Bolivia blog post 6 - more than a thousand words

On the final day of the ‘cumbre’, I thought a photo diary would be the best way to capture some of the sights of Bolivia.

1. A bird hitches a ride on the windscreen wipers of the ‘trufi’, the shared taxi, from Cochambamba to Tiquipaya where the cumbre was taking place:


 

2. Two women in traditional dress stand talking at the side of the road near the entrance to the conference:

 3. Stalls set up for the conference participants, creating a micro-economy in itself:

4. A man entertains the passers by to the sound of Elvis’ Blue Suede Shoes:

 5. The indigenous flag, reaching out to new markets via the people of the world:

5b. Ensuring that the participants of the cumber get their vitamins and minerals:

6. Climate Justice Action run a workshop, preparing for the week of action on Climate Justice this October:

7. Soldiers pass the ‘mesa dieciocho, the eighteenth working group, which was looking at some of the local issues, such as Bolivia’s ongoing extraction industry. This group wasn’t officially recognised by the conference organisers:

8. The red carpet being laid out on the way to the presidential lunch – I’ve never had a red carpet rolled out in front of me before:

9. The table at the presidential lunch, with coca leaves, the pride of indigenous Bolivia, decorating the menu:

10. People gather to see the final statement, the people’s declaration, being presented to the governments in the closing ceremony:

11. Coca leaves entertaining the crowd sitting in the stadium at the Cumbre’s closing ceremony: