On a cold winter’s night in the city of El Alto, Bolivia, we arrived at a mystical place where a dozen tiny rooms stood side by side. The cholitas (local Andean women in traditional bowler hats and voluminous skirts) performed rituals by the fires outside, burning offerings of incense...
The Shanghai Auto Show has dominated headlines this week, but we’re now turning our attention to Brazil as Stellantis has teased two different models for the country. The most notable is Ram’s highly anticipated pickup, which could adopt the 1200 or Rampage moniker...
I left Bolivia, but Bolivia never left my heart,” says Genoveva Escobar. Affectionately known as “Beba” to most, Escobar is the spry 65-year-old behind Southern California’s longest-standing Bolivian restaurant, the namesake Beba’s Restaurant in Anaheim. Escobar left her homeland in 1989...
On a recent visit to several countries in Central and South America, Utah Sen. Mike Lee said he was struck by China’s growing influence in the region. In an interview with the Deseret News, he made the case that American policymakers should pay closer attention to what’s going on in their...
If you’ve never heard of Bolivian sopa de maní, or “peanut soup,” you might think it’s in the same gene pool as Taiwanese wedang kacang or West African groundnut stew. But unlike these, the dish’s protagonist is not the peanut but rather fall-apart beef and a vegetable drawer’s-worth...
