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Lee Arbuckle - Inventor http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061030143425.htm
"Inventor Helps Grasslands Go
Native," Science Daily
(November 1, 2006) — Montana
rancher and inventor Lee Arbuckle may soon change
the nation's market for native grass seed, a tricky-to-harvest
crop worth hundreds of millions and vital to restoring
wildlands...
Dr. Bill Keck- "¡Salud!' ....http://www.saludthefilm.net/ns/main.html
Bill writes in his bio, "A
work related hobby has been a 15 year relationship with
Cuba and its health system. They have what is probably
the best system in the developing world, but we're not
supposed to know about it. So, of course, I've
been busy with others trying to get the word out. We
have a new film about the system that is now out."
¡Salud! is
an excellent, accurate and deeply moving portrayal
of a healthcare system designed to keep people healthy
rather than the ‘sickcare’ system that
currently exists in the United States.”. --Jocelyn
Elders, MD, former U.S. Surgeon General
Joan Velasquez - Mano A Mano http://manoamano.org
Joan has worked many years to
help meet needs in Bolivia. Part of that has been building Mano
A Mano Medical Resources which has brought resources
into Bolivia for a number of years now. Mano A
Mano accepts donations as well as selling gifts
to rasie monies.
Expulsion
of Peace Corps from Bolivia page: Expulsion
of PC from Bolivia ... file: Expulsion.doc
A page
with four parts: (1) Newspaper front page and text
from front page, with list of PC persons to be expelled;
(2) Article: "A Sacrificial Llama?" By
James F. Siekmeier; (3) Jorge Sanjines Filmography
with links; and (4) Comments on Blood of the
Condor.
The End of the Peace
Corps Operation in Bolivia .pdf file
(463 kb): BaumannMemo5.24.71.pdf
Two page memo from Gino Baumann
and Fred Caploe to "All PCV's and Staff (Bolivian and USA)" explaining the
end of Peace Corps operations in Bolivia and what would happen to volunteers
and staff afterwards. Interesting historical note! Submitted by Peter Hansen,
one of those affected by ending PC in Bolivia, Group 36. Thanks Peter!
Peter Stubben - "Building
Co-ops Among the Quechua" .pdf
file 800kb (scanned
from Coop Report)
An article in Coop Report magazine, May-June
1971, pp. 1-3, reports of Peter 's work as a volunteer in PC Bolivia to develop
better agricultural growing methods and cooperatives. Pictures
of Peter Stubben, Lee Arbuckle, Gino Baumann are part of the 4 pages (cover
and 3 inside pages).
Jim Ciotti - personal
website http://adventuredog.org
He has visited Bolivia since service
and includes pictures and items he makes available from his
travels.
Julia Moore - paintings http://www.juliamoore.com
Julia as an artist displays her
works, etc.
Trish
Modugno-Furman - sketches .pdf
file (found online but can't
find the URL again)
Trish had five pages of her
sketches printed in the magazine, Peace
Corps Volunteer,
January-February 1970 issue.
(Bill) McCabe
Coolidge -
(1) "A writer writes" http://peacecorpswriters.org/pages/2001/0105/prntvers105/pv105wrwr.html
(2)
"Loneliness of a Peace Corps Volunteer http://peacecorpswriters.org/pages/2002/0203/203wrwr.html
Working with the Peace Corps Writers Group, Bill Coolidge
has written and published several of his writings. These
are a poem entitled, "Che
Guevarra" and some prose entitled "The Loneliness
of a Peace Corps Volunteer"
Bolivia-ChichaPCVs
group http://Groups.google.com/group/Bolivia-Chichapcvs
Discussion group set up by
Lee Arbuckle and Ed Stoll. Much discussion and exhcange
of RPCVs from Bolivia before it was expelled in 1971.
These folk organized this summer's reunion...
From Dwight Steen: You must first register with
Google and create a login (ID & Password).
Then you can join the Bolivia group called: Bolivia-Chichapcvs. Instructions.
Training Biography
Booklets / PCB Directory
Booklets are in .pdf format. You
will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free for
the download if your browser does not already have
it installed from: . Files are large, from 1 to 4 megabytes
each.
Group
29 Training Biographies (.pdf file 2.1 MB): Dated April 1967,
from Jeff Fletcher
Group 31
Training Biographies (.pdf
file 7.7 MB): Dated August 1967, from Robert Hudgens
Group 32 Training
Biographies (.pdf file 3 MB): Dated, from Bill Baedke
Group 33 Training
Biographies (.pdf file 1.9 MB): Dated, from Barb Belden
Group 34 Training
Biographies (.pdf file 2.6 MB): Dated August 1968, from Connie
Jaquith & Kirk Harder
Group 36 Training Biographies (.pdf
file 7.3 MB); Dated 1969, from Peter Hansen (also posted on Chchas)
Directory
PC Bolivia 1970: from Steven Kraft, Grp 36
Camp Armac : 1968 & 2008. Here is a site with ore information: some pictures from 1960's and now in 2007, with homes now built around the renovated swimming pool (picture at right). Camp Armac was used by Peace Corps training through University of Washington in the 60's for Bolivia, Chile and other service assignments as well.
Mines
Group Note : Camp Armac Training, Bothell, WA
Camp Armac was a children's
summer camp where Mines Group 29 trained in April - May
1967. It was loacted in Bothell outside of Seattle, Washington.
From 1971-74 the site was used for aftercare services in
drug addiction rehab. The site has now given way to an
interstate highway.
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Sites About Bolivian
Things
Upside Down World http://upsidedownworld.org/
English and Spanish. Uncovering activism and politics in
Latin America. "If
the world is upsdie doen the way it is now, we wouldn't
have to turn it over to get it to stand up straight."
--Eduardo Galeano.
Weekly E-mail newsletter. Sign
up for their newsletter: http://upsidedownworld.org/e-newsletter.htm
Resources on Latin American
social, media, cultural, political issues and more. Check
out the More Resources button, a lengthy listing
of more Bolivian and Latin AMerican Resources. http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/144/5/
The Democracy Center http://democracyctr.org/index.php
English and Spanish. Check out the Blog from Bolivia. "The
Democracy Center works globally to advance social justice through
investigation and reporting, training citizens in public advocacy,
and leading international citizen campaigns." --Online description
of "Who
We Are." SAN
FRANCISCO, P.O. Box 22157 San Francisco, CA 94122 & BOLIVIA,
Casilla 5283, Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Bolivia Web http://www.boliviaweb.com/
[Appears to cover a wide range
of information about Bolivia. however, many pages have
dates that are 3-5 years old.]
English and Spanish. "Welcome
to Bolivia Web, the largest Bolivian community on the
web. Our company's mission is to present to the world
a positive image of Bolivia. To that end, we have built
the largest and most comprehensive Bolivian portal, with
thousands of links to other Bolivian sites, chat rooms,
postcards, etc. Bolivia Web was founded in 1996 by Miguel
Barrientos and Claudia Soria. The site was built on top
of work originally started by Mr. Barrientos in 1995
while still a student at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology." Bolivia
Web, 5220 Chinley Court., Charlotte, NC 28226,
USA. E-mail: inform@boliviaweb.com
Directory
of Cities, Towns and Regions in Bolivia http://www.fallingrain.com/world/BL/
Quite handy for locating most any place in
Bolivia. Organized by Department, you choose
a location by its alphabetical listing. Site
shows you several maps which can be zoom'ed
in or out, topographical maps and weather records
of the place. There appear to be several thousand
listings. Each site also has lattitude and
longitude measurements. AWESOME SITE!
So.Mines: Atocha, Animas, Rosario,
Telemayu http://www.transientbooks.com/bolivia/districts_eng.htm
Section of pictures and
text on the mining district women from the Atocha area
who participated in a pilot project "Handmade
Books: Expression, Repair and Economic Alternative" (2003-2005)
by Alex Apella. Through workshops and other related activities,
Project "Handmade
Books" supports and extends the possibilities of
implementing tools and knowledge that will empower the
women in the mining communities to realize these three
visions......Part
of a project of various "Transient Books" creations
and endeavors done by Magu and Alex Appella who live
in Argentina, and sell their products through Oregon.
Check out the full site, fascinating! http://www.transientbooks.com/
Music
from the Andes & Nearby Regions
Boleadora.com
From a message posted by Bill Baedke on Bolivia-ChichaPCVs
group comes a referral to this site. "This
site has some music from Bolivia that you can
listen to." Until our own dj's assemble
music for the reunion, check out the collection
here. Music is referenced to performing group,
albums and possible purchase sites. Music online
is monaural only 21k level.
Bolivia
Web Radio
URL to use on iTunes or similar MP3 player
to access continuous Bolivian Radio station.
You
can:
(1)
Click on the URL here http://216.249.99.38:8000 which
takes you to ShoutCast and shows you
Bolivia Web Radio, listing what is currently
playing. Click on the Listen button
above and it will ask you to select a player
to listen to the stream.
or
(2)
Copy this URL http://www.boliviaweb.com/radio/radio.asp
and paste into iTunes or similar
continuous streaming audio player to start Bolivia Web
Radio streaming to you.
Blood
of the Condor Clips http://www.pcbolivia.org/video.html
From Bill Baedke, Group 32,
come this site which has clips from Yawar
Mallku (Blood
of the Condor) in Real
Player format [site shows where you can get it free].
Quality of clips is not the best but there are 13
clips varying in length from about 30 seconds to
3 minutes. If anyone knows where to get a copy of
the film, please
contact us.
Yawar
Mallku (Blood
of the Condor) was
released in 1969. The movie contributed to the eventual
expulsion of 
Peace Corps from Bolivia in 1971. About
Yawar Mallku ("rich text format" file
-- Great discussion of fim at end of file)
Story: The
chief of a rural Indian community in Bolivia grows suspicious
when his wife and other women in the village are unable
to conceive. When the village discovers that they are
victims of a covert sterilization campaign, partially
run by the "U.S. Progress Corps," they fight back with
plenty of bloodshed.
Running Time: 1
hr. 14 min.
Director: Jorge Sanjines
Cast: Marcelino
Yanahuaya, Benedicta Mendoza Huanca, Gregorio Yana, Ignacio
Quispe, Vicente Salinas
Cocina
Boliviana http://www.bolivian.com/cocina/
Spanish. Part
of www.bolivian.com. Collection of recipes in Spanish.
Three sections: Platos tipicos (50+ recipes); Sopas (12
recipes); Salteñas and empanadas (15 recipes). "La
variedad de la Cocina Boliviana está dada por la
diversidad geográfica y climática, donde
según la región consta de distintos tipos
de alimentos así como de condimentos."
Locotos
y Salteñas http://www.rocoto.com/saltenas.html
"What is a Salteña? It's simply the
most delicious Bolivian delicacy known to man. Actually, the Salteña
hails from La Paz Bolivia - but you don't need to travel all the way
there to enjoy this feast. This recipe has been finely tuned with
assistance from my Abuelita. It's a sure fire winner. Enjoy!" --from
a website by
Joe Carrasco documenting the rocoto [Capsicum pubescens] (locoto
in Bolivia). Joe's grandma was from La Paz and he grew up eating
Bolivian food. Check it out! -- http://www.rocoto.com/crfg_pres/img0.html
Salteñas
from Julia Moore Peace
Corps salteñas
I'm attaching the
salteña recipe from "Epicuro
Andino." (My copy is stamped "Propriedad del
Cuerpo de Paz: Lending copy -- sign out and return as
soon as possible"....Oops.) I
hope you enjoy the part about the cow's hoof. There is
an alternative for that item at the bottom. If you get
somebody to make this, don't let them substitute a more
healthy shortening for the lard. The pastry will
not be nearly as good, nor will the taste be as authentic.
(Come on, how often are we going to eat these? Once
or twice more in our lifetimes?) Enjoy! --Julia Moore,
Grp 29.
Nicho
– Andean Chicken Soup from Dennis Holt Recipe
Nicho Andean Chicken Soup
Saludos, compañeros.Here's a germane
recipe I prepared years ago for a church cookbook.
Try it! You'll
like it! --Dennis Holt. Grp 23
Llajua:
Bolivian Hot Sauce http://www.boliviaweb.com/recipes/english/llajua.htm
Never knew how to spell it, but quickly learned
how hot it was and how to ask for it by name. Here's a recipe
for it--though it seems more like a general hot sauce recipe
than Bolivian. But maybe with genuine locotos
bolivianos it
would be authentic.
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Sites Relevant to RPCVs
Amigos de
Bolivia y Peru http://www.amigosdeboliviayperu.org/ ...TO
JOIN AMIGOS---> click HERE.
The alumni association of RPCVs
and staff who served in Bolivia and Peru, Amigos is
an official affiliate of the National Peace Corps Association.
We publish a quarterly newsletter, Yachaspa, and maintain
a website (above).
Amigos'
Kantuta Fund: A 501(c)3 nonprofit
organization, donations to our Kantuta Fund are tax
deductible, providing small grants to PCVs' community
based projects. Amigos assists newly returning PCVs
in their reentry and 60s and 70s RPCVs in keeping in
touch with each other or re-visiting Bolivia and Peru.
Amigos maintains excellent relationships with the current
PC staffs in Bolivia and Peru as well as at PC headquarters.
Amigos de
Bolivia y Peru, 7327 University Ave., Glen Echo, MD
20812 tel: (301) 320-5068 email: boliviayperu@hotmail.com
National Peace Corps Association http://www.rpcv.org/
A non-profit organization
of returned Peace Corps volunteers, former staff and
friends committed to fostering peace through service,
education and advocacy.
1900 L Street NW, Suite 205, Washington,
DC 20036-5002 tel: 202.293.7554 email: npca@rpcv.org
PeaceCorpsOnline http://peacecorpsonline.org/
The
Independent News Forum serving Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.
Not affiliated with US Peace Corps. PCOL Newsletter • Library • RPCV
Directory •Peace Corps News • RCV Bulletin
Board. The purpose of Peace Corps Online is to provide
electronic tools for the communication, dissemination,
and discussion of information among returned peace corps
volunteers to help meet Kennedy's third goal for the
Peace Corps. Started and run by an RPCV who served in
Peru. PCOL indicates they get more than a quarter million
visitors monthly.
Send articles or mail to: "Ask Not" -
P.O. Box 1960 - Ponca City, OK 74602 email: AskNot1960@Gmail.com
Peace
Corps Writers http://peacecorpswriters.org/
"Where
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers write about
their world." The
goal of launching PC Writers' web site,
as well as that of publishing its precursor,
the newsletter RPCV Writers & Readers,
is at the heart of the Third Goal of the Peace Corps — to “bring
the world back home.” The writings of Returned Peace
Corps Volunteers (RPCVs), all their novels, short stories,
essays and poetry are a positive way of educating Americans
about the world, an essential Third Goal activity. The
newsletter, and now the site, provide the link between
the cultures of the world and our culture....Founded in
1989 by editor John Coyne and publisher Marian Haley Beil
(both Ethiopia 1962–64).
Bibliography of
books written by Peace Corps writers (Volunteers or staff).
and more. Contact
information.
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Bolivia News and Travel
Can't Do
It In Europe, A Film by
Charlotta Copcutt, Anna Weitz & Anna Klara Åhrén
http://www.frif.com/new2006/cant.html
Can't Do It in Europe portrays
this new phenomenon of 'reality tourism,' whereby bored American or European
travelers seek out real-life experiences as exciting tourist "adventures." The
film follows a group of such international tourists as they visit the
mines in Potosi—the poorest city in the poorest nation in Latin
America—where Bolivian miners work by hand, just as they did centuries
ago, to extract silver from the earth... -- Go to distributor site
for a fuller description. Made in 2006.
Populism For a Price, Bankrolling
Morales's Social Initiatives, Chávez Steers Bolivia
From Washington
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/02/AR2007080202557.html?referrer=emailarticle
By Peter S. Goodman, Washington
Post Staff Writer, Friday, August 3, 2007; Page D01.
ORURO, Bolivia. Allama-wool hat swathing his head, Santos
Paredes took the floor with photos in hand -- images of a half-built
medical clinic in his village on the high plains of the Andes. Paredes,
the mayor, entreated Bolivia's president, Evo Morales, for money to finish
the job.... (go to full article) Thanks for
submitting this news address, Jeff Fletcher, Group 29.
SALT
AND SKY: The remote Salar de Uyuni Salt Desert
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070701/FEATURES07/707010456
Photo gallery of some photos
taken there by tourists recently. Sluggish to access photos but a nice
collection of shots. See the hotel with walls and furniture made from
salt blocks. Thanks for submitting the address Jeff Fletcher, Group 29.