Posts Tagged ‘bolivia’
Amidst the Rocky Andes, Summiting the Politically Impossible: Power and Rhetoric at Bolivia’s World Peoples’ Conference
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010“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 [...]
Read More..(0)On Adam Smith and Coca Tea
Monday, March 8th, 2010Nate 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, [...]
Read More..(1)President Once and Future: The Spirited Inauguration of Evo Morales
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010Nate 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 [...]
Read More..(2)One Llama’s Great Incan Adventure
Saturday, January 2nd, 2010Nate 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 [...]
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