Noticias

Its becomes more interesting everyday here in Bolivia. For the past few days the community of El Alto has been treking down the mountain the demonstrate in front of the US Embassy to demand that Washington extradite a former Bolivian defense minister who directed a military crackdown on riots that killed at least 60 people in 2003. TheFormer Defense Minister Carlos Sanchez Berzain, who is now a resident of Key Biscayne, Fla., told La Paz-based Radio Fides last week that the U.S. granted him political asylum more than a year ago. This caused an outrage in El Alto where the indigenous, anti-government rioters (previous to Evo) were gunned down by soldiers in 2003.

Evidently this actually is not anything too unussual. Bolivians are very politically active and seem to love a good strike or demonstration. It is affecting the School Health Program though. The national launching of the program is suppose to be this Friday in El Alto. However, the US ambassador is suppose to be there as well. The leadership at Save is afraid it may become a political site rather than a launching of a social-school program. Can´t we just uninvite the ambassador???