Posts Tagged "media luna"

Visual Concept of Bolivian News

Posted by on Sep 14, 2008 in Explorer, Missionary, Observer | 0 comments

Visual Concept of Bolivian News

This map shows the nine depart­ments of Bolivia. Each depar­ment has a pre­fect. This is super­fi­cially com­pa­ra­ble to the American States and their governors. Four of the depart­ments, those marked with a blue half moon, are referred to jointly as the Media Luna, or Half Moon. The Media Luna are cur­rently in strong oppo­si­tion to the cur­rent pres­i­dent, Evo Morales, and his polit­i­cal party, MAS — Movimiento al Socialismo, or Movement towards Socialism. Evo and the admin­is­tra­tive cap­i­tal of Bolivia are located in La Paz. Chuquisaca is the seat of Sucre,...

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Blockades and Breaking Points

Posted by on Sep 10, 2008 in Odds and Ends | 0 comments

Those of us in Cochabamba are in for a fun ride over the next while. A meet­ing was recently held in which the lead­ers of the Opposition move­ment and Evo Morales, pres­i­dent of Bolivia, were sched­uled to dis­cuss solu­tions and com­pro­mises in light of the recent ref­er­en­dums. The oppo­si­tion lead­ers attended. Evo did not; Evo sent a low-level flunky in his stead. The oppo­si­tion closed the ses­sion and returned to their respec­tive locations. Santa Cruz is, essen­tially, tak­ing the atti­tude of — “Fine. We can the block­ade game, too. You [Evo, et al.]...

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