Luciana Jáuregui explains that a battle has opened…
We, the Bolivians | Nosotros, los bolivianos
By Andrés Gómez V., Brujula Digital: In our Bolivia there are three indisputable empirical facts: • First: we all descend from a common past of 200 years. We are the product of our history.• Second: the camba needs the colla in order to be camba, and the colla needs the camba in order to be…
Qué hacer cuando un comentario cruza la línea en el trabajo | What to Do When a Comment Crosses the Line at Work
Con la participación de Summer R. Jackson. Por Michael Blanding, Harvard Business School: Las observaciones insensibles son comunes en el lugar de trabajo, pero estas “microagresiones” no tienen por qué romper las relaciones. Summer Jackson afirma que quienes manejan los insultos con delicadeza pueden, en realidad, fortalecer los lazos con sus colegas. Las microagresiones ocurren en…
The Masiosare of Zunzunegui in Bolivia | El Masiosare de Zunsunegui en Bolivia
By Fabian Aguirre: If Mexican writer Juan Miguel Zunzunegui had been born in Bolivia, he would have written a book similar to Masiosare, The Strange Enemy using Bolivian language. The book refers to a phrase from the Mexican national anthem: “But if a foreign enemy dares to profane your soil with their foot, think, oh beloved homeland, that…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 