Tag: Bolivia
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La Casa de Moneda
In 1759, the King of Spain, hoping to improve coin production techniques, ordered the construction of a new mint. This is the courtyard of the mint, which is now a…
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El Tio
Present-day miners make statues of the devil inside of the mineshafts, and offer him tribute of alcohol, coca, and cigarettes. Though this practice can only be traced to the 20th…
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Potosi: The Gem of the World
The Spanish mine owners weren’t necessarily overtly abusive to the indigenous workers. They didn’t have to be; the conditions in the mines were enough to kill the hardiest workers. Colonial…
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El Cerro Rico
Today I begin a multi-part series on the Cerro Rico of Potosi; I am writing these posts with the hope of putting into historical context the 20th century cycle of…
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El Rechazo
This past week, the nationalization of Bolivia’s gas industry has drawn much attention in the global media. In part because of the dramatic way in which Evo Morales ordered the…
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Organic Awakenings
The world is waking up to the promise of organic. Yes, the statistics are quoted quite often: an annual growth rate of 20%, and anticipated market of $30.7 billion by…
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The Unlikely Captain
The transformational effect of power is extremely noticeable in Bolivian politics. And here I am talking of rural and provincial politics, of the backwater places that nobody hears or knows…
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Make Us!
Although the election of Evo Morales was expected to reduce the amount of blockades, strikes, and general protests in Bolivia, here we are almost three months into the new government…
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Correction and Microcredit
Gleaning knowledge from street discussions and first impressions is, in every sense, qualitative by nature. I make as many mistakes as anybody else in the world. This time I was…
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A Mixed Blessing
Last Thursday I traveled to several rural areas outside of the city of Cochabamba to attend a day-long training in aquaculture systems. Part of the training involved a trip to…
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