Our activities

Dr Winston Moore made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)

The Anglo-Bolivian Society is proud to announce that its Chairman, Dr Winston Moore, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Bolivia Burning: Inside a Latin American Ecocide

A 52-minute documentary from The Gecko Project that takes viewers inside one of the world’s most under-reported environmental crises: the rapid destruction of forests in Bolivia.
Tiempo de definición: ¿Qué está en juego en las elecciones en Bolivia?

Carlos Toranzo e Iván Velásquez conversarán sobre qué está en juego en los próximos comicios en Bolvia y qué desafíos enfrentará el próximo gobernante, gane quien gane.
Los desafíos del periodismo de investigación en Bolivia

Roberto Navia y Sergio Mendoza Reyes, destacados periodistas en Bolivia, representan a una nueva generación de comunicadores que ejercen una labor crítica, fiscalizadora y de verificación rigurosa, llegando a todos los estratos de la sociedad boliviana.
La Reina del Orthon

Entre cartas y silencios, una voz emerge desde la selva boliviana. Lizzie Hessel, una joven inglesa que vivió en una barraca gomera entre 1896 y 1899, nos deja un testimonio único del auge del caucho.
A Bolivian Ranger Testimony

Marcos Uzquiano is the president of the Bolivian Rangers Federation (ABOLAC in Spanish). He talked with us about the challenges Bolivian rangers face in the current situation.
Help Local Organisations Combat Bolivia’s Forest Fire Crisis

The Anglo-Bolivian Society (ABS) is seeking to raise funds to support the efforts of local organisations in Bolivia working to mitigate the impact of forest fires in the country.
Peter Lewis-Crown OBE – Obituary

Peter Lewis-Crown OBE has been with us from the very beginning. We would like to thank him very much for his generosity, wisdom, guidance, sense of humour, time-keeping and mentoring.
The Cocani Project

The Cocani are the Aymara coca merchants who settled in Oruro when the city thrived on silver and tin mining.
El poder Empresarial y el Estado: Bolivia, Ecuador y Perú en comparación

El libro examina cómo los grupos empresariales han interactuado con las autoridades estatales en los tres países centroandinos desde mediados del siglo XX hasta la actualidad.
A Rediscovered Bolivian Artist: Alejandro Mario Yllanes

The members of Anglo-Bolivian Society were invited to view Alejandro Mario Yllanes’s artwork, unseen since 1992, at Ben Elwes Fine Art Gallery.
El Impacto de la Minería en América Latina

Anglo-Bolivian Society inicia su año de eventos no con una, sino con dos presentaciones de categoría: América Latina y la Crisis del Cobre, de Tom Gatehouse; y El Opaco Brillo del Oro en Bolivia, de Sergio Mendoza.
Ocho entrelazados entre los tejidos andinos y el mundo

The Anglo-Bolivian Society hosted Prof. Denise Y. Arnold, a highly respected anthropologist who talked about Andean textiles and their interaction with other places worldwide. The presentation is in Spanish.
La geopolítica del litio: La influencia de China y el impacto en el denominado Triángulo del Litio (Bolivia, Argentina y Chile)

The Anglo-Bolivian Society was honoured to host Dr María Daniela Sánchez-López, a highly praised professional and academic, who talked about the Geopolitics of lithium in Bolivia and South America and the role of China. The presentation was in Spanish.
Adelante Mujer: Empowering Abused Women in Cochabamba

The Anglo-Bolivian Society was honoured to host Sarah Abdoo, founder of Adelante Mujer, a non-profit organisation supporting women in Cochabamba.
Explaining and Presenting Rock Art to the Public: The Case of Roboré – In English and Spanish

The Anglo-Bolivian Society was honoured to host educator and rock art expert Matthias Strecker, who summarised the research to date on rock art in the region of Roboré and highlighted the ongoing education campaign to make clear the importance of rock art in Bolivia’s cultural heritage.
Anglo-Bolivian Society 30th Anniversary Report

A report of the 30th Anglo-Bolivian Society Anniversary celebrations at the Inter-Parliamentary Union Room in the Houses of Parliament.
Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

Council of the Anglo-Bolivian Society would like to express a profound tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Bolivia frente al remolino global y las convulsiones del régimen

The Anglo-Bolivian Society was honoured to present our first conversatorio in Spanish with the distinguished Bolivian commentators Roger Cortez and José Antonio Quiroga. They talked about Bolivia’s position in an international context.
‘Art History in Bolivia Today – A Discussion’

A discussion between art historians Pedro Querejazu, and Valeria Paz on the state of the discipline of art history in Bolivia.
“Land Above the Clouds”

Anglo-Bolivian’s webinar about the work of Tony Morrison and the film “Land Above the Clouds”, presented by her wife, Marion Morrison.
Identifying Globally Important Plant Areas (IPAs) in the Chiquitania

With Bolivian partners, the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew is documenting and assessing areas of the Chiquitania for globally unique plant species and habitat types, making the results available to decision-makers locally as well as internationally.
Chiquitania: Paradise at Risk

More than 20% of the Chiquitania is under cover of protected areas. However, more than 4 million hectares suffered the direct or indirect impact of indiscriminate logging, land trafficking, illegal invasions, agricultural frontier expansion, and forest fires.
Bolivia’s Internet Challenges

InternetBolivia.org director, Eliana Quiroz, will talk about Bolivia’s internet challenges: the current state of play, issues concerning privacy, access and public policy, among others.
Brits in Bolivia – bits and pieces

Former British diplomat, Alan Shave – living in La Paz since his retirement in 1996 – was challenged, over a glass of cognac, to write a history of the British in Bolivia. His investigations have now produced some 40 chapters in draft – and he’s still researching everything British in his adoptive country from bilateral…
Trend-Driven Innovation in Bolivia

All businesses and organizations realize that innovation is more and more relevant if you wish to stay unique, at the top of your sector, or on the radar of your customers/stakeholders. In this sense, trend- driven innovation is a methodology with a set of easy-to-use tools, that can strategically help any type of organization anticipate…
Walter Kohn: an honourable man

We were so pleased to present this talk by Elizabeth Sissi Gill. In 2014 Sissi resolved to investigate her maternal grandfather’s shadowy past, a mission that took her to Vienna, the US – and to La Paz, where newspapers from the 1930s revealed an extraordinary story of an unjust accusation of murder, a 10-year prison…
Double Feature & Webinar: Altiplanos, from Nayra Antezana – Bocamina, from Miguel Hilari

We are very pleased to host a double bill of films by two young Bolivian film makers preceded by a 30-minute webinar moderated by A-BS council member Zihan Jin in which the two directors, Nayra Antezana and Miguel Hilari, will introduce their films and discuss their work.
Virtual Concert: Music for Breath

On Sunday 13th December, the British Bolivian Community was delighted to stage its first community and international event, the Música para Respirar 24/7 (Music to Breathe 24/7) launched by the Bolivian Chamber Music Society which perfectly aligns with its purpose and front-line efforts undertaken throughout this year.
Virtual talk – Fernando Montes: New art museum for la paz

The Fernando Montes Museum opened in La Paz, Bolivia in January 2019. It exhibits a permanent collection of paintings and drawings by one of Bolivia’s most distinguished artists. John Montes, the artist’s son and co-curator of the Museum spoke about the artist’s life and art and the creation of the Museum.
Marta Bosacoma

In Memory of Marta Bosacoma who was a very kind and generous lady.
Fiesta Boliviana

Summer Picnic in Regents Park Sunday, 30 August 2020 from 14:30 till 18:00 All ABS members, friends, families, children are cordially invited. Please bring drinks, refreshments, juices, salads, pasta, quinoa, salteñas – Bolivian specialities most welcome — sandwiches, cake, nibbles and fruit to share.
Covid-19: Frontline Bolivia Rapid Aid

The British – Bolivian Community – represented by the Anglo-Bolivian Society (UK), Anglo-Bolivian Committee (Bolivia), Chevening Alumni (Bolivia) and the British Scholars’ Association (Bolivia) – has raised £4,460 for the Covid-19: Frontline Bolivia Rapid Aid campaign, successfully surpassing its £4,000 target. Thanks to all the donors!
Night of Bolivian films: Viernes de Soltero and Altiplanos

Guadalupe Peres-Cajias will talk about on how “fiestas” in public spaces, located in zones usually inhabited by traditional middle and upper classes, illustrate the social tensions produced by the social mobility of popular classes in La Paz.
Anglo-Bolivian Society’s statement regarding Bolivia’s situation

The Council of the Anglo-Bolivian Society is concerned at the escalation of unrest and violence that has followed the Sunday 20 October elections.
Bolivian Elections

Bolivian General Elections will take place on 20 Octobre. Bolivian residents in London are allow to participate in the polls. The Bolivian Embassy has provided information to any Bolivian resident in London who is allowed to vote.
Revolutions in Bolivia

We have the pleasure to present this EBook that contains the papers from the conference “Revolutions in Bolivia”, celebrated in March 2018.
Bolivia at the Crossroads

Our chairman, Winston Moore, will participate as a speaker on “Bolivia en la Encrucijada” conference in La Paz, Bolivia.
La Paz: a city of joys and frictions

Guadalupe Peres-Cajias will talk about on how “fiestas” in public spaces, located in zones usually inhabited by traditional middle and upper classes, illustrate the social tensions produced by the social mobility of popular classes in La Paz.
To Lead by Obeying: Authoritarianism in Bolivia’s Coca Growers’ Unions

Dr Thomas Grisaffi will talk about the relation between the ruling MAS and the Chapare coca growers’ unions.
‘The eager taxpayer and the evasive collector: Fiscal relations in peri-urban Bolivia

Miranda Sheild will discuss her recent research into taxes in the peri-urban areas of Cochabamba.
Great presentation from CAFOD’s Nikki Evans about the challenges for vulnerable communities in Bolivia

CAFOD’s Nikki Evans will share perspectives from vulnerables communities in rural and urban Bolivia.
2018 Bolivia Chevening & Plurinational State Scholars Meet-up

The Chevening Scholars have been selected from a huge number of applicants to obtain a master’s degree at a British university.
Book presentation: “The Illegal Dance”

Memories of a young Bolivian woman in London. The author, Vicky Borda Oviedo, will present her book and invite a discussion.
“Wonderchamber: Austro-German music in the Stylus Phantasticus”

Karin Cuéllar Rendón, the young Bolivian violinist performed Austro-German music in the Stylus Phantasticus.
Lithium in Bolivia

Bolivia has one of the largest lithium reserves in the world. .However, the reserves still are almost untouched, and the government is looking for the best way to exploit it.
Revolutions in Bolivia – Programme

The ABS and the ILAS will explore the impact of the 1952’s National Revolution and Evo Morales’ “Democratic Revolution”.
The South American ‘Mozart’

Pedro Ximenez Abrill Tirado is one of the biggest exponents of the Classical and early Romantic music styles in South America.
100 years of exploration in the Llanos de Moxos

The Llanos de Moxos in eastern Bolivia has attracted a fair amount of scientific interest in recent decades.
Bolivian Space Agency – a new technological era

Paola Escobari is a UK Chevening Scholar doing a master’s degree in RE & Microwave Engineering at the University of Surrey, which undertakes cutting-edge research in wireless communications, space technology and advanced microwave technologies. She graduated in electronic and telecoms engineering from San Andres University in La Paz and undertook VSAT systems and satellite teleport trainingContinue…