Bolivia 6 vs Argentina 1

aaaah, good to day to love Bolivia.

HB

Carnaval in Bolivia

The video is in spanish and includes an impromptu interview with the mayor of Santa Cruz, but the video provides some neat images of the first night of Carnaval in Santa Cruz.

Enjoy.

Strange Soccer Goal

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The Che Guevara Debates begin as movie is set to be launched

As the Soderberg film approaches its release date, accounts of Ernesto Guevara’s life and legacy will be discussed and debated throughout the Americas . Terrorist, freedom fighter, criminal or lover… the versions promise to be varied and passionate. This is surely only the beginning of many, many comments on the blogosphere.

From the Moving Picture Institute’s website:

MPI is pleased to offer an alternative account of Che’s place in Cuba’s troubled history, in the form of a Moving Minutes clip from Cuban-born actor and director Andy Garcia. Garcia lived through the Cuban Revolution—and in “Saxophones!”, a segment from his 2005 film The Lost City, he movingly evokes the betrayal of liberty committed by a dictatorship that, fifty years on, still has Cuba in a violent and repressive stranglehold.

Season 8 of the West Wing

Well, not quite. But if it ever was going to happen the credits would look like this:

Yes He Did…

As Obama is preparing to deliver his inauguration speech, it only seemed fitting to post the video that resonated throughout the world during the campaign.

It seemed fitting for the blog today.

God’s Land: Mennonites and land ownership in Bolivia

Came across this excellent radio documentary which briefly reviews the current hardships Mennonites in Bolivia are experiencing as their way of life intersects with the current Bolivian political reality.

From the CBC:
Forty years ago, a group of Canadian Mennonites packed up and headed for Bolivia. They went in search of good farm land and isolation. And that’s what they got. But now, their quiet, comfortable existence has been caught up in a fierce political debate.

According to one study, the majority of arable land in Bolivia is concentrated on just 700 farms leaving many of the country’s indigenous people with little or nothing. Evo Morales has vowed to change that. He’s Bolivia’s first indigenous leader and he’s proposing a series of new laws on land ownership as well as a new constitution that Bolivians will vote on in two weeks. And if those laws pass, the Mennonites — and there are nearly ten thousand of them — could see their way of life disappear.

Freelance broadcaster Sarah Richards traveled to eastern Bolivia to visit these reclusive Mennonite communities. And she’s prepared this documentary about their uncertain future. It’s called God’s Land.

Listen to the documentary on the CBC website. Scroll down to Part 2.

Awesome trailer: 2081

Based on the short story Harrison Bergeron by celebrated author Kurt Vonnegut, 2081 depicts a dystopian future in which, thanks to the 212th Amendment to the Constitution and the unceasing vigilance of the United States Handicapper General, everyone is finally equal… The strong wear weights, the beautiful wear masks and the intelligent wear earpieces that fire off loud noises to keep them from taking unfair advantage of their brains. It is a poetic tale of triumph and tragedy about a broken family, a brutal government, and an act of defiance that changes everything.

Click here for website

Flights gone crazy

Absolutely amazing video showing every flight in the world in 72 seconds. Kudos to Nunc Scio for finding it.

Dinosaur footprints in Bolivia

As a follow-up to a previous post on this topic, here is a video on the dinosaur footprints that have been discovered in Bolivia. Apparently, at the time the dinosaurs were alive, it is believed that Africa and America were all one land mass. Bolivia already has its own version of “Jurassic Park” which has a variety of dinosaur footprints on display near the city of Sucre. It is definitely worth checking out if you are ever in the area. I was in Sucre last year doing some research on the constitutional assembly and took a few hours to check it out… definitely recommend it.
BTW, are they suppoed to be called footprints? Do those things count as “feet”.