Evo to give a speech at American University tonight

Anyone know anyone in DC or plan on going to Evo’s talk tonight at AU? My sister lives in DC, but I may have a hard time convincing my forensic chemist sister to go and see it.

Formal Extradition Request for Goni

Well, the fairy tale is over, and according to the AP the formal request was sent to get Goni back. Will the U.S. send him back, I´m guessing no. I´m also wondering why the request was sent to this administration, instead of Obama´s…

Former US Ambassador declares his innocence, again…

I missed this article on CNN until today (buried under the ‘Americas’ section) – but Philip Goldberg last week said:
“And it is very unfortunate that the Bolivian government has said something that is absolutely outside the truth,” he said at a roundtable sponsored by the Washington-based Inter-American Dialogue.
Later in the article Adam Isacson, of the [...]

All quiet in La Paz

I was wating for something to happen after hearing about the dueling Ambassador situation, but so far nothing. I just came back to La Paz today from Tiwanaku, which is currently throwing a three to four day festival of drinking and dancing. I plan on heading back out there, probably on Monday, to continue collecting [...]