The biggest cocaine factory bust this week

I am deeply skeptical when it comes to claims of success in the U.S. [international but U.S.-led] War on Drugs, and not because I think illegal drugs are a great thing (I don’t).  In this, I have lots of company.  Those publicly opposing the U.S. [U.S. Support for the] War on Drugs include Noam Chomsky, [...]

Voting ends today for Lake Titicaca as one of “New Seven Natural Wonders of the World.”

The campaign to have Lake Titicaca listed as one of the New Seven Natural Wonders of the World is coming to a close.  I’ve written about this here before.  The Bolivian government is taking this campaign very seriously.  Various Bolivian officials (including the Prefect of the Department of La Paz and the Viceminister of Tourism) [...]

Cartoons! Social Commentary! Bolivian Star Wars!

The TV Channel ATB has been running satirical shorts after the 10 PM news during the week. They’re pretty funny and insightful – all up on YouTube!
For your enjoyment, here’s Star Wars Boliviano:

Disclaimer: I haven’t had a chance to watch the whole thing yet, as my connection just died [...]

Battlestar Galactica SPOILER! Anthropological comments on the end of the series

This post has nothing to do with Bolivia, unlike my last set of comments on BSG.  But it DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS ABOUT THE END OF THE TELEVISION SERIES!!  So if you are like me and hate spoilers, and haven’t seen it yet, STOP READING.
I mean it, you’ve been warned.
Still here?
Ok, before I start my anthropological [...]

Pajaritos gringitos. Tweet tweet!

We here at the GT are proud to be on the cutting edge of modern annoyances technology.  So, if you want to follow what we collectively say about Bolivia on Twitter, take a look here.  “Twibes” (the name just seemed too deliciously ironic for this anthropologist to pass up) compiles only those tweets that include [...]