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How to Bust the Traveller’s Blues
Photos: Nick SomersFour Simple Steps to Transform the Troubled TouristIt’s a depressing moment when you’re halfway across the world and you feel like a lugubrious llama. Your mind, once childlike in i...
The CEDIB Crisis
Photo: Nick Somers The Past, Present, and Future of a National ArchiveTwo months on and the noise has not yet died down. On March 21 this year, Juan Ríos, the newly appointed rector of Cochabamba’s st...
Blue Moon
Photo: Aida MuratogluLuna Charlotte finds a love of her ownLuna Sharlotte Humerez exudes confidence, love, acceptance. She has mastered the art of conversation. She speaks openly and honestly, urging...
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(Mis)Reading between the lines
Illustration: Hugo L. Cuéllar A gringo’s attempt at watching a play in SpanishI’m as gringo as they come. The only Spanish I knew before coming to Bolivia was ‘hola’. I even bought a jumper with alpac...
More Than Just Feeling Blue
Photo: Nick SomersMore Than Just Feeling BlueMobile phones – used for talking, texting, and… depression management? That’s exactly the idea behind a 2015 pilot study lead by John D. Piette, PhD, Profe...
La Paz, in Gold and Blue
Photos: Sophie HoganText: Aida Muratogluwhen they told us the sun would set earlier in May than it did in DecemberI felt a tinge of betrayalwinter in La Paz nothing like thesnow day-filled, salty-shoe...
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Not Another Corny Story
Photo: Nick SomersThe mythical origins of the Golden CropCorn is not something that I had particularly considered before coming to South America. It is just another component of the international die...
Going For Gold
Photos: Nick Somers Ángela Castro leads the race for Bolivian Olympic glory The deep breath before walking to the starting line. The seconds before everything you’ve ever worked for is put to the test...
The Top 10 Bolivian Beers
Photo: Nick SomersOde to Pico de OroBolivia’s beer scene has never been quite so artsy nor quite so crafty. Microbreweries are springing up as often as posters calling for access to the sea, while the...
Editorial by William Wroblewski
As is the case for many Latin American cities, fútbol is the sporting lifeblood of La Paz. And here, the fans are as devoted as anywhere. Just go to any clásico at Estadio Hernando Siles, where the t...
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