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30 Sep, 2021 Laetitia Nappert-Rosales Reviews Photo: Valeria WildeENGLISH VERSION The sitting room, with family portraits,glass cabinet of antique dishes and old round table with crocheted tablecloth, felt demure and quiet at first. Suddenly wakes up with the firm strumming of... + más

THE MUSICAL WORLD OF ERNESTO CAVOUR / EL MUNDO MUSICAL DE ERNESTO CAVOUR

30 Sep, 2021 David Fegan The Arts and Reviews Photo: Ana DiazENGLISH VERSION Inside the fertile mind of the Bolivian musician, inventor, author and investigator Once described as ‘the best in the universe’ when it comes to Bolivia’s national-heritage instrument, Ernesto... + más

SPACES / ESPACIOS

30 Sep, 2021 BX TEAM Reviews Photo: Valeria DoradoENGLISH VERSIONFlamingo.Coqueza, Potosí, Bolivia. Explorer during the weekends and full time manager during the week. Valeria Dorado is passionate about travel and photography. In 2017, she started her blog ‘LaLibelle’, to... + más

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KNOWLEDGE (S) / CONOCIMIENTO (S)

30 Sep, 2021 Caroline Risacher Social issues Photo: William Wroblewski ENGLISH VERSION This is the story of a girl—let’s call her Lizeth and let’s imagine she’s 10. Lizeth grows up in a small town at the edge of the Bolivian altiplano, and she goes to public school.... + más

Juan Carlos Navi Yuchina: King of the Jungle | Bolivian Express

EL LIBERTADOR AND HIS DESCENDENTS / EL LIBERTADOR Y SUS DESCENDIENTES

31 Aug, 2021 Adriana Murillo Social issues Image: Picture painted by Epifanio Garay 19th century ENGLISH VERSION The founder of Bolivia and one of the most relevant figures during the South American wars of independence, Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar... + más

Simón Bolívar: an extraordinarily profuse man | Bolivian Express

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AGAINST THE EMPIRE / EN CONTRA DEL IMPERIO

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31 Aug, 2021 Malhar Mahurkar Social issues Illustration: Oscar ZallesENGLISH VERSION Bolivian President Evo Morales has refused to toe the USA’s line since he came into power, and has clashed with the ‘land of the free’ in several high-profile incidents, including... + más

EL ALTO DE PIE, NUNCA DE RODILLAS

31 Aug, 2021 Matthew Grace Social issues Photo: Jose Luis QuintanaENGLISH VERSION During Bolivia’s 2003 Gas War, alteños stood up to the neoliberal state, and in the process helped change history in an indigenous country long dominated by white colonisers. But the families... + más

THE OLD GUARD OF BOLIVIAN TROTSKYISM / LA VIEJA GUARDIADEL TROSKISMO BOLIVIANO

31 Aug, 2021 Charles Bladon Social issues Photo: Dayme PaymalENGLISH VERSION Since 1825, there have been 88 governments in Bolivia, with an average of 2.2 years per government. Chronic political instability has become somewhat intrinsic to the country over the past century with... + más

VOICES OF A UNIVERSITY PROTEST / VOCES DE UNA PROTESTA UNIVERSITARIA

31 Aug, 2021 Rafaela Alford Social issues Photo: Poppy KoronkaENGLISH VERSIONContradictory narratives between media, State and people The sounds of shouts, horns and flares accompanying bustling crowds, road blocks and picket signs often greet daily commuters in La Paz. In... + más

Multi-coloured La Paz / La Paz de Mil Colores

31 Jul, 2021 Anneli Aliaga Reviews Photo: Dayme PaymalENGLISH VERSIÓNArtist Dayme Paymal brings life to the murals of the city As part of the municipal campaign ‘La Paz de mil colores’ that aims to bring life and colour to the city’s walls through the muralist art form,... + más

LA RUFINA

31 Jul, 2021 Javier Riveros Food Photos: Michael DunnENGLISH VERSIONLa Rufina was established on the 21st of July 2021 to showcase and honor Bolivian street food. As a participant in the concept of La Rufina, it is founded on the love for the simplicity and flavour of the food... + más

The Rebirth of Tourism in Bolivia / El renacimiento del turismo en Bolivia

31 Jul, 2021 Charles Bladon Tourism Photo courtesy of SelinaENGLISH VERSIONUpdates from the Selina La Paz Hotel With international travel happening more frequently, albeit nowhere near what it was pre-Lockdown 2020, tourists are trickling into Bolivia once again. This is a... + más

Proposals and plans for the reactivation of tourism in Bolivia / Proyección y propuestas para la reactivación del turismo en Bolivia | Bolivian Express

Such Great Heights / A Grandes Alturas

31 Jul, 2021 Charles Bladon Tourism Photos: Gabriel Vargas/ @gabrielvargasphotographerENGLISH VERSIONStretching across Bolivia’s heartlands and towering over La Paz and Lake Titicaca are the meandering cluster of mountains known as the Cordillera Real. This mountain range is... + más

Blogging in Bolivia / Un blog de Bolivia

31 Jul, 2021 Vladislava Kotyakhova Tourism Photo: Vladislava KotyakhovaENGLISH VERSIONHello friends! I am a blogger and an English teacher living in La Paz, Bolivia. Originally, I come from Russia but giving remote online English classes means I can work from any place in the... + más

THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OF PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL IN BOLIVIA / EL DESARROLLO Y FUTURO DEL FÚTBOL PROFESIONAL EN BOLIVIA

08 Jul, 2021 Tommy Walters, François Schollaert Paz Sports ENGLISH VERSION Today, South America produces some of the best football players in the world. Such is its footballing success that Joseph ‘Sepp’ Blatter, FIFA’s president, pointed to South America as the ‘Old... + más

A Q&A with Ella Asbún, General Manager of Gustu | Bolivian Express

FUNDACIÓN CASARI

08 Jul, 2021 Alexis King Sports and Social issues Photos: Alexis KingENGLISH VERSION Sat in Don Massimo’s office, the walls of which are adorned with photos and trophies from various football teams he’s helped, he tells a story of when he first established a football school... + más

Fundación Casari | Bolivian Express

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME / POR EL AMOR DEL JUEGO

08 Jul, 2021 Inske Groenen Sports ENGLISH VERSIONThe importance of football in Bolivia is in no way proportional to the country’s achievements in the sport throughout history. Despite being a country that only holds a single Copa América title and has only once qualified for... + más

ART AND IDENTITY / ARTE E IDENTIDAD

08 Jul, 2021 Michael Protheroe Social issues ENGLISH VERSIONWith a series of LGBT+-related events running over the last few weeks in La Paz, I discovered a ‘¿Literatura homosexual en Bolivia?’ panel, and, not knowing much about Bolivian literature, I was intrigued. The idea... + más

MIKO Art Gallery | Bolivian Express

THE CHURCH OF AYAHUASCA / LA IGLESIA DEL AYAHUASCA

30 Jun, 2021 Valeria Wilde Culture Illustration: Marco TóxicoENGLISH VERSION For Andean and Amazonian indigenous cultures in Bolivia, hallucinogenic plants are synonymous to medicine, spirituality and even religion. Ever since ancestral times, ayahuasca (which grows in the... + más

OLD MARKET, NEW MEDICINE / VIEJO MERCADO, NUEVA MEDICINA

30 Jun, 2021 Toby Clyde Culture ENGLISH VERSION The name, El Mercado de las Brujas or the Witches Market, does little to accurately describe the bustling medicine and ritual trade just off Plaza San Francisco. In reality, the market is constantly changing to meet the demands of... + más

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PALO SANTO

30 Jun, 2021 Sophie Hogan Culture ENGLISH VERSIONThe miracle tree and its uses The smell seeps easily into my nostrils as we light the wood and put it in the holder. The smoke begins to flurry out of the holes in the cup and the fragrance gets more intense, invading my senses.... + más

‘Apacheta Nº8’

30 Jun, 2021 Curated by: Marisabel Villagomez Culture ENGLISH VERSION by Max Siñani: Making the invisible visible Connections are rarely established anymore. They are scarce, like those mysteries in which the invisible emerges from other dimensions. They are magical moments... + más

IN THE ARMS OF THE MOON GODDESS / EN LOS BRAZOS DE LA DIOSA DE LA LUNA

30 Jun, 2021 Nikolaus Hochstein Cox Culture ENGLISH VERSION The elderly Aymaran woman runs about the circle with almost supernatural vigour, touching each of our bowed heads with the wrapped sacrifice. She whispers a breathless incantation, and all I hear is one word feverishly... + más

DARK GODS, DARK RITES / DIOS OSCURO, RITOS OSCUROS