Reviews
The Top 10 Bolivian Beers
23 May, 2017 | Alex Walker
Photo: Nick SomersOde to Pico de OroBolivia’s beer scene has never been quite so artsy nor quite so crafty. Microbreweries are springing up as often as posters calling for access to the sea, while the...
An Alcohol Independence for Bolivia
23 May, 2017 | Federico De Blasi
Photo: Federico De BlasiA Truly Bolivian Vodka Takes the StageIn 1825, Simón Bolívar and Antonio José de Sucre y Alcalá finally defeated the Royal Spanish Army, bringing independence to Bolivia and sa...
BERLUSCA
16 Apr, 2017 | Federico de Blasi
Photo: Federico de Blasi An Italian corner in the centre of La PazHidden away in the confusing and chaotic streets between Calle Sagarnaga and Calle Santa Cruz, there is a chance to take a peace...
AEROPLANE HANGARS
28 Mar, 2017 | Marianthi Baklava
Photos: Nick SomersPiecing Together the Haphazard History of Bolivia’s Air ForceI’m speaking with Lt. Col. Heriberto Hermosa at the airfield of the Fuerza Aérea Boliviana, the Bolivian Air Force, just...
Dark Skull
17 Feb, 2017 | Louise Lacourarie
Photos: Nick SomersA cinematic view of what lies beneath the mining communities of the altiplanoHuanuni is a small town in the altiplano, an hour’s drive from Oruro through the sparse, high-altitude c...
Propiedad Pública
17 Feb, 2017 | Julia McGee-Russell
Photo: William WroblewskiThe restaurant that welcomes everyone‘I used to be a girl scout,’ Gabriela tells me. ‘We did a lot of camps, and I used to love cooking for everyone. I used to cook with my gr...
HB Bronze
17 Feb, 2017 | Marianthi Baklava
Photo: Marianthi BaklavaCoffee with identity below the surfaceThe exterior of the boutique hotel, Altu Qala, embodies a 1930s Chicago revival, with two added floors looking ahead over the other buildi...
El Gato Negro
29 Dec, 2016 | Adriana Murillo
Image: Courtesy of Chicho SernaThe caretaker of civil societyHe is an ordinary guy who wears a hat and a black mask to express his critiques of the government and society. When he speaks, his words ar...
What Sustains You?
28 Aug, 2016 | Madeleine Pollard
Photos: Madeleine PollardSustenance exists in many forms: food, drink, money, reggaeton. Reggaeton!?We asked ciudadanos on the meandering streets of La Paz ‘What sustains you?,’ probing the motivation...
Diesel Inferno
28 Aug, 2016 | Madeleine Pollard
Photo: Madeleine PollardMore Than Just a Space of WasteUpon approaching the late-night bar Diesel Nacional, located in the centre of La Paz’s Sopocachi neighbourhood, you would be forgiven for thinkin...
After the silver lining
28 Aug, 2016 | Ellen Weaver
Illustration: Oscar ZallesThe tension between sustainability and mining in BoliviaGutted to the point of near collapse, the once silver-lined entrails of Cerro Rico, emblematic of prosperity in the Ne...
Running on Manpower
28 Aug, 2016 | Brian Weisbecker
Photo: Brian WeisbeckerMaintaining the Micros of La Paz Requires Massive IngenuityOn the streets of La Paz, vehicles large and small breeze about. Speedy taxis pass cars whenever possible, honking at...
TO INFINITY AND BEYOND
21 Aug, 2016 | Laetitia Nappert-Rosales
Photo: Valeria WildeThe sitting room, with family portraits,glass cabinet of antiquedishes and old round tablewith crocheted tablecloth, feltdemure and quiet at first. Suddenly itwakes up with the fir...
Light at the End of the Tunnel
22 Jun, 2016 | Sareena Kamath
Photos: William WroblewskiAlong the desolate outskirts of the west Andean town of Uyuni lies a dumping ground for abandoned locomotives, some dating back to the 19th century. Walking beside the long-f...
Boozing in Bolivia
15 May, 2016 | Anna Grace
Sampling Some of the Best Alcohol Bolivia Has to OfferPhoto: Anna GraceSouth America does alcohol well. Think Chilean Merlot or Argentinean Malbec and you are bound to find your mouth watering and you...