“We are neither Indian, nor European, but a species lying somewhere in between the legitimate owners of the land and the Spanish usurpers…” Simon Bolivar (Letter from Jamaica). – – Claudio Chipana – People of mixed heritage, mestizos, are a challenge to racial purity and the idea of a monolithic […]
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Towards Latin American multiculturalism
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 […]
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 […]
Colombian mining, a fruitless business
In 2009, Colombia lost more than half of its possible income from raw materials to large European transnational companies due to an unsustainable mining policy that also affects indigenous towns and the environment. . Benjamin Serra . The mining industry and the extraction of resources, like hydrocarbons, have been […]
Mosetén vs the Andeans: the cruelty of the timber business
This Bolivian indigenous nation made up of almost 2,600 people living north of the La Paz region in the NCL (Native Community Land), Mosetén. They are forced to come to an agreement with timber merchants, which burden them with debt for life. Benjamin Serra On both sides of […]