How nice it would be if this blog could simply consist of posts that are nature and people related, an extension of the world brought to you, the poor man's National Geographic, if you will.
It would be so fun to simply write about rain forests and deserts and oceans and Sherpas and Indios and Bedouins.
Describe the good and ignore the bad. Write about the elephant and ignore the snake.
It would be. Too bad that's not the way the ball bounces in this world, and that goes double for La Paz, the world's highest capital.
Question: If you wish to hold a city hostage and prevent its traffic flow, how do you go about it? In Nepal, you drum up a bunch of thugs and block the roads using bhands. That's also been the modus operandi of most malcontents here.
Years ago, I recall reading a story about how a man invented the answer to stopping war. Destroy the bullets. Swell idea, the citizens of El Alto above La Paz thought to themselves. If you really want to kill traffic, let's stop the gas transports.
Now people no longer need to sit on an intersection all day, fiddle their toes, pick their noses, and threaten working class citizens trying to make a living. No, now there's only one fleet of vehicles that needs to be stopped: trucks. To be more specific, trucks carrying fuel. Bingo. Now the people occupying the intersections and main roads only need to threaten people and provide human roadblocks part time.
And just like that, every fuel station is shut down after rationing the sale of fuel to each vehicle to 50 bolivianos. At present, there are hardly any vehicles in the street, and La Paz can go back to horses and carriages for a while. That is, of course, unless the good people of El Alto find that their demands have been met.
The good news here is that the first demand has been met. The people of El Alto have demanded the installation of sewer and drain systems within the district, which the mayor immediately agreed to. The bad news is that there are still 17 more demands pending.
The city's transportation was the first to shut down, and the wheezing and huffing sounds of the city's bus fleet have been conspicuous through their absence today. And who are the winners of the latest fuel crisis?
Well, there are two natural gas stations here in La Paz. However, being that I have yet to see any vehicle consuming this type of gas, you would have to like the ice vendor's chances on the North Pole better of turning a profit.
Stay tuned. Officials are still negotiating with citizens. What is not recommended is the current pace, this 'we will agree to one demand per day' nonsense. Be that as it may, people who keep horses in their stable in El Alto or La Paz are looking pretty smart right now.
It would be so fun to simply write about rain forests and deserts and oceans and Sherpas and Indios and Bedouins.
Describe the good and ignore the bad. Write about the elephant and ignore the snake.
It would be. Too bad that's not the way the ball bounces in this world, and that goes double for La Paz, the world's highest capital.
Question: If you wish to hold a city hostage and prevent its traffic flow, how do you go about it? In Nepal, you drum up a bunch of thugs and block the roads using bhands. That's also been the modus operandi of most malcontents here.
Years ago, I recall reading a story about how a man invented the answer to stopping war. Destroy the bullets. Swell idea, the citizens of El Alto above La Paz thought to themselves. If you really want to kill traffic, let's stop the gas transports.
Now people no longer need to sit on an intersection all day, fiddle their toes, pick their noses, and threaten working class citizens trying to make a living. No, now there's only one fleet of vehicles that needs to be stopped: trucks. To be more specific, trucks carrying fuel. Bingo. Now the people occupying the intersections and main roads only need to threaten people and provide human roadblocks part time.
And just like that, every fuel station is shut down after rationing the sale of fuel to each vehicle to 50 bolivianos. At present, there are hardly any vehicles in the street, and La Paz can go back to horses and carriages for a while. That is, of course, unless the good people of El Alto find that their demands have been met.
The good news here is that the first demand has been met. The people of El Alto have demanded the installation of sewer and drain systems within the district, which the mayor immediately agreed to. The bad news is that there are still 17 more demands pending.
The city's transportation was the first to shut down, and the wheezing and huffing sounds of the city's bus fleet have been conspicuous through their absence today. And who are the winners of the latest fuel crisis?
Well, there are two natural gas stations here in La Paz. However, being that I have yet to see any vehicle consuming this type of gas, you would have to like the ice vendor's chances on the North Pole better of turning a profit.
Stay tuned. Officials are still negotiating with citizens. What is not recommended is the current pace, this 'we will agree to one demand per day' nonsense. Be that as it may, people who keep horses in their stable in El Alto or La Paz are looking pretty smart right now.
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