Western culture can often translate in strange ways when brought to Bolivia. Halloween, for instance. Tonight is the 3rd of November, and this is when Bolivia celebrates Halloween. I’m sure there’s a very sensible reason for this, and I’m just not in the know - even if it’s as simple as bumping it to Monday […]
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Citizen’s Arrest: Adventures in Bolivian Babysitting
September 28, 2008 – 11:10 pm
7:40am
I woke up to an extraordinarily loud “Screech! Chunk! Thud. CRASH!” from Simon Lopez, our busy city street. I run down the stairs to hear “Lorien! Camera!” and my siblings yelling, “The van! The van?” The crash was not our van, but instead a drunk driver crashing into one of our large metal gates.
Juan, the drunk […]
Analysis of Bolivia and How Evo Could *Truly* Win
September 19, 2008 – 2:11 am
We heard some fascinating political and legal analysis on current events from a top-notch specialist in Bolivian law. I’m not naming him here simply because I didn’t get his express permission to do so. Kindly, deal with it. I’m posting the analysis, and then we can all go about researching it as we wish.
Prior to the […]
