"The story that taught me what journalism is for"

"The story that taught me what journalism is for"

There's a story I still think about, years later. I reported on the discrimination faced by transgender people in Bolivia — the daily barriers to healthcare, employment, identity documents, and basic dignity that most of the country never sees or asks about. I didn't set out to win anything. I set out to listen to people whose lives are rarely covered with care, and to put their reality on air without flattening it into a headline. In 2017, the Mesa Nacional de Trabajo (National Human Rights W

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Bolivia on the map: what the world doesn't know about this country

Bolivia on the map: what the world doesn't know about this country

When I say I'm from Bolivia, the most common reaction abroad is a brief silence followed by a polite question: "That's near Brazil, right?" Sometimes people say "¡Oh, Bogotá!" and I smile patiently. Bolivia is, for much of the world, a country that exists somewhere vague on the South American map — between the jungle and the mountains, landlocked, and without much press coverage. But Bolivia is anything but vague. It is the country with the highest capital city in the world. La Paz, the seat of

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Cochabamba: What is it like to live in the city of eternal spring?

Cochabamba: What is it like to live in the city of eternal spring?

There are cities that conquer you with their history, others with their architecture, and some with their food. Cochabamba, a city nestled in the heart of Bolivia at 2,558 meters above sea level, conquers you with something more subtle and more powerful: its climate. Finding a place where nature never goes to extremes is not easy - but Cochabamba comes close. Winter, as the world knows it, simply does not exist here. The days are warm and bright, the nights cool and perfect for sleeping. The sun

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