Disinformation constitutes an imminent danger for human rights and democracy in Bolivia. — The political crisis generated by the resignation of Evo Morales on November 10, 2019 came as a shock to public opinion in the world, characterized by confusion, ideological polarization and moral panic. The controversy generated over accusations of electoral fraud and “coup d’état” was aggravated by the circulation of disinformation…

To confuse the power of the state with the fulfillment of rights is to disfigure humanity with the war machine. States have appropriated human rights, just as populism appropriates democracy, giving birth to monsters. — The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a humanitarian war. I don’t mean that as a joke, although in a just world it would be. This grotesque subjugation has a humanitarian pretext. Vladimir Putin authorized the military operation under the fabricated pretext of protecting ethnic Russians from a “genocide” allegedly promoted…

By Raúl Prada Alcoreza. We are faced with the symbolic use of the “Indian”, to legitimize baroque forms of colonial domination. — Originally published in Spanish October 31, 2019. By Raúl Prada Alcoreza In the history of human societies, a diagram of power has arisen whose object and material are bruised bodies. The architecture of this diagram of power makes the wounds of bodies visible, even to the point of morbidity. It…

By Ruddy Orellana. Although Evo Morales will never perform the Jacha Tata Danzanti dance, history is taking care of removing his mask and evaluating his nonsense. — By Ruddy Orellana Everything was, everything is identical, everything has already happened! This is a sentence that, like a sword of Damocles, hangs from the rafters of time and space. Time and space are, from a vigorous unity, an inscrutable taypi (center) that survives, in harmony, in the Nietzschean circularity…

By Freddy Bobaryn López. The arrogance of those who professed absolute truths clouded the possibility of generating spaces for self-criticism, reflection and redirection of the Process of Change. — By Freddy Bobaryn López, Vice Minister of Coordination and Government Management The myth in ancient Greece tells that the sun melted the wax of Icarus’ wings for wanting to fly too high. This is known as “hubris” — the arrogance of Icarus — , who, being a mortal, offended the…

By José Luis Saavedra. In August 2021, Indigenous Peoples of lowland Bolivia marched 37 days to the city of Santa Cruz to demand the protection of Indigenous territories from settler colonization, deforestation and extractivism. The marchers waited 3 months for a hearing with the indifferent government. In this article, José Luis Saavedra discusses the promise of the formation of an Indigenous Parliament by the marchers.

By Pedro Portugal Mollinedo. Recent events demonstrate the failure of stereotypes about Indigenous peoples that have permeated state policies for years. — By Pedro Portugal Mollinedo Just at the moment when contemporary Indigenous peoples corner the Bolivian government and defeat their policies in the streets (coca growers from the Yungas for control of their coca market, trade unions and transporters respecting the draft Law on Fortune Control), the Vice Presidency of the…

By Rafael Puente. The MAS party leaders do not perceive that their party has ceased to be a majority, thus avoiding having to ask themselves what mistakes they have made. — By Rafeal Puente In recent days, the Movement towards Socialism (MAS) assembly member, whose name is José Yucra and represents Tarija, affirmed that he and his party colleagues are willing to give their lives and that “if they have to kill they will do so” (!). …

The 2021 XI Indigenous March is the largest gathering of Bolivia’s diverse lowland Indigenous peoples and nations since the 2011 TIPNIS March. — I was able to spend part of the last week visiting with the XI Indigenous March for the Defense of the Territory, Identity and Culture of the Indigenous Peoples of the Lowlands in the city of Santa Cruz. …