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Archive for the ‘Bolivia’ CategoryJanuary 24
Today is the annual Alasitas festival in Bolivia’s capital city of La Paz. Alasitas isn’t a Spanish word but an Aymara one. It means something akin to “Buy me.” And if you thought El Norte held a monopoly on consumerism, don’t put your money on it. Alasitas is all about prosperity in the [...] September 8 every year Happy Birthday Madonna!
No, not that one. On September 8, the Catholic world celebrates the birth of the Virgin Mary. Little is know of Mary’s birth from the Bible. The Gospel of James (which didn’t make the final cut) list her folks as Joachim and Anne (Hannah). The couple was childless [...]
Perhaps no date in Pan-American history is as important or controversial as October 12, 1492. On this date two worlds collided. Mexican philosopher Jose Vasconcelos coined the term La Raza Cósmica, the Cosmic Race (for lack of a better word), to describe the people of Latin America, and what he considered the future of the human [...] |
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