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…
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Bolivia is in fact a mestizo country! regardless of current gov’s delusions
Renzo Abruzzese writes in El Deber: The State and the new middle class If we assume the Census evidence, there is no doubt that the Métis presence is majority in the Bolivian social structure. The strength of this fact precipitated the reaction of the Vice President, who came to pass immediately and openly denied the…
Tiwanaku, the still unknown Andean empire that bequeathed their culture
EFE reports in El Deber: Tiwanaku, the still unknown Andean empire that bequeathed their culture The pre-Hispanic Empire of Tiahuanaco was the first in the Andes, remained as such half a Millennium and bequeathed their political, economic and social culture to the Incas, but its greatness remains ignored. According to Bolivian historian Patricia Montaño, author…
Bolivian gov and reverse colonialism…
Renzo Abruzzese writes for El Deber: Sousa Santos and reverse colonialism Boaventura de Sousa Santos can be considered the ideologue in the new Latin American populism line. To support the actions of the Governments of the type mentioned, the prestigious sociologist argues that the problems of current capitalism (referred to as post-capitalism) are two possible…
Does the Bolivian gov understand what they mean by decolonization?
Juan Jose Toro Montoya writes for Los Tiempos: Decolonization The Inca culture is part of our nationality, and thus we need to take it. The great detail is that the same goes for Spanish culture. Bolivia is the result of a fusion of cultures, and to understand that truth, it is necessary to de-colonize our…
Bolivian sociopolitical conundrum: indigenous doctrines, decolonization?!
H. C. F. Mansilla superbly describes our lives, from El Dia: Decolonization and the sanctity of hatred The doctrines of decolonization in the Andean area see themselves as theoretical frameworks, basically progressives and leftists, consecrated at the same time to the socialist thought and the revitalization of a communitarianism humanist immersed in pre-Hispanic indigenous traditions….
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