Now I know you’ve all been dying to learn how to make adobe bricks and then construct (hopefully) permanent structures out of them – yes ?
As long as politics has been alive, arguably since humans developed the ability to communicate, humans have competed for greater spheres of influence.
“Since Mr. Morales became president little more than a year ago, Venezuela has quickly come to rival the United States as Bolivia’s main patron. It has provided assistance for the army, cattle ranches, soybean cultivation, microfinance projects, urban sanitation companies and the oil industry.” Via the NYTimes, Venezuela Rivals U.S. in Aid to Bolivia.
Bolivia, officially the Republic of Bolivia (Spanish: República de Bolivia), named after Simón BolÃÂvar, is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil on the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina on the south, and Chile and Peru on the west. (Via Wikipedia) (more…)
Now that Chris Abraham has taught me how to post pictures in my blog (clearly my new favorite tool if you saw my “Welcome†post) I’d like to invite you on a quick photographic tour of Tarija city. (more…)
Cultures all over the world are having to reconcile their long practiced traditions with the rolling waves of globalization and the spread of technology which often seem mutually exlusive. The following article from the New York Times is an example of what is happening in Sacaca, Bolivia. (more…)
So many of us young twenty somethings are trying to figure out what life is all about and where we’re supposed to be ‘going’ – as if there were some specific path or destination we should be striving towards. All of a sudden we’re out of what once seemed an interminable year in and year out cycle of school, papers, practice, Christmas dances, final exams – and now we should be on that ‘path’ society has always told us to seek out after school. (more…)
