Archive for the tag: "bolivia"
Amidst the Rocky Andes, Summiting the Politically Impossible: Power and Rhetoric at Bolivia’s World Peoples’ Conference
“Aquí estámos,” the campesina’s voice rang out, more heart than tongue, “Bolivia, la esperanza del mundo.” Here we are: Bolivia, the hope of the world. And there we were, day two of the World Peoples’ Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, filling an overflowing classroom serving double duty as the home [...]
On Adam Smith and Coca Tea
Nate Loewentheil recently moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, and publishes occasional pieces on Bolivian politics as well as his personal adventures on the Sandbox blog. Nate can be reached by email at nate.loewentheil [at] gmail.com. There aren’t many places in the world where one can buy Nintendo Wiis, dried llama fetuses and bananas by the ton, [...]
President Once and Future: The Spirited Inauguration of Evo Morales
Nate Loewentheil recently moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, and publishes occasional pieces on Bolivian politics as well as his personal adventures on the Sandbox blog. Nate can be reached by email at nate.loewentheil [at] gmail.com. The shimmer-red helicopter bearing Evo Morales towards the Temple of Kalasasaya last Thursday was a strangely modern twist to the morning’s [...]
One Llama’s Great Incan Adventure
Nate Loewentheil recently moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, and publishes occasional pieces on Bolivian politics as well as his personal adventures on the Sandbox blog. Nate can be reached by email at nate.loewentheil [at] gmail.com. “We dedicate this animal to Pacha Mama, and ask for a year filled with health and prosperity,” the mayor prayed. Four [...]
A Ballot of Bolivian Identity: Today’s Presidential Election
In the US, presidential elections shift trillions of dollars and move armies across the globe. In Bolivia, the stakes are even higher. El 6 de Deciembre nearly every citizen in the country – voting is obligatory here – will go to the polls for an election whose outcome is certain: a victory for the incumbent [...]
Toma Lo Bueno (Or, Why Coca-Cola loves Bolivians)
Nate Loewentheil recently moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, and will be publishing occasional pieces on Bolivian politics as well as his personal adventures. This is a piece on corporate images and power in Bolivia. You can check it out with accompanying photos on his blog. Nate can be reached by email at nate.loewentheil@gmail.com. Bolivians like Coca-Cola®. [...]
Don’t Mess with Quechuan Grandmothers
Nate Loewentheil recently moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia. He will be publishing occasional pieces here on Bolivian politics as well as his personal adventures. Here’s a piece on his first inter-city bus travel.
