Upside Down Notebook

A radio station in Madison, Wisconsin (Wort FM 89.9) interviewed me recently regarding the US troop presence in Paraguay, the country´s landless movement and growing soy industry.
To listen to this interview, click here

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Streets sweat dust. The dust turns to frozen mud at night. Car alarms keep the dogs company.
From my apartment I can see a training base for Bolivia’s National Guard, El Alto, Evo Morales’ house and the enormous US embassy. Each one represents some of the strongest forces battling over the direction of Latin America. The [...]

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A line of bodies pressed into each other on its way out of the café. The concrete floor had barred veins in it where the waste of each food stall oozed somewhere else. The cold of the plaza was blocked out by the body heat, stoves and flames of the cavernous market. Dizzying combinations of [...]

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The constituent assembly election and referendum on autonomy which took place on July 2 here in Bolivia has revealed many interesting things about the new Morales administration. It tells a lot about the relationship between the government and the country’s strong social movements. It also offers some suggestions about where this government might be headed [...]

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