About Us

Renacer Boliviano, Inc

Renacer Boliviano “Festival de Verano 2004”

About Us

Phone: 630 620 4863 (Carlos Herrera-President)

E-mail: bolherr@sbcglobal.net (Carlos Herrera-President

E-mail: jnurzagaste@sbcglobal.net (Jose Nery Urzagaste)

We left behind our parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins and friends. We left seeking a chance and opportunity at a better life.

Yet once here we long for our food, un picante de pollo, un chicharrón, nuestra llahua, nuestras salteñas, and most of all our Bolivian friends. We look for old friends, we try to find new friends. We invite each other to our birthdays, and parties, we listen to our music and sign our songs, almost always we depart signing “Viva mi Patria Bolivia”. We celebrate 6 de agosto and we dance in carrnavales.

A group of friends wanted to make these gatherings accessible not only to a small group of friends but inclusive to all the Bolivian community in Chicago and surrounding area, and in 1987 the dream of our founder Claudio Cossio became true.

The mission of Renacer Boliviano is “To assist the needy in Bolivian, and its community in the United States of America, and to disseminate Bolivian culture”. For this purpose we prepare several events throughout the year, such as: Fiesta de Carnavales, Summer Festival, Fiesta del 6 de agosto, and the presentation of Bolivian folkloric groups in the City of Chicago.