My brother sends word that things’re getting worse in Bolivia. But in the La Paz neighborhood where he lives and works, things’re still fine.
The Age says the destitute Andean nation could be headed toward complete upheaval:
Sixty-four people have been killed in a series of protests in Bolivia this year. Many fear that the scattered violence may be the prologue to a more violent and widespread conflict; the expression “civil war” is increasingly on people’s lips.