New Blog about Gender and Women’s Issues in Bolivia

I wanted to bring it to our readers’ attention that there is an excellent new blog about gender and women’s issue in Bolivia. http://eugeniadealtura.wordpress.com/ It is by an anonymous author who is conducting research in the La Paz area. Here is the description: “Eugenia de Altura is the blog of a female graduate student currently [...]

The Gringo Tambo is looking for a new roommate.

Hi everyone! Does anyone read us anymore? We haven’t posted in a while! I’ll try and work on that soon. In the meantime, the actual, physical Gringo Tambo aparment is looking for a new roommate starting in November. If anyone reading this needs housing in La Paz or knows of someone who is looking please [...]

An Invitation to Visit the Fundación Flavio Machicado Viscarra

As many of the GT members and readers will be in Bolivia for “summer” research or just travel, I wanted to invite you all to check out the activities and resources provided by the Fundación Flavio Machicado Viscarra (FFMV). The FFMV is a small foundation that aims to conserve and make public the intellectual and [...]

Bolivian-American to be part of Obama White House Staff

Here in La Paz, everyone is abuzz at the appointment of Cecilia Muñoz to head the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs in Barack Obama’s White House. Muñoz was born in the US to Bolivia parents who immigrated to Detroit in the late 1960s, and still has family in La Paz. She is an accomplished lawyer who [...]

Committed to their Cause, Peace Corps Volunteers Return to Bolivia

Miguel posted this at Pronto* but I wanted to post it here as well because I think this is great news. The Peace Corps was evacuated last month when violence broke out in Santa Cruz and Pando, and the Bolivian government booted the US Ambassador. This article and photo story in the Washington Post describes [...]