Chile: “The Old Politics are Obsolete”
Like nearly every political person in Chile, Laura Rodríguez chain-smokes and talks a blue streak. She is a congresswoman, elected ...
The Hands That Feed Us
Llama blood splashes onto the dry soil, spattering the walls of nearby adobe houses. The farmers of Río Palca, an ...
Guatemala: Voices from Silent Refuge
On February 27, two private helicopters took off from Guatemala Citys Aurora airport and headed toward the mountains of El ...
Our Man in La Paz
ROBERT GELBARD IS RETURNING TO WASH- ington this summer after three ,years as U.S. arbassa- dor to Bolivia to take ...
COMPADRE CARLOS AND THE BREWER
THE CHANGES BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE growth of the informal sector erupted suddenly into national politics in the 1989 elections ...
NO FREE LUNCH
THE INCREASING NUMBERS OF WOMEN smuggling donated U.S. flour across the border to sell in Peru are evidence that food ...
In Another Vein
The sunny plaza outside La Pazs San Francisco Church is a favorite spot for friends to meet, a picturesque colonial ...
After the Crash
If the present austerity plans continue, predicted economic adviser Jeffrey Sachs in 1986, Bolivia will experience an economic boom before ...
