History & Politics
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RAINBOWS OF REVOLUTION / UN ARCOIRIS QUE SIGNIFICA REVOLUCIÓN
29 Dec, 2020 | Anneli Aliaga
Photo: Michael Dunn [www.michaeldunca.com] ENGLISH VERSIONThe history and significance of the wiphala in the Bolivian imaginary. There is minimal, if any, concrete historical evidence of the origin o...
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The Presidential Elections 18 /10 /2020 - Elecciones Presidenciales 18 /10 /2020
31 Oct, 2020 | Iván Rodríguez
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LET´S RECONCILE BOLIVIA! / ¡RECONCILIEMOS BOLIVIA !
31 Oct, 2020 | reconciliemosbolivia.org
Images: Reconciliemos BoliviaENGLISH VERSIONThe launch of the campaign “You are better than that! Let's reconcile Bolivia through dialogue " The campaign seeks to raise awareness of the need to rec...
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A Feminist Democracy? / ¿Democracia feminista?
31 Oct, 2020 | Paola R. Senseve Tejada
Photos: Freddy BarráganENGLISH VERSIONJust a couple of months before the end of 2020, with the general elections in Bolivia and the United States knocking at the door, whilst facing a global health an...
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Media and elections / Medios de comunicación y elecciones
31 Oct, 2020 | Jorge Luis Palenque
Photo: Iván Rodríguez / Illustration: Yasser Kim Kerrigan ENGLISH VERSIONWhen you work in the media, people want to know your political opinions, because the media represents a very importan...
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Ríos de Pie
31 Oct, 2020 | Jhanisse Vaca
ENGLISH VERSION“All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly” said Martin Luther King Jr. in 19...
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Democracy, Forests and Socio-diversity in Bolivia / Democracia, Bosques y Socio-diversidad en Bolivia
31 Oct, 2020 | José Antonio Martinez Montaño
Photo: Tony SuárezENGLISH VERSIÓNFormal and representative democracy is not only a way of electing authorities, it is also a mechanism for imposing a political system on the population, a development...
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#VOTARÉ: Why Bolivians need to broadcast this hashtag online even though it is obligatory for them to vote / #VOTARÉ: Por qué llenar las redes sociales con este hashtag en un país donde es obligatorio votar
31 Oct, 2020 | Claudia Cárdenas
ENGLISH VERSIONMany people who live in Bolivia and even abroad, but have ties with Bolivians, would have surely noticed that as of October 1 2020, social media, especially Facebook, were filled with t...
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Kayfabe
31 Oct, 2020 | Alfonso Gorostiaga
Photo: Malhar MahurkarENGLISH VERSIONThere is a term often used in wrestling to explain the staging and the fictitious plot that exists behind the performance of the wrestlers: Kayfabe. This concept s...
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HUARI
30 Aug, 2020 | CERVECERÍA BOLIVIANA NACIONAL
DE UNA LEGENDARIA BATALLA A UN LEGENDARIO SABORENGLISH VERSIONMagical, this is how tourists, visitors and residents describe Santiago de Huari, a small town on the shores of Lake Poopó with endless le...
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La Saya No Es Todo
02 Mar, 2020 | Rhiannon Matthias
Photos: Rhiannon Matthias Afro-Bolivians struggle for recognition of their place in Bolivian historyThis year marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Law 200 of the Bolivian Constitutio...
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Rainbows of Revolution
02 Mar, 2020 | Anneli Aliaga
Photo: Michael Dunn [www.michaeldunca.com] The history and significance of the wiphala in the Bolivian imaginary. There is minimal, if any, concrete historical evidence of the origin of...
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The Chimanes of Maraca’tunsi, Bolivia, after their Sacred Hill was taken from them
03 Jan, 2020 | Karen Gil
Santos contemplates the space where his house was back in the 1990s, now it is full of bushes and trees. Photos: Manuel Seoane The Chiman people cannot be understood outwith the context of t...
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Simón Bolívar: an extraordinarily profuse man
11 Dec, 2019 | Adriana L. Murillo A.
Image: Picture painted by Epifanio Garay 19th centuryEl Libertador and his descendents The founder of Bolivia and one of the most relevant figures during the South American wars of independence,...
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Potosí: The silver city that changed the world
11 Dec, 2019 | Adriana L. Murillo A.
Photos: Gonzalo Cárdenas ‘I am Rich PotosíTreasury of the worldKing of the mountainsAnd envy of Kings.’Motto from Potosí’s coat of arms, granted by Emperor Charles VThat is how Kris Lane beg...