Bolivia
These Indigenous female skateboarders are breaking stereotypes in Bolivia
A group of young female skateboarders in Bolivia are using their attire to break stereotypes across society. Spanish colonizers introduced polleras to the country centuries ago, and they became a symbol of the Quechua and Aymara ethnic groups of South America.
Bolivia’s president is going to play professional soccer, and maybe win over a few voters
What if President Obama joined the NBA’s Washington Wizards? Obama might want to consider that, after he hears what Bolivian President Evo Morales is up to. Morales has just been offered a contract to play professional soccer in Bolivia’s first division.What if President Obama joined the NBA’s Washington Wizards? Obama might want to consider that, after he hears what Bolivian President Evo Morales is up to. Morales has just been offered a contract to play professional soccer in Bolivia’s first division.
For one American, soccer made all the difference when he moved to his native Bolivia
Eddie Avila was born in Kansas to Bolivian parents. Growing up, he was more interested in basketball than football — the version we’d call soccer. But when he eventually moved home to Bolivia, it was soccer that called him there and helped him connect with his native land.
As Morales pushes for more reforms, Bolivians express frustration
Evo Morales swept into power in Bolivia as the first indigenous president in a nation that counts indigneous people as almost two-thirds of its population. He promised reforms and has followed through, though many say they’re not far-reaching enough. Or they’re just not buying in at all.
