By Renzo Abruzzese, El Deber: An unsuspecting observer might describe what we saw in the city of El Alto, regarding the crashed airplane, as an outbreak of anarchy or a mere overflow of collective violence. In reality, it is something far more systemic and troubling: it is the full exercise of the sovereignty of the…
Tag: sociology
Maragua: A Living Tapestry Near Sucre | Un tapiz vivo cerca de Sucre
By Ivan Ramos, Erbol:4 Maragua, the colorful heart that beats near Sucre Maragua, Quila Quila, Irupampa, and Potolo concentrate within a single territory a unique combination of geology, history, and living culture. Located in District 8 of the municipality of Sucre, this region is home to the imposing syncline of multicolored mountains, a geological structure…
Urban Mestizaje Emerges | Emerge el mestizaje urbano
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…
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…
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 