Culture Shock! Bolivia - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

28 CultureShock! Bolivia FOREIGN RELATIONS AND BOLIVIAN LAW The majority of people come from Fidel’s Cholo background but even t ...

Overview of Land and History 29 the gringo infl uence. The extent of this resentment could be measured in the 2002 presidential ...

30 CultureShock! Bolivia in a nation of over nine million, Bolivia’s deposit base is concentrated in the hands of 45,000 people ...

Overview of Land and History 31 When former dictator General Hugo Bánzer was elected president, he scrapped the failed coca poli ...

32 CultureShock! Bolivia In the absence of viable agricultural alternatives, coca growers continue to produce the exploited crop ...

Overview of Land and History 33 the symptoms of the soroche ( altitude sickness). For this reason, some Bolivian tour companies ...

34 CultureShock! Bolivia various affl ictions—from foot blisters to pneumonia—but they trekked on and the nation’s attention was ...

Overview of Land and History 35 The cocaleros were led by the articulate Evo Morales, and belonged to Bolivia’s Labour Confedera ...

36 CultureShock! Bolivia CSTBC (Confederation de Peasant Workers of Bolivia), the Movimiento Sin Tierra (The Landless Movement), ...

Overview of Land and History 37 TUNUPA Makes a Point Historians and political scientists at the Solón Foundation newsletter, TUN ...

38 CultureShock! Bolivia Between 2000 and 2005, six years of indigenous-led confl ict, mostly of militant non-violent roots, fi ...

Overview of Land and History 39 authentic voice, with a signifi cant indigenous base. With Condepa gone and the COB in tatters, ...

40 CultureShock! Bolivia but led to even deeper impoverishment of the already poor indigenous growers, many of them being former ...

Overview of Land and History 41 The demands are for indigenous autonomy and economic enfranchisement, with a rhetoric reminiscen ...

42 CultureShock! Bolivia all Bolivians, has been resorting to legal means in an effort to get the Bolivian government to award c ...

Overview of Land and History 43 New waves of demonstrators come to the aid of the students and police, now demanding that the pr ...

44 CultureShock! Bolivia 2003 July: Referendum A referendum is crafted into four ambiguous yes-or-no questions which apparently ...

Illimani peak and cityscape of La Paz, located at over 13,000 ft above sea level. Adjusting to the altitude of the highest capit ...

bCULTURESHOCK! BULGARIA CS! Bolivia photo section 1.indd b 7/13/10 2:49:55 PM ...

FAST FACTSc The Palacio del Gobierno, or Governor’s offi ce, located in Plaza Murillo, La Paz, is a good example of colonial Spa ...