Jungle Outtakes
So, if you’re reading this…thanks. Obviously put down the blogging awhile ago. Well, in November of last year I spent some time in the Amazonian province of Pando in Bolivia working on a story about land reform. There is a program to resettle people in to the jungle areas on to what are called “Tierras [...]
“Its going to rain”
So about two weeks ago, Sara and I were returning from a trip out to the campo as the trufi (mini vans that get you around town) was passing through El Alto, I looked over and saw this very well defined funnel cloud heading our direction. No one seemed to bothered by this but me. [...]
…and stay out (hopefully not).
To begin our land reform project here in Bolivia, Sara Shahriari and I have begun by investigating the issue of Autoimous Indigenous municipalities. Not quite reservations, not quite regular government. Its a complicated issue, but relates to “indigenous” (not European in any sort, this encompasses an estimated 60% of the Bolivian population) populations getting greater [...]
Vigilante Justice
A few days ago, Sara and I were riding along with some people from a group called Fundación Tierra while they went about their daily work with people out in the Altiplano outside of La Paz. Some folks in El Alto, a sprawling city/suburb/slum outside of La Paz had blocked all the roads to protest [...]