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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 [...]