Proposals like the plurinational state in Evo Morales’ Bolivia and the incorporation of elements of the indigenous world-view like ‘sumac causay‘ (good living) in Latin American political discourse, marks a shift toward political multiculturalism in Latin America. . Claudio Chipana G. . Multicultural reality is nothing new, it not a […]
Tag: Bolivia
The forgotten female liberators
A conference being held in Lima hopes to restore the memory of women involved in the attainment of Latin American Independence and to recognise them for their work. The event will be celebrated on the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of August 2013. The revolt of José Gabriel Amaru […]
Violence against women in Bolivia
In recent years there have been 442,056 complaints of violence against women registered in this country and less than 20% of these cases go to court. Francisco Castanon “I have loved you all my life”. These were the words of a lover standing at the grave of […]
Emma Felber and Bolivia during the times of Evo Morales
The reduction of poverty and inequality are two social problems in Bolivia that have been moderated by the policies of a government motivated by social movements. Since the Revolution of 1952, until the social demands of the first decade of 2000, Bolivia has been one of the Latin American […]
In Bolivia they are made of mud
Tomás Quispe was a carpenter in Concepción of Belém (Conception of Bethlehem), a village of mud and straw lost in the monotonous flatness of the Bolivian Altiplano, but in the absence of wood and work he is now the potter of the village where clay is still the essence, materially […]