<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914</id><updated>2011-10-03T21:17:06.080-07:00</updated><category term='MUCOV Mujeres con Vos'/><category term='Mujeres Juarez'/><category term='Memoria MUCOV Mujeres CON VOS'/><category term='Herstory Documenting'/><category term='Documenting Herstory MUCOV'/><category term='MUCOV: Mujeres con Vos'/><category term='Mujeres Con Vos'/><category term='MUCOV Documenting Herstory'/><category term='Documenting Herstory'/><category term='Malinche'/><category term='MUJERES CON VOS MUCOV'/><title type='text'>Proyect@ MUCOV: Documenting HERSTORY</title><subtitle type='html'>MUCOV (Mujeres con Vos) Registrando las experiencias de Mujeres</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>33</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-9197308714836785582</id><published>2011-05-23T12:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T12:42:47.870-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MUCOV EN PROYECTO DIEZ : ELLA TIENE HISTORIA</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="color: #444444;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.proyectodiez.com.mx/2011/05/20/ella-tiene-historia-proyecto-mucov/1501"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ella Tiene Historia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/carminanf"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;No hay nadie sin ninguna historia que no merezca ser contada, ni  silencio que no pueda ser descifrado o cotidianidad que no deslumbre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Pintando raya a la formalidad, ‘Proyecto Mucov, Mujeres con vos’ sale a  la búsqueda y sobre todo encuentro de todas esas historias, silencios y  cotidianidades de las mujeres con las que se han topado en su viaje por  distintos países de Latinoamérica sin más bandera que la intuición y la  improvisación contra la censura que han sufrido las mujeres desde que el  mundo tiene historia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Para ello se valen de fotografías, filmaciones, charlas y su valentía y  memoria para recuperar historias de mujeres capaces de cruzar ocho  cielos o tener como su más preciada posesión una guitarra, de mujeres de  transfeministas, ex convictas, mujeres que entierran a sus hijos, que  viajan, ejercen algún oficio, bailan o que son ellas mismas desterradas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Historias de mujeres abandonadas en la infancia, mujeres que se oponen a  la piropería como violación verbal a los cuerpos femeninos y mujeres  que no se inmutan ante el asomo del lente fotográfico, porque la  recolección de historias no se limita al testimonio verbal de las  participantes, sino al registro del espacio que habitan: en su galería  fotográfica se encuentra también evidencia de los lugares en los que el  proyecto ha guardado momentáneamente las alas para capturar cada  plazuela, camino precipitado o laguna multicolor, todos ellos escenarios  cotidianos para cada mujer que ha vivido un encuentro con Mucov.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;El proyecto que camina a los pasos de dos mujeres, Mayra y Carolina,  tiene una sola pretensión: formar una red de solidaridad entre las  mujeres de América y crear conciencia de las múltiples realidades que  conforman la propia identidad a través del reconocimiento de cada voz y  la historia que surja de ésta con todo y que el encuentro con el otro  sigue mediado por el miedo, la indiferencia y el ensimismamiento.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;A manera de bitácora de viaje, es posible conocer el proyecto a través  de su blog y su galería fotográfica que resguarda decenas de paisajes  urbanos y provincianos, de retratos, y autoretratos como un testimonio  visual de sus logros y sus encuentros. La bitácora puede hacerse  interminable: basta enviar un email &lt;a href="http://www.proyectodiez.com.mx/2011/05/20/ella-tiene-historia-proyecto-mucov/amujeresconvos@gmail.com"&gt;mujeresconvos@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; para proponer una voz que sea escuchada.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Lo valioso de esta empresa es su libertad propositiva: no dependen de  ninguna institución privada o pública, no están sujetas a un calendario o  a un propósito engañoso. Son sólo mujeres conociendo y reconociendo a  otras mujeres en ese juego de palabras que es el nombre del proyecto,  que leído en silencio remite a una compañía y leído en voz alta a una  invitación de escucha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Se agradece profundamente la naturalidad que distingue tal enmienda que  no por improvisada pierde profundidad: basta leer su blog –con textos en  inglés y en español- para sentir que se viaja, se sufre y se deslumbra  el lector con ellas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Por ahora ‘Proyecto Mucov’ reside en Guadalajara (México) como  oportunidad y descanso antes de continuar el viaje. Se acumulan las  horas de filmaciones, las fotografías, los kilómetros de viaje y las  lunas llenas. No así las historias por contarse.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Por: Carmina NHTL&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Las mujeres asesinadas querían seguir Vivas!” “Queremos seguir vivas,” son algunas frases que se escuchaban después de que algunas mujeres compartieron testimonios con micrófono en mano para &amp;nbsp;expresar las palabras tejidas con duelo y valor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YMPCPMdhKcM/TX_PMBsHSSI/AAAAAAAADko/h3QIBAg5Cbw/s1600/+L+Vivas+5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YMPCPMdhKcM/TX_PMBsHSSI/AAAAAAAADko/h3QIBAg5Cbw/s200/+L+Vivas+5.JPG" width="133" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Parte de el objetivo de este colectivo era hacer una denuncia publica de los hechos violentos que atentan en contra de toda mujer en todo sitio y &amp;nbsp;no dejar que estos casos queden invisibilizados frente a la sociedad. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yH_tMFq8j5E/TX_PN2SosnI/AAAAAAAADks/x2fW9qd8bdo/s1600/+L+Vivas+10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="133" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yH_tMFq8j5E/TX_PN2SosnI/AAAAAAAADks/x2fW9qd8bdo/s200/+L+Vivas+10.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Para nosotras, como el Proyect@ MUCOV, &amp;nbsp;fue importante asistir y registrar este evento no solo porque nos afecta la violencia en contra de las mujeres pero también porque nos importa que haya una respuesta frente a los hechos. Las vida no se le puede robar a nadie y el silencio no puede reinar sobre nuestras voces que &lt;i&gt;quieren seguir vivas&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Mujeres CON Vos rechaza a los feminicidios! La vida tiene que ser respetada y nuestra sociedad es responsable para que no queden en la impunidad ni en el olvido todas ellas que QUERIAN SEGUIR VIVAS y no las dejaron! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BoejApSI2HQ/TX_PPUV7JII/AAAAAAAADkw/uwqzFHIlCFU/s1600/+R+Vivas+6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="133" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-BoejApSI2HQ/TX_PPUV7JII/AAAAAAAADkw/uwqzFHIlCFU/s200/+R+Vivas+6.JPG" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Solo en el Año 2010:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;¡81 muertas &amp;nbsp;Y NI UNA MAS en JALISCO!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Solo en el Año 2010:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;¡&lt;a href="http://m.cnnmexico.com/mundo/2011/03/07/amnistia-internacional-urge-investigar-los-feminicidios-de-guatemala" style="color: purple;"&gt;282 Muertas en Honduras&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Solo en el Año 2010:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.feminicidio.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=321:guatemala&amp;amp;catid=16:el-feminicidio-en-cifras&amp;amp;Itemid=20" style="color: magenta;"&gt;Aproximadamente 600 homicidios EN GUATEMALA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;"&gt;! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Y las cifras &amp;nbsp;del feminicidio en &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/959614/0/asesinan/mujeres/juarez/" style="color: magenta;"&gt;Ciudad Juárez &amp;nbsp;han llegado a 3,100&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: magenta; font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;y no cesan!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569243070866501090" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUntENrNreI/AAAAAAAADiU/66myUJSxmoQ/s200/bandera%2Bmexico.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 183px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;Después de 9 años de ausencia en el país que marco las primeras líneas de identidad sobre mi piel, logre volver a MEXICO. Aunque nunca estuve al todo desconectada de México dado que viví casi toda mi vida en California en donde siempre fui identificada como: Mexicana-Americana, así con el guion entre medio y en ese orden horizontal. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="color: white; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;Desde hace más de tres años &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;venia pensando en un próximo retorno al país Azteca. Durante ese tiempo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;vivia en Colombia donde realizaba la labor de acompañante&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568776248498851714" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUhEfk1oD4I/AAAAAAAADf0/2LGHKpYLuXU/s200/lascatrinas2.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 134px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"&gt;  internacional de derechos humanos con la organización &lt;a href="http://www.forcolombia.org/"&gt;FOR&lt;/a&gt; (por sus siglas de ingles).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Recuerdo que  la mayoría d&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;e mis amis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;tades y grupos solidarios me llamaban “la mexicana” y así invocaban en mí un&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;a cierta búsqueda exte&lt;/span&gt;rna de una &lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;identidad compleja para quienes nos consideramos xican@s. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Desde entonces, y sin  ellxs darse cuenta, mis núcleos de diversas a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;mistades &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569241344370580930" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUnrft-gncI/AAAAAAAADhk/d9R0F2fZ6f4/s200/cascada.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: justify; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;empezaron a convocar mis deseos de volver a México. Pensaba en  algún día pod&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;er nuevamente encontrarme con la vibrante cultu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ra po&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;larizada por la influencia yanqui y las tradicio&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;nes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt; enraizadas. En el 2009, después de salir de Colombia-- a contradicción de mis planes iniciales--decidí primero c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;onocer el sur de nuestra Latinoamérica y v&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;ajar con&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;MUCOV hasta llegar a la Argentina&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;L&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;os acontecimientos en la Amazonia del Perú, el juicio de F&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ujimori,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;os movimientos socio-políticos del pueblo en Bolivia,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;presenciar una de las cumbre del ALBA, ademas de mirar los &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;cambios, logros y retrocesos sociales de la Argentina, y el compartir con mucha gente sudamericana me alimento para mejor completar el panorama imaginario que estaba proyectándose dentro de mi &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;mundo interior.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568556403964469090" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUd8i8IHX2I/AAAAAAAADcU/cRfE0v_2kZ4/s200/danza1.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 135px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 180px;" /&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568563741597375522" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUeDOC8IHCI/AAAAAAAADd8/N05kswxPhz0/s200/danza%2Bfrente%2Bcatedral%2B3.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 116px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; text-align: justify; width: 174px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Durante mis viajes conversaba con muchas personas que me recordaban que el &lt;i&gt;Chavo del 8&lt;/i&gt; era lo má&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ximo, que el movimiento Zapatista continuaba impulsando cambios para el sureste mexicano y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;me incentivaban a poder entender lo que ha sido de México en la última década. Y también provocaban en mi &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;muchas preguntas tales como: ¿Por qué en la sede del éxodo migratorio más grande del mundo,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;los migrantes centroamericanos son tratados co&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;n tanta brutalidad en &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;México?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;¿Qué significa ahora tener una de las fronteras más militarizadas y polémicas del mundo? ¿Que se había empeorado desde que el PRI se convirtió en la oposición,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;y el PAN se instaló en el gobierno con Calderón &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568559974954314946" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUd_yzGcLMI/AAAAAAAADds/tBZnSQXbZio/s200/tierra%2Broja.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 106px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; text-align: justify; width: 150px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;como presidente? ¿Qué fue de la gente y de la futura economía 17 años después de que firmó el Tratado de Libre Comercio (NAFTA)? ¿Qué significa el &lt;a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iniciativa_M%C3%A9rida"&gt;Plan Mérida &lt;/a&gt;en la vida real (y no como documento en las mesas de los uniformados y del&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;egados de Washington)? ¿Qué significa la llamada &lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;colombianización&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; de México cuando el narco-trafico siempr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;e ha tenido que pasar por las tierras Aztecas para entrar a las narices de los&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568778375457004978" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUhGbYX93bI/AAAAAAAADgU/AE35uQNPIQA/s200/calaveras.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; text-align: justify; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;consumidores gringos d&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ado que la demanda por el narcótico al sur de la frontera del Tío Sam siempre ha existido? ¿Qué significa "guerra" en un país en donde la historia de violencia sigue siendo un alimento cotidiano que se come con tacos y &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;guac&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;amole?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; ¿Qué pasa en&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;la ciudad fronteriza de Ciudad Juárez, Ch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;ihuahua &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;más conocida por su trayectoria de feminicidios mientras&lt;span style="color: #333333;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;día a día se va auto-&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;reconociendo como el basurero de TEXAS y el laboratorio de guerra para &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;los gobierno de Calderón y Obama?   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: white; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;Ya eran demasiadas preguntas las que buscaban su &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;eco en el norte americano y ya no había lugar para tanto dentro de mi imaginación—necesitaba desvestir &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;mis incógnitas y de forma en vivo. Poco a poco los escenarios se iban &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;acomodando para que a finales del 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568775077601122114" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUhDba52l0I/AAAAAAAADfk/vQLwFDB7ao0/s200/fachasdeguada.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 134px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; pudiera abordar en un avión y  volver &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;a pisar territorio Mexicano. Llegue con la esperanza de poder encontrar más que buenos tequilas acompañados de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"&gt;un buen Mariachi en la cuidad de Guadalajara capital del estado de Jalisco, MEX.,  en donde una familia quasi desconocida me esperaba.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: white; font-family: arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: red; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: black; color: red; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;¿Choque-Cultural?!?  ¿Que es eso wey?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;Para ser breve l&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;o  que me sucedió durante mi primer mes en Guadalajara fue un choque  cultural al borde de una crisis sensorial. No solo fue el ver que mis  primos pequeñitos ya eran hombres adultos, ni el saber que me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; había  perdido la gran mayoría de las quinceañeras de mis primas y sobrinas.  Tampoco fue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;solo el hecho de ver a mis tías y tíos con más canas, y a mis abuelas caminar a pasos chiq&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;ara&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;itos y en cámara lenta. Las emocio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;nes que genero el encuentro con mi familia se unió a la impresión que me causo que configuracion habia tomado la metrópolis de G&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;uadalajara. A mí me pare&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;ció que la ciudad e&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;stá diseñada como una copia de los barrios de Los Ángeles, California: El grafiti pandillero, la basura en&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt; las calles y más que todo el mercado estadounidense marcando territorio por doquier con sus mega empresas y monopolios ¿Cómo que aquí existen tantos McDonald’s, Burger Kings, Carl’s Jr., y 7-Elevens, Home Depot? &lt;span style="color: #33cc00; font-weight: bold;"&gt;“&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="color: #33cc00; font-weight: bold;"&gt;No te sorprendas si dentro de las Wal-Mart te encuentras tarjetas navideñas con la Virgen de Guadalupe&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: #33cc00; font-weight: bold;"&gt;,”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #33cc00; font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;me dice mi prima tratando de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568557083343485234" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUd9KfAseTI/AAAAAAAADck/cdV9cP2WynI/s200/La%2BVirgencita.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 186px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 124px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;no reírse de mi cara de espanto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569241345887372626" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUnrfzoJBVI/AAAAAAAADhs/n9DkEwjVpbQ/s200/catedral%2Bdia.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 124px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: justify; width: 186px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;Ver tantos iconos emblemáticos del mercado estadounidense yuxtapuestos con las imágenes tan tradicionales del país me ayudo a entender lo que significa ser el vecino del imperio gr&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ingo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Pero felizmente existen dos lados de la misma moneda y también he podido deleitarme con las cosas hermosas que resaltan en esta patria Guadalupana. La comida, para quienes comemos picante, supera mis expectativas diariamente. Igualmente, disfruto mucho de escuchar los sonidos musicales, las expresiones y la jerigonza &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;marcada por el inconfundible acento mexiquense (este tema da para otro Blog completo). No es sorprendente que aquí te digan, “okey” en vez de “sí, claro” y que el “bye” este reemplazando el “adiós” como expresión de saludo de despedida. Y mi reencuentro con la  música emotiva y trágicamente romántica que me recuerda de lo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;s LP’s que mi papa ponía cuando era niña: José José,  Los Terrícolas, Joan Sebastián, JuanGa, Roció Durcal, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568564274684514226" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUeDtE2AT7I/AAAAAAAADeE/m8e7LaVGGVg/s200/Mural.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; text-align: justify; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;También la cuidad tiene lo que se llama “domingos recreativos”, para cuando se cierran avenidas princip&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ales a automóviles y es un tipo de ciclo vía peatonal establecida cada domingo. Y para estimular el imaginario cultural, me sigue &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;impresionando igual que en mi adolescencia el arte que fue  desarrollada y plasmada en la identidad colectiva durante la primera mitad del siglo veinte. Además, cuando llegué a México &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;la iconografía del país era muy visible&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt; y la capital se lucia con la parafernalia de las celebraciones de ambos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;su bicentenario de la independencia y el centenario de la revolución. En el D.F. por ejemplo, estaba el Zócalo que lo conforman la Catedral y la Casa Presidencial iluminados por luces de vibrantes colores dándole vida a la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;obscuridad. Parecía que lo habían adaptado a los templos aztecas antes de siglo 16 pero todo con tecnología del nuevo milenio. Y también tenían imágenes de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Zapata, Las Adelitas, y presentaciones de la historia de México que alimentaban el nacionalismo y reconocimiento histórico.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569242886541654818" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUns5fAvuyI/AAAAAAAADiM/xzUR4uIRYPE/s200/catedral%2Bnoche.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 134px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; text-align: justify; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt; Desde luego que estos escenarios daban mucho para el debate sobre los logros y la hipocr&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;esía de un país que aún no llega a la independencia total de su pueblo ni a la integración cultural de una identidad revolucionada. Además, los gastos invertidos en tales celebraciones dieron mucho de que quejarse para quien&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;es opinan que la educación, y obras sociales deberían de ser prioridad para cualquier gasto que sume múltiples millonadas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568775066538784386" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUhDaxsYtoI/AAAAAAAADfU/1my4V2MgBGo/s200/arbol%2By%2Bsombra.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 134px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: black; font-family: Times,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Y ahora Carolina y yo estamos con los ojos muy abiertos y las expectativas muy altas para este 2011. Les avisaremos de las propuestas que tenemos para continuar con las metas del proyecto MUCOV este año. ¡Estaremos pendientes de c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ualquier visita que nos propongan las compañeras y amigos que conocimos en Latinoaméric&lt;/span&gt;a!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-824043446122545112?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/824043446122545112/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2011/01/desde-mexico.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/824043446122545112'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/824043446122545112'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2011/01/desde-mexico.html' title='Desde Mexico...'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TUnt1yjuF7I/AAAAAAAADic/CX7LNQOkb-U/s72-c/muraldeplaza.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-633504084160664744</id><published>2010-06-07T18:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-11T18:51:40.863-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Anniversary MUCOV! 365 days later</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;It has been what? 365 days? 52 weeks? 13 new moons? 8800 hours? &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481214112889869330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEvMeiolBI/AAAAAAAADYg/QBcCasxmAwE/s200/sunsetxx.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;A little mo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;r&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2lpD-afWI/AAAAAAAADPQ/XTKzglecK6A/s1600/CarlyBackpackxx.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480218446440070498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2lpD-afWI/AAAAAAAADPQ/XTKzglecK6A/s200/CarlyBackpackxx.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;e than a year ago we planted the first seeds of an idea, a vision that we named &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Mujeres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; Con &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Vos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;, Documenting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Herstor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_WvhwtxwI/AAAAAAAADTw/HAleGDx0Hyg/s1600/Arco+cuzco+ByN.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480835383538075394" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_WvhwtxwI/AAAAAAAADTw/HAleGDx0Hyg/s200/Arco+cuzco+ByN.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;But it is today, June of 2010 since the MUCOV &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;proyect&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; came ou&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;t of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;womb&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; and opened her eyes to greet the world. A year ago, we embarked on a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;journey from Colombia with only the bare necessities, and like the turtle carrying its home, we started out with only a little camera, o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;ur big bulky &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;backpacks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; (that little by little contained less and less of our own physi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;cal items&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; and more and more of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;MUCOV´s di&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;re needs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;We were also carrying some&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; maps and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;one Lonely&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBE4jilLqqI/AAAAAAAADYo/7LY-kQy76eY/s1600/pasaportesxx.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481224404715940514" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 133px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBE4jilLqqI/AAAAAAAADYo/7LY-kQy76eY/s200/pasaportesxx.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBE84n4FXUI/AAAAAAAADZA/CE4nwXzguSU/s1600/Carly_backpacks+terminalxx.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481229164961160514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBE84n4FXUI/AAAAAAAADZA/CE4nwXzguSU/s200/Carly_backpacks+terminalxx.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Planet guide, the strenght&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; of our bodies and a big ocean size vision that made our eyes shine with anticipation and our hearts beat with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;excitement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; mi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;xed with nervousn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;ess to tak&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;e huge leaps of faith... And r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;eally, it is literally faith th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;at has been the thread that has connected and sustained all of the part, sizes, and shapes that MUCOV has manifested into her first year of life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6TSxQAk3I/AAAAAAAADSQ/tg3dhZVxBPw/s1600/leftCaroMay.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480479747223884658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 164px; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6TSxQAk3I/AAAAAAAADSQ/tg3dhZVxBPw/s200/leftCaroMay.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;And it was also faith that &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEoR7HfmFI/AAAAAAAADXY/GQdjcX4-Sak/s1600/right.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;lea&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;d to the different moments forever &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;embedded&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; into us (which was mostly recorded and documented for posterity).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Faith that the long winding roads we have made our way &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2oIB24_lI/AAAAAAAADQQ/tTE_AtLB57g/s1600/highway.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480221177470844498" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 102px; HEIGHT: 144px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2oIB24_lI/AAAAAAAADQQ/tTE_AtLB57g/s200/highway.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;through would lead us exactly where we needed to go... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Crossing the border of Ecuador into Peru, going from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;green to gra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;y, from lush to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;dry, from warm hu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;midity to the long blanket of a desert only marked by the so&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;un&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;d of winds as they shift the sand from one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; dune to another...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Get&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;ting lost in the chaotic city of La &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Paz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; in the dark as we try to &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2mLx_oM3I/AAAAAAAADPw/YBXa-snog5I/s1600/Busmujer.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480219042908746610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 79px; HEIGHT: 118px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2mLx_oM3I/AAAAAAAADPw/YBXa-snog5I/s200/Busmujer.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;find the&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6RXHLqgZI/AAAAAAAADRo/g9VSf3jMRJU/s1600/Cusco_Blak+n+white.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480477622807462290" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 175px; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6RXHLqgZI/AAAAAAAADRo/g9VSf3jMRJU/s200/Cusco_Blak+n+white.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;right bus out of a thousand to get to the home of a beautiful feminist couple, Victoria and Julieta, out on the edge of town... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Winding our way through &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Cuzco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;breathing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; in her &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Herstories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; and looking for a place to rest our feet and nurture our bodies... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Faith that we could learn new skills and become one with the &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;technology&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; that could make MUCOV a reality...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_T8lAmaII/AAAAAAAADS8/YQkx0hJUjw4/s1600/documentalista.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480832309213423746" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 170px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_T8lAmaII/AAAAAAAADS8/YQkx0hJUjw4/s200/documentalista.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2mLYBO3nI/AAAAAAAADPo/PnxQvK3FuQo/s1600/DVD.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480219035936153202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 113px; HEIGHT: 75px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2mLYBO3nI/AAAAAAAADPo/PnxQvK3FuQo/s200/DVD.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;With hundr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;eds of trial and error experiments,learning how to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;synchronize&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; with GIA (video camera) and NIKA (photo camera), our electronic companions with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;MUCOV´s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; eyes and ears... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Acquiring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; what is known as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Chutzpah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt; (in Hebrew)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;, which in MUCOV terms translates into following our intuition shamelessly and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;sometimes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; ignoring &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6TTc3lXsI/AAAAAAAADSY/pTk6WTd5eF4/s1600/Carly_filmingxx.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;manners a bit to make s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;ure we do not miss an opportunity &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBE45G_PvnI/AAAAAAAADYw/4y_KSyGP7HU/s1600/crowd+ALBA.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481224775266188914" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBE45G_PvnI/AAAAAAAADYw/4y_KSyGP7HU/s200/crowd+ALBA.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;for adventure. That is, even if it meant making our way through a thick crowd in Cochabamba, Bolivia through the ambulance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; entrance in order to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;get footage of South &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;American&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; presidents about to create &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;his&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;tories, the colorful crowd c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;heering &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;in front&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; of them, their &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;excitement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;palpable&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#ffffff;"&gt; force...
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Or erasing the lines that divide the stranger from the non stranger over&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEu1edQs8I/AAAAAAAADYY/rGK2uKtiyxQ/s1600/subte.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481213717730341826" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEu1edQs8I/AAAAAAAADYY/rGK2uKtiyxQ/s200/subte.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_irKFC8kI/AAAAAAAADWI/5-Gboa2PlQk/s1600/chicalengua.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480848502600954434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_irKFC8kI/AAAAAAAADWI/5-Gboa2PlQk/s200/chicalengua.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;and over as we dared to approach &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;womyn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;after womyn. Even when the air around them was charged with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;questions unanswered and we asked &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;whether&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; MUCOV could be a true witness to their experiences...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Or May&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBE8AzpQLXI/AAAAAAAADY4/X8juigRAIzY/s1600/Ni%C3%B1a%2Bcalle+vende+dulcesxx.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481228206047505778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 112px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBE8AzpQLXI/AAAAAAAADY4/X8juigRAIzY/s200/Ni%C3%B1a%2Bcalle+vende+dulcesxx.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;ra stopping time in its tracks and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;snapping&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; a moment of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;trut&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;h:&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBElVHPqsnI/AAAAAAAADWY/XQZquLMBGqA/s1600/Limaviewxx.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481203266138845810" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 126px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBElVHPqsnI/AAAAAAAADWY/XQZquLMBGqA/s200/Limaviewxx.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Children working in the streets, like Veronica and her much older eyes, her day filled with unceasing work and her hands carrying &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;sweets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; for those with a life different from her own...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;i&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Faith that &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;womyn&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; of all walks of life will want to share their own visions, lives and &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Herstories&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; with the world...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEtJNKaNEI/AAAAAAAADXw/4M8JP5Ftepo/s1600/manomayni%C3%B1a.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481211857661998146" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 151px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 89px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEtJNKaNEI/AAAAAAAADXw/4M8JP5Ftepo/s200/manomayni%C3%B1a.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none;color:#ffffff;" &gt;Violeta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;, tears running down her cheeks, with her eyesight almost gone, as she speaks of her pain of being given away, abandoned during her childhood...
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBElVTg29rI/AAAAAAAADWg/f5R1w5fTu4Y/s1600/lapaz3.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_T9MKgq6I/AAAAAAAADTE/sk2RPEanB00/s1600/bertita.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480832319723973538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 96px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_T9MKgq6I/AAAAAAAADTE/sk2RPEanB00/s200/bertita.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Marcela, her laughter &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;ringing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; in our ears, saying that she got married so that her mother would never again question her about her virginity and how afterwards she became happily divorced and independent... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;i&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Julia and her determination to stand &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEtJtOfEaI/AAAAAAAADYA/E3LoYeI99yo/s1600/sara.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481211866269028770" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 114px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEtJtOfEaI/AAAAAAAADYA/E3LoYeI99yo/s200/sara.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;up to the corruption of the law and put her children ahead of anything else including having to face the rejection of her community for being a “single-mother”. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Faith that we were protected by our own hearts and courage and by the elements that have created this &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;universe&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Pieces of broken glass surrounding us as we leave the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;wreck&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_YTqcn57I/AAAAAAAADUo/DqZSsN47DjY/s1600/DSC_0984.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480837103856641970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 120px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_YTqcn57I/AAAAAAAADUo/DqZSsN47DjY/s200/DSC_0984.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;age&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; of a bus, alive and healthy yet impacted forever by the images and voices, by how randomness and gravity create collisions that reminded us of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;closeness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; of death and the quickness it has to touch you through another body that suddenly has no heartbeat. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;i&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Faith that the difficulties, tears, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;disappointments&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; and downhill moments we would experience on this &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;roller coaster&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; of a &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;journey&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; would also go hand in hand with the upward motion of laughter, hopes, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;renewed&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; energies and growth...&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;The tiredness of yet another hostel and the frustration of one more thing lost that we couldn't afford to leave behind...with the excitement of a new place to explore&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;and the relief one less thing to carry..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2oG7mE35I/AAAAAAAADQA/nzucFF6uG_w/s1600/fotoni%C3%B1o.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480221158609837970" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 126px; HEIGHT: 84px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2oG7mE35I/AAAAAAAADQA/nzucFF6uG_w/s200/fotoni%C3%B1o.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;The sight of a 3 year shoe shiner, already carrying the weight of a life lived long and hard....
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: webdings" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_ip_228YI/AAAAAAAADV4/pN2yXveV5Ac/s1600/mama.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480848482677223810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 193px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_ip_228YI/AAAAAAAADV4/pN2yXveV5Ac/s200/mama.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Francisca carrying her 11 year old daughter Beatriz &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6PaEYvUuI/AAAAAAAADRI/6cdBEutCpzk/s1600/Beatris_y_Fran.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480475474573349602" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 148px; HEIGHT: 105px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6PaEYvUuI/AAAAAAAADRI/6cdBEutCpzk/s200/Beatris_y_Fran.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;on her back as she tells us that they are each others strength and saving grace...
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Faith that we would always find a friendly face,a friendly smile, a friendly hand to share with and reach for... &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal;color:#3333ff;" &gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt;Felix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt; and his family opening &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt;their&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt; hearts to us, his &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt;grandmother&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt; singing&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6PZXFYEuI/AAAAAAAADQ4/ZF0PsGtLbDE/s1600/urbe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480475462412538594" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 178px; HEIGHT: 96px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6PZXFYEuI/AAAAAAAADQ4/ZF0PsGtLbDE/s200/urbe.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for MUCOV with her beautiful voice, looking straight&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; into the camera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;i&gt;...
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Marco, Allison and baby Lucas sharing a delicious dinner and their home with us in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Cuenca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;, Ecuador...&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Faith that the &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pachamama (Mother Earth)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; was &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;watching&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; our every step, guiding us to &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;recognize&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; that we as her daughters also speak for her....&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Breathing in all 5,800 meters of altitude in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Huayhuash&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6QpTxHeNI/AAAAAAAADRQ/wZn2K1Z4yzI/s1600/goldenmountain+huayhuash.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480476835911792850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 172px; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6QpTxHeNI/AAAAAAAADRQ/wZn2K1Z4yzI/s200/goldenmountain+huayhuash.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;, our hearts &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6TTmeZiyI/AAAAAAAADSg/cKlMXKh21nU/s1600/Mayra_san_antonioxx.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480479761511320354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 182px; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6TTmeZiyI/AAAAAAAADSg/cKlMXKh21nU/s200/Mayra_san_antonioxx.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;beating together with the winds and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;mountains&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; that surround us.... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;Walking with Fanny on a road not often traveled during a full &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;moon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;, only our shadows and the thoughts of the mountains around us to keep us company.. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;i&gt;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_YSy6IY4I/AAAAAAAADUY/EjYJDaQaclo/s1600/blog+copa+%285%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480837088948020098" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 118px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_YSy6IY4I/AAAAAAAADUY/EjYJDaQaclo/s200/blog+copa+%285%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Lake Titicaca, its face a blue blanket of collective memories composed of the faces of thousands of ancestors, Herstories and sacred moments... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Faith that abundance would open its doors to us and provide us with &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;everything&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; we needed to sustain our bodies and our vision...
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt;Ivonne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;and Patty in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Cuzco,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; Peru and their &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;warm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;welcome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt; an&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEoQcs_sKI/AAAAAAAADW4/uSCWxO3Fxt8/s1600/blog+copa+%289%29%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481206484534538402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 128px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEoQcs_sKI/AAAAAAAADW4/uSCWxO3Fxt8/s200/blog+copa+%289%29%282%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;d abundant support...
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6Qp00B3PI/AAAAAAAADRg/HD8dQ7Cql24/s1600/Karina_Leonor_%283%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480476844782378226" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 113px; HEIGHT: 173px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA6Qp00B3PI/AAAAAAAADRg/HD8dQ7Cql24/s200/Karina_Leonor_%283%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Mary and the girls in Bolivia sharing so much laughter and dreams with us...
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Panchito, Leo and Eugenia in LA Paz Bolivia and the solidarity and love they have shown us... all of those people that send us love, a love letter, a notice that we had some funds coming our way! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt;And this faith has taken us through 12,000 miles and &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;five countries&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; all the way to &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Buenos&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Aires&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;, Argentina.
&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;After &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;MUCOV´s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; time on the road, it was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;finally&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;time for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; a pause. A pause we needed to design, find, and improvise. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_gfPojDvI/AAAAAAAADVA/agFMaPJSaNg/s1600/BsAsChula+%284%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480846098910351090" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_gfPojDvI/AAAAAAAADVA/agFMaPJSaNg/s200/BsAsChula+%284%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We felt tired, saturated with experiences and moments that had not had their due chance to ferment and grow into trees of thoughts and reflections in our lives. In order for our vision to continue on its path and for us take flight again, we needed to find a good and solid place to land. So we decided to land in the grand city of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Buenos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Aires&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;, Argentina. For MUCOV,this was a resting point. For me, Carly, this landing also meant a return to an origin point, a bridge to my past in the country where I was born 28 years ago. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;The smells of sweet toasted nuts, the hustle and bustle of people, the sounds of cars and voices mixing together, recent times with my family in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEu0DIRUvI/AAAAAAAADYI/xv4Ul7WcpoM/s1600/mercado.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt; Tucuman and the joy of reuniting the house on Lavalle where I used to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_gheK5llI/AAAAAAAADVg/cWS7X3OlBpY/s1600/CasaIbera+%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_gg4FukyI/AAAAAAAADVY/_kdgpJ_CWmk/s1600/DSC_1069.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_ggRbxxDI/AAAAAAAADVQ/1FAqjv7qMkM/s1600/DSC_0989.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_gftkJAqI/AAAAAAAADVI/icWV8GCX08g/s1600/buenos+aires+%2815%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480846106944930466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_gftkJAqI/AAAAAAAADVI/icWV8GCX08g/s200/buenos+aires+%2815%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt; live with my family, its walls faded white, its stairs,once mammoth sized (I have a funny memory of me rolling down this flight of stairs) and now small and lonely on their way up. Memories of the small slightly abandoned park with only one swing left for the spectator, where I used to play. I never thought I would have the chance to remember how it felt to stop holding on to my pink dress while I now &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;observed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; this city with &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;womyn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; eyes. “Carly’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Herstory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; includes this city,” I realized, “and it is no coincidence that MUCOV had lead me to the place in which my first words were uttered”. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;I was no longer five, nor was I solely &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Argentinean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;. I came back to my past &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2oHnbN0aI/AAAAAAAADQI/ARUhgJBy76Q/s1600/frontera.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480221170375446946" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA2oHnbN0aI/AAAAAAAADQI/ARUhgJBy76Q/s200/frontera.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;yet I carried my present with me: hundreds of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEoRNQbPHI/AAAAAAAADXQ/9LExMjps2ic/s1600/may+%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481206497568046194" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 165px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 98px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEoRNQbPHI/AAAAAAAADXQ/9LExMjps2ic/s200/may+%282%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;moments of South America and all of its colors, flavors, visions and laughter, tears and fears; and also a full year of a changing world, in which illegal military coups took place, earthquakes shook a planet already shaken by ignorance and abandonment, where senseless wars, presidents and politics took thousands of lives in vain a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_T99KI1vI/AAAAAAAADTU/QS2nv-50sWo/s1600/frontera.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;nd where a big black oil spill is so symbolic for this dark matter we have let overtake our responsibility for the one who sustains us and for each other. These moments and so many more like them were now etched into my skin.

Memories of the past mixed together with the necessities of the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;present&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; as &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEoQ4NBOlI/AAAAAAAADXI/ZxuP29dermM/s1600/malincheandusxx.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481206491916614226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 110px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEoQ4NBOlI/AAAAAAAADXI/ZxuP29dermM/s200/malincheandusxx.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;we &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;searched&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; for and found work for the practical purpose of survival and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;continuity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;. And with luck and the same faith that had accompanied us all along, we settled into a semi routine with the vision of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;MUCOV´s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; future now a more attainable reality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;Here is our usual run-on breathless of some of our experiences in the city that never sleeps:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Massive humidity, endless walks, getting lost again and again and again and again, the subte (subway) and its musty smells, crowds and crowds of people as we make our way through the center, a mother crying for her three children on the street, laughter in our ma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="FONT-FAMILY: webdings" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_iqV-6FwI/AAAAAAAADWA/c6_9U1uysEM/s1600/Luna+bonaerense.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480848488616564482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 123px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 173px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TA_iqV-6FwI/AAAAAAAADWA/c6_9U1uysEM/s200/Luna+bonaerense.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;tchbox size home, rice and eggs everyday, mate tea 24-7, managing to get backstage to hug Lila Downs, long hours on buses, cold cold nights, books and customers and always asking “where are you from?”, paying way too much for vegetables and fruits, children with eyes of adults selling things on the subte, movie nights with our dear neighbors, conversations about 2012 late into the night, tiredness and early mornings, existential crisis, walking 25 blocks on Cabildo avenue on the way and back from work, rude people, Empanadas, new friends, Alfajores with Dulce de Leche, nostalgia and a roller coaster of reflections. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"  style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;And most importantly, we had kept alive the faith that the voices of those who have talked, shared and dreamed out loud will now reach and inspire the hearts and minds of those who are willing to listen from the inside out...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;We are now working on fulfilling the promise that we made to the all of the womyn who shared their Herstories with us and to all of you who have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEtI_1W3mI/AAAAAAAADXo/a0WQzJitRGw/s1600/mujer+in+crowd+lookin.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481211854084038242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 189px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 140px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEtI_1W3mI/AAAAAAAADXo/a0WQzJitRGw/s200/mujer+in+crowd+lookin.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;supported and encouraged us throughout our journey. We are creating a short sample video, a compilation of moments and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: none"&gt;Herstories&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="en-US"&gt; to share with you and give you the opportunity to actively participate in the process of conserving our collective memories .We are also creating postcards made from our own photographs which we will send out to people around the world. Our eyes and wings are set towards Mexico at the moment and we will keep you updated as we continue to fly... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-633504084160664744?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/633504084160664744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/633504084160664744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/633504084160664744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2010/06/blog-post.html' title='Happy Anniversary MUCOV! 365 days later'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TBEvMeiolBI/AAAAAAAADYg/QBcCasxmAwE/s72-c/sunsetxx.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-3264776511140645619</id><published>2010-06-04T05:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T07:14:28.340-07:00</updated><title type='text'>7.000 Km, 13 lunas, 52 semanas, 365 dias y un Monton de momentos despues...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0m9Wn2dI/AAAAAAAADIw/mkIQ5hu5zds/s1600/sunset.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478897896837863890" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0m9Wn2dI/AAAAAAAADIw/mkIQ5hu5zds/s200/sunset.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;








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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;BUENOS AIRES&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#3366ff;"&gt;Junio 2010 &lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkRP5ouyNI/AAAAAAAADJw/61LzAKUP0Dg/s1600/frontera.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478929386540288210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkRP5ouyNI/AAAAAAAADJw/61LzAKUP0Dg/s200/frontera.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Dependiendo de donde estés, de la geografía que te coloca en tal lugar en el mundo, este mes de junio puede significar entre un gran MUCHO o un abstracto NADA (con todos sus &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmytRVq6II/AAAAAAAADNM/Kx-fq6KUWWs/s1600/fotoni%C3%B1o.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479106912491071618" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmytRVq6II/AAAAAAAADNM/Kx-fq6KUWWs/s200/fotoni%C3%B1o.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;intermedios particulares). Para muchas personas, este mes es el inicio del verano (en el norte Americano) pero para otras (como nosotras) este mes es el principio del invierno! Y &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkRPoXOYGI/AAAAAAAADJo/KSnPsgwNJgo/s1600/invierno.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;para otras personas junio es simplemente otro nominado ciclo semanal, pero para nosotras es mucho mas significante: &lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;ESTE MES ES EL PRIMER ANIVERSARIO de MUCOV!!!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAphTZCSC6I/AAAAAAAADO4/sS4CKIgoVnU/s1600/AlaMujer.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479298882415496098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 184px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 120px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAphTZCSC6I/AAAAAAAADO4/sS4CKIgoVnU/s200/AlaMujer.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hace un año &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;estábamos en el primer mes de viaje con las alas bien puestas y la mirada buscando la brujula del azar y el destino! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Habíamos terminado mayo en Colombia, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;despidiéndonos de toda nuestra gran&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; red de &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0nQUO-nI/AAAAAAAADI4/83jXX-FxC1I/s1600/quitoviejo.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478897901928118898" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0nQUO-nI/AAAAAAAADI4/83jXX-FxC1I/s200/quitoviejo.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;amigas y amigos, compañeras y compañeros para poder tomar un paso firme al país limítrofe de la &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkYWCHC9sI/AAAAAAAADKo/9CJKBU6og70/s1600/BsAsChula+(4).JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478937188475532994" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkYWCHC9sI/AAAAAAAADKo/9CJKBU6og70/s200/BsAsChula+(4).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;zona por donde empezaba nuestro camino al sur. No sabíamos aun todo lo que nos esperaba, estaban tan frescas las emociones, la imaginación no cesaba de crear encuentros y la piel apenas si cargaba el primer capullo de lo que ahora llamamos memorias.
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478942483240051538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkdKOpR41I/AAAAAAAADLQ/aUa7ZVQNDoA/s200/DSC_0168.JPG" border="0" /&gt;
Hace &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;13 Lunas llenas&lt;/span&gt; no sabíamos como resultarían nuestros planes &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkWGNlyoSI/AAAAAAAADKI/sSg-kwxaork/s1600/leftCaroMay.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478934717656113442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkWGNlyoSI/AAAAAAAADKI/sSg-kwxaork/s200/leftCaroMay.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;de viajar con MUCOV. No sabíamos que cada prenda perdida por allí y por allá, seria remplazada en nuestras &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkRO9ttAWI/AAAAAAAADJY/IZzoPI2Meuc/s1600/right.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478929370455015778" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 162px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 105px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkRO9ttAWI/AAAAAAAADJY/IZzoPI2Meuc/s200/right.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;mochilas por historias de Mujeres. No sabíamos que las tantas desconocidas pasarían al lugar en donde las llamaríamos hermanas después de un encuentro improvisado. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmysOTxyXI/AAAAAAAADM0/U_SZ9WX7NGU/s1600/carlymotorcycle.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479106894497958258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 101px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmysOTxyXI/AAAAAAAADM0/U_SZ9WX7NGU/s200/carlymotorcycle.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hace &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;un año&lt;/span&gt; en el calendario gregoriano, no sabíamos lo que seria perderse por decenas de&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkYXPZ8PjI/AAAAAAAADLA/HgKmmaZLoFM/s1600/documentalista.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478937209224314418" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 108px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkYXPZ8PjI/AAAAAAAADLA/HgKmmaZLoFM/s200/documentalista.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; urbes, por caminos en los campos, y sobre montañas para completar &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;un viaje terrestre hasta Argentina. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmwmucCjHI/AAAAAAAADMM/I86zGGBe994/s1600/mercado.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479104601020075122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmwmucCjHI/AAAAAAAADMM/I86zGGBe994/s200/mercado.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hace &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;cinco países&lt;/span&gt; con gastronomía diversa, Mayra-Sofía ni siquiera se imaginaba que probaría nuevamente carne después de ser vegetariana 10 años! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hace mas de &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;365 días&lt;/span&gt; no &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkpEFz_85I/AAAAAAAADLw/ueX_qk_nuik/s1600/Pachamama.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478955571929412498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkpEFz_85I/AAAAAAAADLw/ueX_qk_nuik/s200/Pachamama.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;sabiamos que a los &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;5.800&lt;/span&gt; metros de altura, se ama mas a la Madre Tierra! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hace un año Carolina no se imaginaba lo que seria vivir nuevamente en la ciudad de donde partió para Israel hace 23 años!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478942496627680274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkdLAhI5BI/AAAAAAAADLg/FBDQczCrJYs/s200/DSC_0930.JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkWHDG0vHI/AAAAAAAADKY/Sl1ITVgEKTA/s1600/DSC_0962.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478934732021742706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkWHDG0vHI/AAAAAAAADKY/Sl1ITVgEKTA/s200/DSC_0962.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Hace mas o menos &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;300 miradas&lt;/span&gt; a dozenas de mapas, no sabíamos lo que significaba estar “mas perdidas que desubicadas”. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hace &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;12 meses&lt;/span&gt; no sabíamos lo que seria llorar en &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ciudades desconocidas por estar saturadas &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0oVcyU3I/AAAAAAAADJI/cPuV73B-ems/s1600/may+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478897920486036338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 153px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 101px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0oVcyU3I/AAAAAAAADJI/cPuV73B-ems/s200/may+(2).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;de toda clase de emoción existente en la psiquis humana! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hace &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TApggp4fT1I/AAAAAAAADOw/0FJm06Gts_Y/s1600/chicalengua.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479298010764496722" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 108px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TApggp4fT1I/AAAAAAAADOw/0FJm06Gts_Y/s200/chicalengua.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;mas de unos estimados &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;7.000&lt;/span&gt; kilómetros no sabíamos que los recuerdos no acumulan distancia si no que la distancia acumula recuerdos. &lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0oEZ569I/AAAAAAAADJA/kxSCoOgOHls/s1600/pasaportes.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478897915910548434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0oEZ569I/AAAAAAAADJA/kxSCoOgOHls/s200/pasaportes.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hace &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;4 fronteras&lt;/span&gt; geopolíticas no sabíamos que la &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkYWWzQrUI/AAAAAAAADKw/I2ctlKD0Bk4/s1600/Busmujer.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478937194029690178" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 175px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkYWWzQrUI/AAAAAAAADKw/I2ctlKD0Bk4/s200/Busmujer.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;identidad latinoamericana es mas fuerte que un paso adentro o un paso afuera de la misma tierra.
Hace mas de &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;52&lt;/span&gt; semanas no sabíamos cuantos pesos colombianos son soles peruanos o &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAnBXB3bFyI/AAAAAAAADOE/wHgD6U3vRo4/s1600/rightside.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479123023054968610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAnBXB3bFyI/AAAAAAAADOE/wHgD6U3vRo4/s200/rightside.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;cuantos bolivianos son cuantos pesos argentinos!
Hace &lt;span style="color:#990000;"&gt;8800&lt;/span&gt; horas no sabíamos que estar un kilómetro mas lejos también era estar un kilómetro mas cerca.

Y un año después estamos viviendo otra etapa del &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmwm1hR2BI/AAAAAAAADMU/K7vt-_eL9UQ/s1600/bertita.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479104602921097234" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 95px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmwm1hR2BI/AAAAAAAADMU/K7vt-_eL9UQ/s200/bertita.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Proyecto, el otro paso hacia nuestras metas y para eso, era&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TApgfzjJQeI/AAAAAAAADOg/TSYBxnBwq6E/s1600/sara.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479297996179456482" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 104px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TApgfzjJQeI/AAAAAAAADOg/TSYBxnBwq6E/s200/sara.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; importante RECORDAR desde donde empezamos. La mirada hacia atrás nos permite mirar para el frente y en estos 360 grados de reflexión, estamos justo en donde teníamos que haber arribado.

&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkWEtGKZMI/AAAAAAAADKA/BI-4IKl1aAs/s1600/DVD.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478934691753649346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 151px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkWEtGKZMI/AAAAAAAADKA/BI-4IKl1aAs/s200/DVD.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Y seguimos en el camino para llegar en su dado momento al norte americano de &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;tierras mexicanas. Y para imaginar ese futuro nos&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TApgga-TvwI/AAAAAAAADOo/Z-kIMyttChg/s1600/Chisme.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479298006762372866" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TApgga-TvwI/AAAAAAAADOo/Z-kIMyttChg/s200/Chisme.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; encontramos nuevamente revisando el material acumulado, recordando a cada una de esas personas quienes tuvimos la gran fortuna de encontrar en el &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkRQSAeFsI/AAAAAAAADJ4/6yImiJca3o4/s1600/estacion.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;camino, a todas las Mujeres que nos compartieron sus historias, a las personas que nos dieron la mano, que nos dieron el pan callejero, a las que nos regalaron sonrisas, a quienes nos acompañaron a la estación, a las personas que nos motivaron cuando la cima parecía estar al otro lado del mundo sobre los Andes.
&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkYXerIcBI/AAAAAAAADLI/3-mLO7HVrNU/s1600/comiendo.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478937213322948626" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 181px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 114px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkYXerIcBI/AAAAAAAADLI/3-mLO7HVrNU/s200/comiendo.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
Un año después estamos cumpliendo la otra parte de la promesa que es la de&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;próximamente compartir un poco de lo mucho que se nos regalo! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0ok7jS2I/AAAAAAAADJQ/IXV0lcUzFdY/s1600/manomayni%C3%B1a.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478897924641606498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 163px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 102px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAj0ok7jS2I/AAAAAAAADJQ/IXV0lcUzFdY/s200/manomayni%C3%B1a.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Estamos actualmente armando espejos con las lindas imágenes que se nos obsequiaron a lo largo y ancho de este viaje que no acaba de terminar.

Estamos en donde soñábamos estar soñando sobre lo que &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmytuezgnI/AAAAAAAADNU/6z1dSgSgth0/s1600/malincheandus.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479106920314012274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 176px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 105px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmytuezgnI/AAAAAAAADNU/6z1dSgSgth0/s200/malincheandus.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;queremos lograr después de llegar a donde vamos...

&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkWHTlaibI/AAAAAAAADKg/83L-hEN5des/s1600/DSC_0959.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478942495362803602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAkdK7zkZ5I/AAAAAAAADLY/4qSgvoZklkU/s200/DSC_0945.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; Y en todo este tiempo de subidas, también recordamos las bajadas porque tuvimos que aprender “cuantos pares son tres botas” y que si “nos gustaba el durazno, teníamos que aguantarnos la pelusa!” &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAnBWjf5M2I/AAAAAAAADN0/QEWUfn8z44k/s1600/righthands.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479123014903214946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 102px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAnBWjf5M2I/AAAAAAAADN0/QEWUfn8z44k/s200/righthands.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Y ahora, gracias a las bajadas pudimos mirar nuevamente lo lindo que se ven de lejos las subidas. Y aprendimos sobre la importancia de no dejar que las cosas que ya no vemos queden invisibilizadas por el olvido o la indiferencia. Aprendimos que lo mas limitante es hacer del miedo un verbo y que lo mas valiente es no dejarte vencer ...y eso también se entiende en un simple &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmwoe-LhtI/AAAAAAAADMs/Txkl_Dh7rfk/s1600/highway.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479104631228040914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAmwoe-LhtI/AAAAAAAADMs/Txkl_Dh7rfk/s200/highway.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;“Echar Pa’lante!”

&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gracias a las personas que nos continúan inspirando porque estamos en donde soñábamos estar soñando sobre lo que queremos lograr después de llegar a donde vamos...&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Pd. Malinche le contesta al gran silencio de Mafalda con su imitación del acento Argentino:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAnBW6Tsx_I/AAAAAAAADN8/W8NRhmjCzrc/s1600/Malinche.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479123021026084850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAnBW6Tsx_I/AAAAAAAADN8/W8NRhmjCzrc/s200/Malinche.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;“Cheeee, Mafalda, hay veces que los sentimientos no tienen palabras porque no todo lo que mirás se entiende. El Mundo sigue al revez: el derrame de la BP sobre el Golfo de Mexico, el incremento de los Muros Xenófobos, la continua militarización de las Americas, la estrategia de tildar a defensoras y defensores de la paz como terroristas desde los campos mas remotos hasta las flotas en aguas internacionales, ...Si vos te sentís pesimista por solo querer mirar nuestro mundo en su representacion como mapa en forma de globo, trata de mejor miralo por el lado positivo!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAnBXcZIimI/AAAAAAAADOM/eoInTGVsT24/s1600/20060412011117-gibi-artigo-mafalda-02.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479123030175681122" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 180px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/TAnBXcZIimI/AAAAAAAADOM/eoInTGVsT24/s200/20060412011117-gibi-artigo-mafalda-02.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;El DIA Internacional de la MUJER es todos los días!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjg2BrsqI/AAAAAAAADEI/THfsrkkZ5V0/s1600/MujeresBlog.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452772296004186786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 244px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 158px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjg2BrsqI/AAAAAAAADEI/THfsrkkZ5V0/s200/MujeresBlog.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Las &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;MUJERES&lt;/span&gt; somos Mujeres TODO el mes, lo somos TODO el año--este, el que viene, el que se &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yp-oCtfpI/AAAAAAAADFo/NGfxdIf4wr4/s1600/MujeresBlog+(8).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452920142204599954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 173px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yp-oCtfpI/AAAAAAAADFo/NGfxdIf4wr4/s200/MujeresBlog+(8).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;fue, y el que estamos construyendo.
Desde el inicio de nuestros tiempos, nosotras Las Mujeres siempre hemos logrado encontrarnos unas a las otras . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Y AQUI ESTAMOS.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Estamos en las ciudades, en los pueblos, en las calles, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6Qq6CLCtJI/AAAAAAAADC4/pZqLr39iF9A/s1600-h/Prison.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;en las cárceles, en el bus, en el tren, en la manifestación, en la cocina, en &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wiU8aHGwI/AAAAAAAADD4/TdWe3LExnJs/s1600/potosi+(16).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452770992047201026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wiU8aHGwI/AAAAAAAADD4/TdWe3LExnJs/s200/potosi+(16).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;la cama, en el velorio, en un escritorio, en un rincón, y dando vueltas en los círculos de la vida. Estamos en nuestros hogares, en nuestras plazas, en el Mercado, en los ríos, en el bosque, en los mataderos y también estamos en donde no estan las &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;DEMAS.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yp9x8mnrI/AAAAAAAADFY/3aT_KeKOOE8/s1600/MujeresBlog+(6).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452920127683468978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 124px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yp9x8mnrI/AAAAAAAADFY/3aT_KeKOOE8/s200/MujeresBlog+(6).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6FAdWd1GPI/AAAAAAAAC_I/pSLxlgNAJrg/s1600-h/MujeresBlog+(17).JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Las Mujeres siempre hemos estado en donde existe el enfrentamiento y también en donde se &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6GxDg0ZqlI/AAAAAAAADCg/Nj3JcWddUu0/s1600-h/Marfa.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;busca la Paz. Estamos en donde nos necesitan y en donde no nos quieren.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Las Mujeres nos hemos enfrentado al destino cuando nos golpea un desafio; A &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yq0cz2a9I/AAAAAAAADGA/XAvigbTprJA/s1600/MujeresBlog+(13).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452921066902416338" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 144px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 90px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yq0cz2a9I/AAAAAAAADGA/XAvigbTprJA/s200/MujeresBlog+(13).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Guerra &lt;/span&gt;cuando nos viola y desplaza, y NOS ENFRENTAMOS al dolor cuando lo atacamos desde la vanguardia del &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;AMOR&lt;/span&gt;. Sin embargo, la historia apenas se esta esclareciendo dado que &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,0)" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6GwaJeMofI/AAAAAAAADCI/jBfNTfPbPmM/s1600-h/DSC_0334.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;hemos sido invisibilizadas y nuestra participación y experiencias no han tenido la trascendencia que se merecen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wiTS7E4pI/AAAAAAAADDY/_gYfDfgNYkM/s1600/CSC_0315.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452770963731309202" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wiTS7E4pI/AAAAAAAADDY/_gYfDfgNYkM/s200/CSC_0315.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;¿En donde quedo escrita nuestra historia de rebeldía y de valentía? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;¿ Y en donde esperamos encontrarla? Parece ser que nosotras mismas tenemos que alimentar &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;LA MEMORIA&lt;/span&gt; y reconstruir la historia desde una colectividad que parte &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;DEL SER MUJER.&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;No se puede seguir negando que desde el principio hemos estado allí, nosotras mismas somos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yq05Yg8gI/AAAAAAAADGQ/6IlqyBuYvew/s1600/MujeresBlog+(11).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452921074572390914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yq05Yg8gI/AAAAAAAADGQ/6IlqyBuYvew/s200/MujeresBlog+(11).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;prueba de eso. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;Sin nuestros cuerpos y vientres, sin nuestra fuerz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yp-3bj_MI/AAAAAAAADFw/ta4AXfbCVqU/s1600/MujeresBlog+(9).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452920146335366338" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yp-3bj_MI/AAAAAAAADFw/ta4AXfbCVqU/s200/MujeresBlog+(9).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;a y presencia, no se completaría el primer&lt;/span&gt; ciclo de la vida: el &lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;nacimiento&lt;/span&gt;. Entonces si siempre hemos caminado y sembrado semillas de amor y de valentía &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;¿por qué se nos ha atacado con el mismo coraje que se le ataca al enemigo? ¿Por&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; que aun somos el blanco de las opresiones estructurales desarrolladas bajo principios meramente patriarcales? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;TODAVIA &lt;/span&gt;somos acusadas de &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6E8vR1jvwI/AAAAAAAAC_A/xkZujV41ka0/s1600-h/MujeresBlog+(4).JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;provocar violaciones (por usar faldas, por salir solas). &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;TODAVIA &lt;/span&gt;se &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wiTjZJlEI/AAAAAAAADDg/S-ZpwcCP-3w/s1600/CSC_0316.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452770968152413250" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wiTjZJlEI/AAAAAAAADDg/S-ZpwcCP-3w/s200/CSC_0316.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;estan realizando femicidios en nuestros territorios. &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;TODAVIA&lt;/span&gt; nos excluyen en movimientos sexistas de inumerados contextos. &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;TODAVIA&lt;/span&gt; el estado intenta en contra la autonomía de nuestros cuerpos. ¿Por que son las mujeres quienes mayormente son atacadas por la pobreza, por la violencia, por el desempleo, por abusos, por negligencia y por la analfabetizacion? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Es el año 2010.
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&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6FE5Vgas2I/AAAAAAAADAY/q--pvlTM2uk/s1600-h/MujeresBlog+(6).JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wlF4cBDCI/AAAAAAAADE4/8Qsry24cm54/s1600/MujeresBlog+(4).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452774031818296354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wlF4cBDCI/AAAAAAAADE4/8Qsry24cm54/s200/MujeresBlog+(4).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Y a pesar de todo esto, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;NUNCA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; nos han podido callar. Porque somos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;MUJERES CON&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6GuvFIj2iI/AAAAAAAADBw/rWlqQSoEyBY/s1600-h/CSC_0315.JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; VOS/Z. &lt;/span&gt;Y porque por naturaleza nuestro ser se defiende, lucha, y sigue construyendo un mundo menos doloroso.
Todas somos TODAS cuando acudimos a esta FUERZA para enfrentar y diluyir todo lo que nos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjh99FFhI/AAAAAAAADEg/QIV-r2M9F2o/s1600/MujeresBlog+(16).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452772315312231954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjh99FFhI/AAAAAAAADEg/QIV-r2M9F2o/s200/MujeresBlog+(16).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;lastima! &lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;ESTA FUERZA es NUESTRA. TODAS somos ESTA, AQUELLA, ESA, ELLA, TU-&lt;/span&gt;OTRA-YO.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Somos las que esperan y gritan que se haga justicia por todas las asesinadas en &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;CIUDAD JUAREZ&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mujeresdejuarez.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;En Ciudad Juárez desaparecen mujeres y no se vuelve a saber más de ellas, a menos que sus raptores decidan hacer aparecer sus cuerpos sin vida y con&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mujeresdejuarez.org/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt; evidencias claras de haber sido brutalmente torturadas y asesinadas, violadas de manera tumultuaria y arrancadas partes de su cuerpo o quemadas. Es un dolor terrible para esta sociedad. ¿No hay nada que mueva a quienes pueden hacer algo al respecto? http://www.mujeresdejuarez.org/)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Video de Amnistiá Internacional:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkEMm13Pwok" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkEMm13Pwok&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6FAfBhY-aI/AAAAAAAAC_o/VV_gPumZh2Q/s1600-h/MujeresBlog+(13).JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wlFC00mJI/AAAAAAAADEo/BZNhaZc9am4/s1600/MujeresBlog+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452774017426823314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wlFC00mJI/AAAAAAAADEo/BZNhaZc9am4/s200/MujeresBlog+(2).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Somos las Mujeres desplazadas en Colombia. &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;DESPLAZADAS &lt;/span&gt;por un conflicto que cobra hijas e hijos, sueños, tierra y tranquilidad. Somos las que ahorita están intentando construir una pagina en la historia en donde se pueda empezar a escribir él ultimo capitulo del conflicto colombiano.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Video:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.ligademujeresdesplazadas.org/magazine/video.asp" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.ligademujeresdesplazadas.org/magazine/video.asp&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjhcJ-TQI/AAAAAAAADEY/tWlBs89Ys3g/s1600/MujeresBlog+(17).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452772306239507714" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 92px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjhcJ-TQI/AAAAAAAADEY/tWlBs89Ys3g/s200/MujeresBlog+(17).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6QqI0t8o7I/AAAAAAAADCw/bA3k1HjdUPY/s1600-h/estrella.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yq0NPt75I/AAAAAAAADF4/UuWDFLpsDq8/s1600/zapatista.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452921062724333458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 117px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 83px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yq0NPt75I/AAAAAAAADF4/UuWDFLpsDq8/s200/zapatista.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Somos las mujeres &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;ZAPATISTAS&lt;/span&gt; en Chiapas que se han organizado y con toda la fuerza de su dignidad exigen sus derechos mientras continúan construyendo y defendiendo su visión de una comunidad mas justa y con luceros de dignidad reflejados desde la piel de sus pasamontañas.&lt;/span&gt;
Video: &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mu6Fk02IM0" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mu6Fk02IM0&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6FE6h4f2BI/AAAAAAAADAw/MTN06MuTIYk/s1600-h/MujeresBlog+(10).JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wlGJpuICI/AAAAAAAADFA/rr5QNFe6vT4/s1600/MujeresBlog+(15).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452774036439179298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 121px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wlGJpuICI/AAAAAAAADFA/rr5QNFe6vT4/s200/MujeresBlog+(15).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Somos las &lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;Madres de la Plaza de Mayo&lt;/span&gt; que con su &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;FUERZA &lt;/span&gt;no se dejaron &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yyYOzblNI/AAAAAAAADGo/m3nJ8xvtYdQ/s1600/Prison.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452929378199246034" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 117px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 169px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yyYOzblNI/AAAAAAAADGo/m3nJ8xvtYdQ/s200/Prison.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;silenciar y que lucharon y luchan para que &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;NO SE OLVIDE&lt;/span&gt; a quienes fueron desaparecid@s durante la Guerra Sucia en ARGENTINA.
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&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Somos las mujeres en GUATEMALA que con su FUERZA luchan en contra la impunidad del &lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;FEMICIDIO!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;
Somos las mujeres que quieren caminar por las calles si tener que temer o ser sometidas a violaciones. Somos todas las&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6600;"&gt;PRESAS POLITICAS&lt;/span&gt; que sobreviven y han sobrevivido la violación y tortura de un estado patriarcal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6FAeSpwcmI/AAAAAAAAC_Y/xi3TgzlyuPg/s1600-h/MujeresBlog+(15).JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;que encarcela y desaparece a quienes no se conforman con las &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wiUMWnM0I/AAAAAAAADDo/j9nj81F78Eg/s1600/DSC_0334.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452770979147625282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wiUMWnM0I/AAAAAAAADDo/j9nj81F78Eg/s200/DSC_0334.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;condiciones de injusticia.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Somos las que se enfrentaron a las dictaduras en CHILE y las mujeres que luchan por sus territorios en comunidades &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjhNhKAkI/AAAAAAAADEQ/GD0IQWTXnr0/s1600/MujeresBlog+(1).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452772302310212162" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 129px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjhNhKAkI/AAAAAAAADEQ/GD0IQWTXnr0/s200/MujeresBlog+(1).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;MAPUCHES.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;SOMOS las MUJERES creado&lt;/span&gt; Comunidades ejemplares de la horizontalidad, de respeto y dignidad en BOLIVIA!
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6E8uBBhY1I/AAAAAAAAC-o/GErxNppMKgM/s1600-h/MujeresBlog+(1).JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wiUsIwF4I/AAAAAAAADDw/CwzD8jO3D1E/s1600/Prison.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Somos Las &lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;VENDEDORAS&lt;/span&gt; de frutas, verduras, tamales, de humintas que madrugan para alimentar al pueblo.
Somos las Bartolinas Sisas que todavía ven un horizonte que refleja su valentía!
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6FAe3cPaWI/AAAAAAAAC_g/Yvh7ZOPW16c/s1600-h/MujeresBlog+(14).JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjgaAfC2I/AAAAAAAADEA/13S8uSOsnt4/s1600/Marfa.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452772288482970466" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 82px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wjgaAfC2I/AAAAAAAADEA/13S8uSOsnt4/s200/Marfa.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Somos las &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;AFRO-Latinoamericanas&lt;/span&gt; que reclaman el respeto como &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yp9uzKGEI/AAAAAAAADFQ/yAfAVOd_U3k/s1600/MujeresBlog+(5).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452920126838544450" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 72px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 121px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yp9uzKGEI/AAAAAAAADFQ/yAfAVOd_U3k/s200/MujeresBlog+(5).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;mujeres que han luchado y sudado en estas tierras &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;AMERICANAS.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6E8vJQkokI/AAAAAAAAC-4/70bGYNrCCZE/s1600-h/MujeresBlog+(3).JPG" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt; Somos las Gritonas, las Valientes, las Poetizas, las Artistas, las Danzantes, las Perseguidas, las Olvidadas, las Madres, las Hijas, las &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;IMIGRANTES&lt;/span&gt;, las Callejeras, las Brujas, las que son &lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;NOMBRADAS y LAS MARGINADAS!&lt;/span&gt; Somos el cuerpo de la MEMORIA que lleva la piel de un futuro mas digno y justo. SOMOS las que no le tienen miedo al &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;miedo!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;SOMOS MUJERES SIN FRONTERAS!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wlGeBxbwI/AAAAAAAADFI/75aFmmr5QKk/s1600/MujeresBlog+(14).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452774041908768514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 215px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6wlGeBxbwI/AAAAAAAADFI/75aFmmr5QKk/s200/MujeresBlog+(14).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOMOS las que con tu voz se alimentan. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yxeM0s4sI/AAAAAAAADGg/dGpfcgPqdK8/s1600/Clitoris.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452928381235290818" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yxeM0s4sI/AAAAAAAADGg/dGpfcgPqdK8/s200/Clitoris.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#33cc00;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Somos las que gritan por ti y contigo. Somos las que te escuchan cuando HABLAS. SOMOS las que hablan para que ESCUCHES&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-3123038492879271647?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/3123038492879271647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2010/03/mujeres-somos-todos-los-dias.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/3123038492879271647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/3123038492879271647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2010/03/mujeres-somos-todos-los-dias.html' title='ODA a la MUJER'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S6yp-VVDDBI/AAAAAAAADFg/4VLfgWG-EXg/s72-c/MujeresBlog+(7).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-8052820661089101820</id><published>2010-03-08T07:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-06-02T16:48:18.930-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mujeres Juarez'/><title type='text'>NO MAS FEMINICIDIOS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Wec7fWnI/AAAAAAAAC9c/hF-VwNGlvQE/s1600-h/Slide008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444806293164350066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 188px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Wec7fWnI/AAAAAAAAC9c/hF-VwNGlvQE/s200/Slide008.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_VqPnfoRI/AAAAAAAAC88/aDzjZDXn6js/s1600-h/Slide106.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444805396237623570" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 194px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_VqPnfoRI/AAAAAAAAC88/aDzjZDXn6js/s200/Slide106.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:180%;" &gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"&gt;LAS MUJERES ASESINADAS EN JUAREZ somos TODAS.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;

&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Wdt-oQxI/AAAAAAAAC9E/BbM5K9tsWj0/s1600-h/Slide004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444806280561050386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 196px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Wdt-oQxI/AAAAAAAAC9E/BbM5K9tsWj0/s200/Slide004.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13;"&gt;LUNA &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:13;"&gt;CÓMPLICE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;v:stroke joinstyle="miter"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"&gt;&lt;v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"&gt;&lt;v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"&gt;&lt;o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"&gt;&lt;v:imagedata title="8_cruces_l" src="file:///C:/DOCUME~1/Frida/LOCALS~1/Temp/msoclip1/01/clip_image001.png"&gt;&lt;w:wrap type="square"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Ronda la muerte en los campos algodoneros.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Sobrevuelan los buitres los corredores de las maquilas.
Joven, morena, pelo largo y sola en la noche.
- Se va a terminar una vida-
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_VpwTiGxI/AAAAAAAAC8s/pCtv6Sxyrds/s1600-h/Slide111.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444805387832400658" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 126px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_VpwTiGxI/AAAAAAAAC8s/pCtv6Sxyrds/s200/Slide111.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/w:wrap&gt;&lt;/v:imagedata&gt;&lt;/o:lock&gt;&lt;/v:path&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:f&gt;&lt;/v:stroke&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Ha llegado la madrugada y tú, luna,
permaneces callada.

Haces planes con los pesos que has cobrado
muchacha, y ahora, tu cuerpo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_WeLEnZyI/AAAAAAAAC9U/DUu_GLW85j4/s1600-h/Slide007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444806288370788130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 138px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_WeLEnZyI/AAAAAAAAC9U/DUu_GLW85j4/s200/Slide007.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;profanado y roto,
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;se pudre en un basurero.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Luna cómplice.

Te esperan en casa; pasan los meses – rezos de rosario-,
hasta que por fin llega el alba,
y a una madre, le entregan una bolsa con tus huesos.

Cada amanecer el desierto escupe cadáveres.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_VpCFxDcI/AAAAAAAAC8k/S3BaO6jwMF4/s1600-h/Slide112.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444805375426629058" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 120px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_VpCFxDcI/AAAAAAAAC8k/S3BaO6jwMF4/s200/Slide112.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Wd81YARI/AAAAAAAAC9M/mXePnzhtMXw/s1600-h/Slide006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444806284548768018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 163px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Wd81YARI/AAAAAAAAC9M/mXePnzhtMXw/s200/Slide006.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Cada duna oculta a una mujer fantasma
Cada sol que nace, quema pechos cercenados. &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;
Luna fría.
&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Qué condena es ser bonita y maquiladora,
que desgracia es encontrar a tu paso,
cruces pintadas de rosa.

Y los dirigentes, piensan en silencio:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;¡Qué muertes tan incómodas!
O dicen en voz alta: ¡ la culpa es de sus faldas!&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Vo13eaSI/AAAAAAAAC8c/qMzL-cvjRD4/s1600-h/Slide113.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444805372145461538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 146px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Vo13eaSI/AAAAAAAAC8c/qMzL-cvjRD4/s200/Slide113.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;
Luna testigo. Luna de Ciudad Juárez.
&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Luna, grita, ¡que está muriendo una hermana!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Wegrk-7I/AAAAAAAAC9k/2XxHz9jSygE/s1600-h/Slide010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444806294171351986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Wegrk-7I/AAAAAAAAC9k/2XxHz9jSygE/s200/Slide010.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;Silvia Elena, Lilia, Griselda, Erica, Violeta, Claudia, Verónica, Airis, Julieta,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt; Rosalba, Minerva, Brenda, Eva Edith, Guadalupe, Virid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;iana, Alma, Olga, Elodia, Paula, Raquel, María Estela, Lucila, Esmeralda, Fátima, Dalia, Brisa, Carolina, Araceli...
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Vp3hSEZI/AAAAAAAAC80/LJp3BwyfXE4/s1600-h/Slide107.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444805389769118098" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Vp3hSEZI/AAAAAAAAC80/LJp3BwyfXE4/s200/Slide107.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204);font-family:Arial;" &gt;&lt;b&gt;Escrito por Galilea 18/01/2006 (España)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; http://www.mujeresdejuarez.org/&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,102)"&gt;Todas las Fotos pertenecen a el Proyecto de Las HIJAS DE JUAREZ desarollado por la colaboracion entre &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,102)" href="http://arteabla.ning.com/profile/VictoriaDelgadillo"&gt;Victoria Delgadillo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,102)"&gt; y Rigo Maldonado quienes forman parte de un grupo de activistas de Los Angeles, CAlifornia. Dichos artistas participaronen una caravana hasta Ciudad Juarez y realizaron una exhibicion en El Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes llamado Hijas de Juarez. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(255,255,102); TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

Victoria Delgadillo : http://arteabla.ning.com/profile/VictoriaDelgadillo
&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rigomaldonado.com/rigomaldonado.com/Hijas_de_Juarez/Hijas_de_Juarez.html" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.rigomaldonado.com/&lt;wbr&gt;rigomaldonado.com/Hijas_de_&lt;wbr&gt;Juarez/Hijas_de_Juarez.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204); TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rigomaldonado.com/rigomaldonado.com/Hijas_de_Juarez/Hijas_de_Juarez.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,255)"&gt;In 2002, Rigo Maldonado and Victoria Delgadillo were part of an art activist group from Los Angeles that caravanned to Ciudad Juarez. Later that year, Rigo Maldonado and Victoria Delgadillo, co-curated the first internationally acknowledged exhibit on these femicides at the Social &amp;amp; Public Arts Resource Center (SPARC) in Venice, California. The exhibit was called Hijas de Juarez, and included 45 major artists and performers from the Los Angeles area. In 2002 it took 11 hours of research to find the FBI files to find images of the missing women in Juarez. These images were given to the artists of the Las Hijas de Juarez to inspire their art for this exhibit. In 2003, Victoria Delgadillo &amp;amp; Rigo Maldonado’s written account on the curatory process for this exhibit was published in Aztlán, an Academic Chicano Journal, through the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) press. The article was entitled “Journey to the Land of the Dead: A Conversation with the Curators of the Hijas de Juárez Exhibit”.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-8052820661089101820?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/8052820661089101820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2010/03/no-mas-femicidios.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/8052820661089101820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/8052820661089101820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2010/03/no-mas-femicidios.html' title='NO MAS FEMINICIDIOS'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S4_Wec7fWnI/AAAAAAAAC9c/hF-VwNGlvQE/s72-c/Slide008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-6229009446253440724</id><published>2010-02-19T18:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T13:49:15.340-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Memoria MUCOV Mujeres CON VOS'/><title type='text'>Homenaje a la Memoria de MUCOV</title><content type='html'>&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;EL ALMA De la MEMORIA&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 130%;"&gt;¿Cómo podemos estar en muchos lugares a la misma vez?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Suena ilógico, despelotado y un poco a charla de marijuaneras, pero no se adelanten al viaje de los acertijos, mas bien continuemos... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoBodyText" style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;¿Cómo podemos estar en varios lugares distintos, relativamente lejos de cada uno en un mismo tiempo?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Y la única respuesta que se nos ocurre es la siguiente: Se puede estar en múltiples lugares a través de los viajes con el cuerpo y el uso de la memoria. Como en estos momentos estas allí y también estas aquí con nosotras en Buenos Aires, Argentina; en pleno centro de una urbe edificada y moderna que muestra por doquier su desarrollo como una sociedad capitalista. Estas en una casa vieja y transpirada de humedad, con techos altos, un maltratado piso de madera, tres habitaciones habitables unidas por puertas paralelas y una separada que esta innegablemente horrorosa. Las paredes son de un blanco percudido como esas medias que se llenaron alguna vez de lluvia y barro y no quisiste lavar bien con agua caliente. Se diluye un incienso de Nag Champa importado desde la India, y tienes una botella de agua a la izquierda de tus piernas mientras el ruido de la naturaleza anuncia una tormenta. Son casi las 16:00 y no has ni desayunado porque no tienes hambre y también porque no quieres pararte, ir a la cocina, abrir la heladera, suspirar…después cerrar la heladera, mirar al cajón lleno de té variado, avena instantánea, azúcar vieja. Todo este material de poca alimentacion te impulsara a nuevamente abrir la heladera y decidirte por alguna fruta (la que tu quieras) sabiendo que volverás a sentir hambre en una &lt;i&gt;ahora.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Este nuevo (y no tan nuevo) año nos dimos cuenta que nuestros cuerpos cargan muchas historias. Estas hi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;storias se mantienen vivas y a diario nos hacen colocar alas mentales para invocar a un pasado sin la necesidad de despegarnos de esta realidad y sin tener que vivir un aterrizaje.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;El primero de diciembre llegamos a Tucumán, Argentina y una semana después Carolina, Malinche y yo nos separamos para continuar con nuestros planes en este país. Hace ocho noches y nueve días nos volvimos a encontrar en la estación de Tren del Retiro en la Capital Federal después de que cada una de nosotras vivió mundos completamente diferentes: Caro estuvo en Tucumán con su familia, Malinche se fue de luna de miel a Puerto Escondido, y yo me fui a Quequen en el oriente central Argentino a laborar como&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt; camarera por la temporada. Después de muchos mates, mucha lluvia, y mucha ausencia nos encontramos las tres para continuar con las metas del 2010. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Hoy es otro día de intentar de organizar una vida semi-estable pero existen un sin fin de retos que solo se le suelen presentar a individuoas que viven en situaciones muy fuera de lo común. El estar aquí significa mucho para nosotras y sabemos que nuestros pasos por Sudamérica son invocados y utilizados como fuente de fuerzas mientras recorremos este nuevo lugar. Las calles amplias de aquí se lucen con tantos semáforos que sirven para dar luz a las noches bajo cual cientos de indigentes duermen cubiertos con tan solo el material arquitectico de los edificios públicos. Caminar por hoteles de lujo en la Avenida 9 de julio y por las tiendas con aroma a prestigio que venden modas Europeas sobre la avenida Mayo es como mirar a una revista Vanidades mientras tienes el estomago vació y el sabor a cigarrillo en la boca. Sin embargo, la convivencia de tantos contrastes en las imágenes que uno observa no oculta la miseria que abunda por toda Latinoamérica. Bajo la glamour y la estética hay mucha pobreza. Al ver estas realidades nuestros recuerdos reviven y este bombardeo de imagenes nos provoca la reflexión que oscila entre ejercer la rebelión y denunciar tales realidades o acudir a una (mal) -adaptación en su máximo silencio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Decidimos que como no somos peces nadando simplemente en el mar del presente y reconocemos que estamos aquí gracias a que el pasado no muere. Sabemos que el pasado es lo que se carga cuando se sueña con un mañana de muchos cambios importantes. Todo ser vivo y consciente necesita el punto de vista de la/s historia/s en su infinita magnitud para sobrevivir el hoy. Para nosotras es vital preservar lo visto, vivido y palpado en el ultimo año de nuestra vida, en los últimos nueve meses desde que salimos de Colombia, y en los últimos cinco años de esta década que despidió a muchas muertes y a muchas vidas. Para nosotras, la vida siempre tendra&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt; las puertas abiertas para recordar historias.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-style: italic;"&gt;¿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-style: italic;"&gt;Y como podemos estar en muchos lugares a la misma vez? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;¿Cómo podemos estar caminando hacia la Plaza de los Estudiantes en la gran ciudad de La Paz comiendo humitas &lt;i&gt;(syn.tamal de elote, envuelto de choclo) &lt;/i&gt;y estar hablando de Fanny y el recorrido de &lt;a href="http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/08/espanol-blog.html" style="color: #3333ff;"&gt;los Ocho cielos del Huayhuash?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3333ff;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;¿Cómo es que cuando caminamos en el centro de Buenos Aires con un mapa en mano, perdidas por la cuarta vez y en la quinta porra decimos, “Extraño a Bogota y a Los Ángeles”, “Quiero andar en la ciclo vía”, “Me escribió la Leo desde Chile, o “¿te acuerdas de Pancho en Potosí desafiando a su madre putativa, la Bertita? Y todo esto se siente y se vuelve a vivir. Es inevitable, es delicioso poder estar tan conectadas a nuestros cuerpos, a nuestra piel que se ha convert&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;ido en un &lt;i&gt;collage &lt;/i&gt;de fotografiás en vivo! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Hoy es un día mas en el mes mas corto del calendario gregoriano, el mes del amor y la amistad, el mes que se celebra la Historia de los Afroamericanos en Estado Unidos, el mes del cumpleaños de Carolina, el mes de nuestro reencuentro, el mes en el que se vuelve a conmemorar, a recordar, a nombrar muchas luchas, y se combate en otra batallas contra el olvido. No somos peces obligados a estar solo nadando en la mar del presente, somos human@s capaces de sentir mucho, de vibrar de-y- por-la-alegría, de sentir coraje y rabia frente a una injusticia, de llorar en voz alta y de ahogarnos en silencio cuando hablar se &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;siente en vano. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Este 21 de febrero también se llevan flores y voces, corazones y pasos a &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk4zmtFKv34" style="color: #3333ff;"&gt;Mulatos en la Comunidad de Paz de San José de Apartado&lt;/a&gt;, Colombia. Se vuelve a nombrar la &lt;a href="http://comunicaciones.acantioquia.org/especialcdpsa.html" style="color: yellow;"&gt;Masacre del 2005 &lt;/a&gt;cuando militares colombianos y paramilitares cumplieron con la misión de asesinar a 8 personas. Allí también estamos mientras bebemos agua por la sed que se siente cuando la boca se seca por tanta injusticia existente en la historia de la Humanidad (en todas sus contextos). Nuestra memoria nos lleva y nuestros corazones palpitan en las montañas de todas las comunidades que luchan para que la justici&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;a y memoria puedan crear un futuro mas digno y más sano.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;"&gt;¿Cómo podemos estar en muchos lugares distintos en un mismo tiempo construido por distintos momentos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 130%;"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Caminamos por las calles de Buenos Aires, buscando nombrar todo el espacio entre lo que miramos y lo que recordamos. Estamos sentadas sobre un pequeño escritorio color naranja con negro y con los dedos danzando sobre un teclado azul triste, y le escribimos a esas personas que aunque se encuentren lejos tienen que recordar que también están aquí en nuestros corazones. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Gracias a todas las personas que nos siguen recordando, escribiendo y nombrando como hermanas latinoamericanas, y como MUJERES CON VOS. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ffff33;"&gt;PD. Malinche y su Poesía:&lt;/span&gt; Acaba de cerrar un libro con poemas de Alfonsina Storni por el espanto que le causo la tormenta recién nacida. Y para disimular el espanto Malinche empieza a hablar que “el Lago Titicaca se esta luciendo en estos momentos porque a esta hora esta por llegar un increíble atardecer”;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S39H6RZSfDI/AAAAAAAAC6w/U-HXi_nM884/s1600-h/DSC_0789.JPG" style="color: #ffff33;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440145941314305074" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/S39H6RZSfDI/AAAAAAAAC6w/U-HXi_nM884/s200/DSC_0789.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 134px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt; seguido por, “Seguro que el &lt;a href="http://www.javiergiraldo.org/" style="color: #000099;"&gt;Padre Javier Giraldo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.javiergiraldo.org/" style="color: #000099;"&gt; Moreno&lt;/a&gt; esta ofreciendo oraciones en nombre de las victimas de crímenes de lesa humanidad en Mulatos , Uraba Colombia...Y ella sigue recordando cosas cuando de repente nos pregunta si hemos leído sobre las adopciones de huérfanos en Haití que han causado mucha polémica. Como no le respondimos, Malinche se coloco una mano sobre su cadera derecha, y con la zurda en el aire en forma de puño voltea su rostro hacia el techo (que esta a casi 3 metros sobre su altura y con voz de poeta dice, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ffff66;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;“ El poder del recuerdo. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ffff66;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;Innegable la fuerza que ejerce contra el olvido&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ffff66;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;La memoria se siente en el alma... calma... calma &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #ffff66;"&gt;Y se calma el ardor que deja la violencia de un olvido”. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO" style="font-family: &amp;quot;;"&gt;Después, Malinche baja sus brazos, mira hacia el piso mojado por las gotas que entran por el techo y finaliza su momento con: “Que tan poderosa es la memoria que hasta una pequeña muñequita es capaz de sentir el dolor del olvido y el poder de la historia. Que tan poderosa es la memoria que ya siento el&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="ES-CO" style="font-family: &amp;quot;;"&gt; mañana de mi ayer”. Y como le fascina ser una nostálgica pone a todo volumen la voz de la Negra Sosa(que en paz descanza) cantando en la clásica canción de Violeta Parra “Gracias a la Vida”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://2.gvt0.com/vi/WyOJ-A5iv5I/0.jpg"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WyOJ-A5iv5I&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266"  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WyOJ-A5iv5I&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: times new roman; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;h3 style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaVkP8y2DI/AAAAAAAACwc/cl_8ttVZQ9w/s1600-h/potosi+%2815%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaMVeyxvRI/AAAAAAAACus/V591HqmVa8c/s1600-h/potosi+%281%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaMVeyxvRI/AAAAAAAACus/V591HqmVa8c/s1600-h/potosi+%281%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaMVeyxvRI/AAAAAAAACus/V591HqmVa8c/s1600-h/potosi+%281%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Potosí : The Barren Earth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoBodyText"  style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;MUCOV left &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /&gt;&lt;st1:personname st="on" productid="La Paz"&gt;La Paz&lt;/st1:personname&gt; with solid memories of urban chaos against the background of steep hillsides and the clarity of blue skies. The end of its first cycle was drawing near, and there were only a couple more adventures and Herstories left to find before the end of our journey due south. In Cochabamba, we met a cooperative of womyn miners who have come from Potosí and who ha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaTf6AjgdI/AAAAAAAACwM/eGJwdbEMQr0/s1600-h/potosi+%2813%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415177778316411346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaTf6AjgdI/AAAAAAAACwM/eGJwdbEMQr0/s200/potosi+%2813%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ve given us a glimpse into its past and present. With the memory of these Herstories in mind, we accepted an enthusiastic pending invitation and made our way towards the city of Potosí accompanied on the long bus ride by our new friends from &lt;st1:personname st="on" productid="La Paz"&gt;La Paz&lt;/st1:personname&gt;, Pancho, going back to visit his hometown, and Berthita, his &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;caregiver and prominent motherly figure for the last 17 years. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaMVeyxvRI/AAAAAAAACus/V591HqmVa8c/s1600-h/potosi+%281%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;The Cerro Rico of Potosi: Stolen goods, Stolen lives&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;As we ent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzI5UCbGWiI/AAAAAAAAC1E/1WHolHwSeD0/s1600-h/DSC_0043.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418456318090828322" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 142px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 137px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzI5UCbGWiI/AAAAAAAAC1E/1WHolHwSeD0/s200/DSC_0043.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ered the city, it was difficult to ignore its most striking feature and the source of its fame: the towering red Pyramid-like triangle of "Cerro Rico" (rich mountain), at once majestic and whole in its solidity yet full of deep gaping holes, like that of a mouth missing half its teeth. The reason for its hapless figure is rooted in its tragic past as a mining town; after the discovery of silver in &lt;st1:metricconverter st="on" productid="1545 in"&gt;1545 in&lt;/st1:metricconverter&gt; the belly of Cerro Rico, Potosi was transformed into the largest and richest city in South America. But the Spanish empire, in its endless and blood thirsty quest for riches, left this mountain completely barren of all of its silver and precious minerals, a vast quantity of stolen wealth meant to fund their vast conquests. And like in all conquests, stolen goods come at the expense of stolen lives; the number of African and Indigenous slaves, who died as a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaMVgpNTrI/AAAAAAAACu0/td2sUiEcrJU/s1600-h/potosi+%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415169903127514802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 104px; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaMVgpNTrI/AAAAAAAACu0/td2sUiEcrJU/s200/potosi+%282%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; consequence of the appalling conditions they worked under, is numbered in the millions. And this loss is felt in an almost tangible way; the town possess a quiet quality to it, a certain silence, almost as if the mines in the belly of the earth exude their force like a cloud over the town. The streets are cobblestone and dirt but the houses, in their colonial architecture, and the high number of elaborate churches in the town are there to remind &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;the observers of its once opulent existence.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;The Herstory of the Palliri: Sifting the rough pile&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;We decided &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaVkcYpS0I/AAAAAAAACwk/XFzBBRN-0CE/s1600-h/potosi+%2816%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415180055286991682" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; HEIGHT: 121px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaVkcYpS0I/AAAAAAAACwk/XFzBBRN-0CE/s200/potosi+%2816%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;to take a tour of the mines; besides our desire to witness and explore what was once the heart of this town, we were also hoping to meet other womyn miners and hear their Herstories. With the advice of our guide, we went to the market first to buy presents for the miners we would meet along the way: 100% alcohol (for the cold in the mines that often gets to below zero degrees) hand-made cigarettes, dynamite (the only place in which this is sold legally) and coca leaves (which helps the miners work all day &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
and numb the thirst, hunger and cold).

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Currently the mountain is mined by cooperatives of miners independently funded who take out whatever metals and minerals are left in the mountain. But we have discovered that womyn are not allowed to work in the mines of Cerro Rico; only the man. However, their work is equally impor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaQKGeeSOI/AAAAAAAACvU/9cnSS8A1SLI/s1600-h/potosi+%286%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415174105171118306" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 191px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaQKGeeSOI/AAAAAAAACvU/9cnSS8A1SLI/s200/potosi+%286%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;tant: besides their multiple tasks in the home and with their children, womyn who work in Cerro Rico are what is called "Palliri"-hand pickers. Their job is to single handedly find and sort out the minerals and metals into different piles. Before entering the mines, MUCOV listened to Herstory of the representative of the Palliri womyn, who, showing us her calloused dust covered hands, shared with us the difficult conditions under which the Palliri work, in which their rights and health are far from guaranteed. As opposed to their male counterparts, their work is done outside, under the hot sun or the pouring rain, without protection or shade or sometimes, a break. The womyn who work here, she says, have long days in which, once they are done with their sorting work, which often leaves them worn out and sore, have to go home and take care of their homes and children and husbands, who are most often miners as well. Sadly enough, she tells us, many Palliri womyn are widows; their husbans die from mining related accidents or dangers and they are forced to find whatever means necessary to survive and support their children. Unfortunately, the Palliri have very few cooperatives and for the most part their work is informal and autonomous, which makes it hard for them to earn what they deserve for their hard work. Her dream, she says, is for the Palliri to get the credit that they deserve and for them to get more organized. We gave her a bag of the treats we brought as a thank you and she run quickly to continue with her work.

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-size:130%;color:#ffff33;"&gt;The Mines&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff33;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoBodyText" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;As we entered the mines, it seemed as though the world had always existed underground. The tunnels were cramped, wet and hot; we could hear the sound of water trickling i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaR15HIpcI/AAAAAAAACv0/l7tfjEMlx9E/s1600-h/potosi+%2810%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415175957009442242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 163px; HEIGHT: 158px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaR15HIpcI/AAAAAAAACv0/l7tfjEMlx9E/s200/potosi+%2810%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;n and the air smelled like dust and humid earth. We often had to duck under the tub&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaQKsdhWyI/AAAAAAAACvc/zJdn3RZn90k/s1600-h/potosi+%287%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415174115367672610" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 96px; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaQKsdhWyI/AAAAAAAACvc/zJdn3RZn90k/s200/potosi+%287%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;es and hoses that snaked their way around the mines; we imagined the miners working day and night in these conditions, in the heat and cold, in the cramped space and the dust that takes possession of their lungs. We were told that many miners eventually get sick and die from inhaling all of the dust particles that put together become toxic to their bodies. The tunnels have sharp drops to the side, and so we had to constantly pay attention, with the help of our flashlights, where we placed our feet.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;One of our first stops within the mine was at the shrine of The Tio (Uncle). Tio repres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaR1ViY9TI/AAAAAAAACvs/RmreC_3JNew/s1600-h/potosi+%289%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415175947460080946" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 114px; HEIGHT: 161px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaR1ViY9TI/AAAAAAAACvs/RmreC_3JNew/s200/potosi+%289%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ents the god of the underworld (the devil), as opposed to the god of the above-ground world. In each mine, in a quiet and mostly hidden away spot, there is a place of worship for Tio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaQKynYrbI/AAAAAAAACvk/ZCvNSPf08Mk/s1600-h/potosi+%288%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415174117019659698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 169px; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaQKynYrbI/AAAAAAAACvk/ZCvNSPf08Mk/s200/potosi+%288%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;. In order to have good luck in the mines, the miners bestow many gifts and offerings to Tio, and so did we, with the gifts we brought, so that he bestow this luck on us. On the walls, we saw the handiwork of mother earth which can only be done under its surface; haphazard paintings with an invisible brush of colorful patterns created by the minerals and metals. More than anything, we could still feel the presence and the marks left by the generations of slaves who have died with their hands and their bodies wasted, their silence and pain expressed in the silence that can only be heard in &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;the darkness of the mines.

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Bertita&lt;strong&gt;´s Companionship: Herstory of the Caregiver an extra ordinary&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;MUCOV had the pleasure and good luck of getting to know a remarkable womyn. Bertita, a petite cholita (in Bolivia, womyn of indigenous roots who wear the traditional skirt) with two long graying braids flowing from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaVkP8y2DI/AAAAAAAACwc/cl_8ttVZQ9w/s1600-h/potosi+%2815%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415180051948951602" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 119px; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaVkP8y2DI/AAAAAAAACwc/cl_8ttVZQ9w/s200/potosi+%2815%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;her back and a soft face with a continuous worried expression, is a caregiver by title and by life. She had a difficult past, since she had to work for a living from a very young age. Her parents could not support her and so she feels as if she did not havr a childhood, like other children. And so she has been taking care of whole families almost her all life. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;In the last 17 years, she had worked with our friend Pancho´s family in Potosi. She has dedicated her life to be everything for his family: a nanny, a mother, a father, a housewife, a teacher and so on. She sees everything that goes around with a sharpness and a consciousness of all the idiosynchresies of each family member ; She makes her affection and connection to Pancho, her concern for his well being, abunda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaTgWLun5I/AAAAAAAACwU/QmNHcHz6vgc/s1600-h/potosi+%2814%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415177785879469970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 146px; HEIGHT: 105px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaTgWLun5I/AAAAAAAACwU/QmNHcHz6vgc/s200/potosi+%2814%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;ntly clear, in the way she follows him at &lt;st1:metricconverter st="on" productid="2 in"&gt;2 in&lt;/st1:metricconverter&gt; the morning as he walks his friends home, or the way in which she worries about his school work, or the way in which she look at him with the eyes of a mother. Her own family consists of her niece and her daughter, who she takes care of whenever she can. What she wants most, is for the people she loves to be happy. Yet there is a sadness to her voice, once that speaks of lost childhood and a world of burdens.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;Potosi was a fascinating lesson into the past and gave us a world of informati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syak6hnEETI/AAAAAAAACxE/NfsxxHpv0wM/s1600-h/Uyuni.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415196927321182514" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 120px; HEIGHT: 91px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syak6hnEETI/AAAAAAAACxE/NfsxxHpv0wM/s200/Uyuni.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffffff;"&gt;on in tangible form. With our hearts full of gratitude for the time we spent with our friends, we continued on to the Salar of Uyuni, a world marvel, another silent world of pure salt that burns your eyes give the force sun’s reflection that comes from the ground. Here is our usual run-on style to summarize MUCOV¨S last adventure in Bolivia:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#6600cc;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;Bertita´s food, El Molino, green and red hills, walking&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;on rocks, dry feet, Hot springs in a cr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syam4IMoHqI/AAAAAAAACxs/i3pfvlGuNH8/s1600-h/Uyuni+%285%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415199085162929826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 139px; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syam4IMoHqI/AAAAAAAACxs/i3pfvlGuNH8/s200/Uyuni+%285%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;ater, I-pod days, laughter, laughter and more laughter,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaR2ixvFGI/AAAAAAAACv8/2YjoLCJ-N68/s1600-h/potosi+%2811%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415175968193975394" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 94px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaR2ixvFGI/AAAAAAAACv8/2YjoLCJ-N68/s200/potosi+%2811%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt; high&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syak7j-fo_I/AAAAAAAACxU/mU7LGbTInGM/s1600-h/Uyuni+%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415196945136198642" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 166px; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syak7j-fo_I/AAAAAAAACxU/mU7LGbTInGM/s200/Uyuni+%282%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt; above the world, quiet conversations, jeep rides, salt hotels, sunsets, differences of opinions, adolescent boys, heat and cold and heat again, islands in the midst of white, flamingos, lagoons, winds, gazers, more hot springs, train &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;station, sleepless nights, robberies, borders and reflections. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff9900;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify;font-family:times new roman;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syak7DZ6KtI/AAAAAAAACxM/7M2zYmqSF1Y/s1600-h/Uyuni+%281%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415196936392813266" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 129px; HEIGHT: 109px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syak7DZ6KtI/AAAAAAAACxM/7M2zYmqSF1Y/s200/Uyuni+%281%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syan16_GvVI/AAAAAAAACx0/SFjflLNQExw/s1600-h/Uyuni+%286%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415200146768444754" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 121px; HEIGHT: 109px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syan16_GvVI/AAAAAAAACx0/SFjflLNQExw/s200/Uyuni+%286%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syam3vZjMmI/AAAAAAAACxk/fqfWdLbTbbo/s1600-h/Uyuni+%284%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415199078506246754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 87px; HEIGHT: 104px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syam3vZjMmI/AAAAAAAACxk/fqfWdLbTbbo/s200/Uyuni+%284%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syam3JEnYdI/AAAAAAAACxc/cyIObf1SBXY/s1600-h/Uyuni+%283%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415199068217893330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 93px; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syam3JEnYdI/AAAAAAAACxc/cyIObf1SBXY/s200/Uyuni+%283%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify" face="times new roman"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaTff_t-9I/AAAAAAAACwE/7qni3FGNe34/s1600-h/potosi+%2812%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"   style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaTff_t-9I/AAAAAAAACwE/7qni3FGNe34/s1600-h/potosi+%2812%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415177771333581778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 101px; HEIGHT: 63px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaTff_t-9I/AAAAAAAACwE/7qni3FGNe34/s200/potosi+%2812%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-CA"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;We are on our way to Argentina, our final destination for a while, where MUCOV will rest and drink from the well of renewal. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-1491333173615750972?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/1491333173615750972/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/11/potosi-and-silence-of-mines.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/1491333173615750972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/1491333173615750972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/11/potosi-and-silence-of-mines.html' title='Potosi and the silence of the mines'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyaMVeyxvRI/AAAAAAAACus/V591HqmVa8c/s72-c/potosi+%281%29.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-5786949035079476630</id><published>2009-11-23T10:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-04T07:43:00.563-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MUCOV Mujeres con Vos'/><title type='text'>La Paz desenredando el Caos</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;La Paz y Sus 3,800 Momentos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Después de haber estado en las ciudades principales de Colombia, Ecuador y Perú, piensas que de pronto ya no falta mucho que conocer de lo que constituye una capital (de facto o no), pero me equivoque. Quede entusiasmada nuevamente recorriendo las calles con el Proyecto MUCOV. Las&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq7JWxbyeI/AAAAAAAACyU/py3BVKB1wUc/s1600-h/DSC_0789.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416347271272581602" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 148px; cursor: pointer; height: 112px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq7JWxbyeI/AAAAAAAACyU/py3BVKB1wUc/s200/DSC_0789.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; plazas, sus &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzcF8xQt9II/AAAAAAAAC2M/GygL2EioKj0/s1600-h/La+Paz+1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419807218137429122" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 194px; height: 148px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzcF8xQt9II/AAAAAAAAC2M/GygL2EioKj0/s200/La+Paz+1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;circunvalaciones, sus calles llenas de vendedoras de todo, el pan por cada esquina abierto para tus ojos, las humitas, la quínoa, y ante todo las empanadas y salteñas que aunque provienen de raices Argentinas pero ahora son el algo emblematico y mas Paceño que el Yaaaaaahhhhhhhh que cantan a final de cada expresiona. Los colores de La Paz empiezan a salir desde el aire que respiras, el color de su altura, el g&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrBy20RVFI/AAAAAAAACzU/uEm_hCBNVLs/s1600-h/DSC_0994.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416354581318816850" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 142px; cursor: pointer; height: 102px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrBy20RVFI/AAAAAAAACzU/uEm_hCBNVLs/s200/DSC_0994.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;ris de la lluvia que no se decide si viene o se va con el sol, y después el aire se mezcla con los aromas de las calles y el plateado de las rocas, las esquinas con su vejez acumulada, y la gente con su propios tonos y auras de su día a día. Que Diversidad! Mujeres con polleras por tod&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrDv7ZKmPI/AAAAAAAACz0/NNGQWEp5QUo/s1600-h/DSC_1074.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416356730030954738" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 120px; cursor: pointer; height: 128px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrDv7ZKmPI/AAAAAAAACz0/NNGQWEp5QUo/s200/DSC_1074.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;a parte, sus trenzas negras y largas como el camino de noche para llegar al Nevado Huayna Potosi . Lo&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzJ69mvkxOI/AAAAAAAAC1k/Yyns9f14vhs/s1600-h/lapaz1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418528500470826210" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 132px; height: 138px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzJ69mvkxOI/AAAAAAAAC1k/Yyns9f14vhs/s200/lapaz1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;s rostros de las y los bolivianos son tan variados como la flora y fauna de Sudamérica. Las características andinas predominan al mestizaje, y la modernidad se cruza con lo tradicional tan sutilmente que no sabes si los ojos son de una mirada antigua o de un mañana por venir. Es evidente que la política y el ímpetus que ha surgido en el pueblo compuesto de mujeres y hombres tienen reconocimiento de esta diversidad dado que Bolivia se considera un Estado PLURINACIONAL y hay que destacar que esto no es muy común en Latinoamérica. Va, pero hay tanto mas que analizar y decir sobre todo los procesos que estan hirbiendo en la cazuela del cambio aqui en Bolivia que nos tocaria quedarnos todo el 2010 para documentarlo...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;La ciudad te impresiona por su sorprendente caos. Es rápida pero tod&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq82LFiKnI/AAAAAAAACys/8cEQrGLwB94/s1600-h/DSC_0849.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416349140741401202" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 162px; cursor: pointer; height: 103px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq82LFiKnI/AAAAAAAACys/8cEQrGLwB94/s200/DSC_0849.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;o se mueve lento: él trafico, &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrFoBGe08I/AAAAAAAAC0M/ZI3jmn3q3Qo/s1600-h/DSC_1100.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416358793147503554" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 103px; cursor: pointer; height: 133px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrFoBGe08I/AAAAAAAAC0M/ZI3jmn3q3Qo/s200/DSC_1100.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;las filas, las llegadas, las partidas. Las montañas le dan todo el cuerpo a la urbe, El Alto es la garganta, sus calles las venas, el cielo su piel. El horizonte de sus calles es frecuentemente interrumpido por lo vertical de su arquitectura. Las subidas y bajadas retan a tus pulmones y músculos a adaptarse a andar sobre los 3,800 metros de altura. La Paz es una paz urbana que te invita conocer los rincones y curvas de su laberinto de momentos…&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Estuvimos hospedadas con &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;Julieta Parede&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;y &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;Victoria Aldunante&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; de &lt;a href="http://mujerescreandocomunidad.blogspot.com/"&gt;la Comunid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq81eiMu3I/AAAAAAAACyc/bObZKJecqb8/s1600-h/DSC_0810.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416349128782035826" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 167px; cursor: pointer; height: 113px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq81eiMu3I/AAAAAAAACyc/bObZKJecqb8/s200/DSC_0810.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://mujerescreandocomunidad.blogspot.com/"&gt;ad de Mujeres Creando Comunidad &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;nos invitaron a un taller sobre el Feminismo Comunitario de lo cual aprendimos mucho sobre la propuesta del feminismo autónomo y comunitario que se ha ido construyendo desde una mirada que parte del contexto Boliviano. Fueron tardes de mucho compartir y aprender de las experiencias de estas mujeres que llevan un trayecto largo de trabajo muy fuerte politicamente y que continúan luchando por un cambio político y social desde las bases comunitarias y por supuesto desde una mirada muy feminista. &lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"&gt;Y entre entrevistas y andadas por La Paz con unas buenas amigas/kuatas/parceras/compañeras nos ensimismamos en muchos momentos inolvidables.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;Momento de noche&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Hacia la media noche buscábamos en donde disfrutar de buena música y ambiente. Así llegamos al as puertas de Tetekos, un local muy conocido lleno de una diversidad de visitantes que parece una sopa de artesanos, extranjeros, locales perdid@s, forasteras encontradas, músicos y artistas, anomia@s&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzJ8-bEMnzI/AAAAAAAAC10/n4fv1dCXCeA/s1600-h/lapaz3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418530713539223346" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 147px; height: 110px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzJ8-bEMnzI/AAAAAAAAC10/n4fv1dCXCeA/s200/lapaz3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; transitando como conocidas, y como de punto final nosotras. Bailamos, nos sentamos, dialogamos, escuchamos, miramos y disfrutamos de todo lo que percibíamos, sentiamos, y pensabamos. En momentos nos quedábamos en el pensamiento transitorio de tratar de ubicar y entender las historias que llegaban a nuestra mesa. Una chica inglesa que dice que un chico la robo, el chico que dice que la inglesa le fue infiel, un hombre ebrio por el amor y la traición, otro celebrando su cumpleaños con amigos y amigas que daban vueltas por la pista, otra chica extranjera hablando de su compra de un vehículo en Chile que no puede sacar del país porque no es chilena que tenia un tenedor como anillo, un chico que me contaba sobre el asesinato de su mama, y así se cruzaban destinos y historias al son de un buen reggae mientras participamos en la configuración de esa dimensión única. Frase favorita de la noche: “Creo que Tetekos es un punto energético”-&lt;strong&gt;Leo Cavernícola.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Momento de Día&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Estábamos esperando que saliera Silvia (a quien ibamos a entrevistar para el Proyecto MUCOV), de su trabajo como abogada en el Ministerio de Trabajo pero no salía. Estábamos sobre la puerta lateral del edificio al la par de un kiosco de confiterías.  El Kiosko (muy comun por toda La Paz) tiene de todo: dulces, chocolates, chicles, jugos, agua, y muchas veces tambien te ofrecen un teléfono publico. Mientras observaba los detalles de ese kioso o mire a una niña hermosa con cabello rapado, con un vestido de color amarillo de verano, zapatos rotos y un cuaderno en la mano izquierda. Su madre realizaba una llamada, o más bien intentaba porque no le contestaban y levantaba, marcaba, y colgaba.  Este acto se repitió una docena de veces. La niña esperaba y su altura quedaba justo enfrente de la primera hilera de dulces. Que tentación para una niña que parecía y no tener mas que seis ciclos solares de vida tener que estar justo cara a cara con las golosinas. En eso, mire que se alzo el cuaderno justo para que le tapara la mirada sobre su cabeza. &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrDvUs98yI/AAAAAAAACzs/d-8QGS1VEuA/s1600-h/DSC_1068.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416356719645029154" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 177px; cursor: pointer; height: 150px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrDvUs98yI/AAAAAAAACzs/d-8QGS1VEuA/s200/DSC_1068.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ojeaba por encima, con los ojos casi mirando hacia el cielo a la dueña del kiosco quien estaba sentada al fondo de toda su izquierda. Cuando ella alzaba el cuaderno sobre su cabeza era imposible ver lo que la mano diestra hacia. Así la pequeñita podría aprovechar con y agarrar unos caramelos, metérselos a la boca y derretirlos mientras su mama repetia  la llamada. Mi sensibilidad a esto no me permitía analizarlo como un robo, mas bien quede impresionada por la delicadeza con la cual la niña alzaba la mirada tan sutilmente para asegurarse que la dueña del kiosco no la pillara, y como velozmente cogía los dulces y se los metía a la boca como quien se roba un pedacito del pastel del cumpleaños de alguien mas. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;La mama seguía marcando y marcando a alguien que no contestaba y en eso la dueña con su intuición d&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq7IxMIhtI/AAAAAAAACyM/Zt1zsA5OkGc/s1600-h/DSC_0756.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416347261184018130" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 134px; cursor: pointer; height: 155px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq7IxMIhtI/AAAAAAAACyM/Zt1zsA5OkGc/s200/DSC_0756.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;e vendedora miro a través del cuaderno que la niña se estaba comiendo sus dulces! La pequeña fue regañada y humillada. La madre colgó al fin el teléfono dada por vencida de que no lograría hablar y cogió su bastón. La niña con lágrimas gigantes chorreando sobre su rostro inocente cogió a su madre de la mano y partieron. Alli, mientras partian madre e hija me di cuenta que no habia percibido semejante realidad: la niña era los ojos de la madre pues su madre no es vidente me di cuenta que yo había presenciado algo grande. La propia madre de la niña nunca miro lo que sucedió, nunca miro con que gusto su hija disfrutaba el caramelo en la boca, nunca miro o escucho el regaño de la dueña del kiosco, nunca miro las lágrimas de su hija.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Momento de mañana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Cada par &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrFnarngFI/AAAAAAAACz8/8xaw2BmZhxA/s1600-h/DSC_1083.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416358782834278482" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 127px; cursor: pointer; height: 104px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrFnarngFI/AAAAAAAACz8/8xaw2BmZhxA/s200/DSC_1083.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;de días salíamos al mercado para comprar verduras, frutas, y cualquier necesidad alimentaría. Las frutas en su gran diversidad están de lado a lado por las calles de Sagurnaga y Murillo. Allí las naranjas, papayas, sandía, palta (aguacate), higos, cebollas y ajos tienen un reinado cada uno mientras que la reina vendedora despacha. Estábamos antojadas de jugo de naranja y decidimos ir a comprar las frutas frescas. Le pregunte a la dueña “Cu&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrBzPLZN0I/AAAAAAAACzc/x7bOv5nIxBU/s1600-h/DSC_1054.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416354587858253634" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 165px; cursor: pointer; height: 141px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SyrBzPLZN0I/AAAAAAAACzc/x7bOv5nIxBU/s200/DSC_1054.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;anto cuestan las naranjas?”. “Ocho por veinticinco”, me respondió, pero no le entendí. Ocho naranjas por 25 pesos?, me pregunte a mi misma y para aclarar le volví a preguntar, “Cuanto me dijo?” “Son 25 na&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzcL6Vsj_8I/AAAAAAAAC20/4121WpCXkrg/s1600-h/Naranjas+mujer.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419813773448052674" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 176px; height: 117px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzcL6Vsj_8I/AAAAAAAAC20/4121WpCXkrg/s200/Naranjas+mujer.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ranjas por ocho pesos,” me respondió ya sin mucha simpatía. En eso mire que había toronjas (pomelos) y decidí preguntar el precio. La señora no me respondió. Le volví a preguntar y me miro y me ignoró de frente. No percibía yo su actuar entonces le hice la tercera pregunta que fue la final, “Señora no me va a vender?” “NO,” me dijo sin mas ni menos. ¿! QUE?! En eso me puse a reír. La señora había decidido que como yo no entendía el precio ella no me iba a vender. Lógico. Yo jamás había vivido algo así. tan claramente firme. Me fui a buscar naranjas a otro lado con risa y una mirada de esas que nos sabes si sentirte ofendida o sentir una gran admiracion por la soberbia...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;La Paz fue un nido inolvidable. Las personas que nos ayudaron a entender ese contexto se merecen nuestro agradecimiento profundo! Gracias Leo, Eugenia, Julieta, Victoria, Los Artesanos, Las Mujeres que trabajan en El Solario, Las vendedoras en el mercado!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Y GRACIAS A LAS MUJERES QUE SE UNIERON AL PROYECT@ MUCOV! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;CHIO Y GLADYS MARFA Y EUGENIA!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq_clXj8BI/AAAAAAAACy0/O-EgdGke--w/s1600-h/DSC_0865.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416351999654621202" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 145px; cursor: pointer; height: 98px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq_clXj8BI/AAAAAAAACy0/O-EgdGke--w/s200/DSC_0865.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SysOU7u3F_I/AAAAAAAAC00/Cw-NIj200WY/s1600-h/DSC01677.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416438729637566450" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 154px; cursor: pointer; height: 98px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SysOU7u3F_I/AAAAAAAAC00/Cw-NIj200WY/s200/DSC01677.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416437719341747602" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 129px; cursor: pointer; height: 98px; text-align: justify;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SysNaIFkTZI/AAAAAAAAC0U/AgpGBaovlB8/s200/DSC01535.JPG" border="0" /&gt;

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Entre otros enredos y experiencias aquí va nuestra acostumbrada frase llena de violaciones a la gramática&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;castellana:&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;Memoria USB de 16gigas pirata y la pelea con la vendedora sobre la calle comercio, soberbia andina y el derecho de no venderle a alguien así nomas, colectivo a Las Delicias en Villafatima que no pasa los domingos desde el centro, taxista abusivos, empanadas sobre empanadas, palta con pan el las plazas, Cholitas Luchadoras en los afiches, electrónicos baratos en la calle Eloy Salmón y el regateo de diario en todo lugar para com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzcF9BL0hkI/AAAAAAAAC2c/pg5ECnWqHeE/s1600-h/La+Paz+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419807222411855426" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 112px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SzcF9BL0hkI/AAAAAAAAC2c/pg5ECnWqHeE/s200/La+Paz+2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'times new roman';"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;prar no pagar precio de gringo, conversaciones con Silvia sobre conocimientos esotéricos, visita a Tiawanaku, ir a Coroico y deleitarse con las cascadas de naturaleza a naturaleza.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style=";font-family:'times new roman';font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;La Paz: con todo tu caos nos sentimos armonizadas y con muchas ganas de volver a estar a tu altura!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-5786949035079476630?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/5786949035079476630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/11/la-paz-y-la-locura.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/5786949035079476630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/5786949035079476630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/11/la-paz-y-la-locura.html' title='La Paz desenredando el Caos'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Syq7JWxbyeI/AAAAAAAACyU/py3BVKB1wUc/s72-c/DSC_0789.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-1531605861065465436</id><published>2009-11-10T12:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T14:20:44.629-08:00</updated><title type='text'>¡NO A LA PIROPERIA!</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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 &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:11pt;"&gt;-&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Malinche Opina&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Ese derecho a insultar busca aplicarse por encima de esa mujer que camina sola por las calles, confiada en que la calle también es de ella. De noche &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ese insulto &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;busca ejercerse sobre esa mujer que está reclamando el derecho a su espacio, un insulto  disfrazado de silvido, de un "shhuu chuhuuu", o de un "eeyyh tuuuuu".   De día nos busca por las esquinas, por el andén, en los buses, y afuera y adentro de lo publico. Nos busca en cada &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;instante cuando ese macho se siente libre de piropear y de expresarse vulgarmente sobre el cuerpo ajeno, el cuerpo de la mujer, con semejante libertad que el mismo ha reclamado sin lucha alguna.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;¡Y no solo busca a una, busca a Todas Nosotras! &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Busca a&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;mujeres que aunque estén en un grupo de 3 cuatro o 5, por el hecho de estar &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;solo&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;entre &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;mujeres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; se les pregunta con todo tono machista, “&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;¿&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Y porque tan solitas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;?&lt;/span&gt;”&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;¿Solitas!? ¡Carajo, pero si estoy con cinco otras personas! ¿Por qué hemos aceptado que los machos se sientan libres de decir lo que se les de la regalada gana, especialmente cuando no hay un hombre con nosotras? ¿Por que permitimos tanta impunidad?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;¿Pero&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;acaso nosotras las mujeres también tenemos derecho a gritar, “Oye, papacito, dady, cachorrito ven paca que quiero &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;invaginarte&lt;/span&gt;” o &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;“Con esas huevas seguro que &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;eres capaz engendrar hasta ganados?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;¿Por qué entonces no lo hacemos? Esa pregunta es válida pero no espero una respuesta, más bien existe solo para satisfacer a las reaccionistas. Mejor sería &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;preguntar: ¿Quién le dio el derecho a ese tipo de gritarme piropos?
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Yo no acepto que nos insulten y por eso tampoco voy a reivindicar &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;el derecho de expresar de esa forma la vulgaridad humana. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Si también lo hiciéramos, estaríamos aceptando oficialmente lo que ya aceptamos al ser neutrales frente a esta violación verbal en contra de nuestros cuerpos. Al reclamar el mismo derecho estaríamos incrementando, multiplicando y nutriendo al machismo ambulante. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Es como decir, “nos gusta tanto que queremos replicarlo".
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;            &lt;/span&gt;¿Que pasaría si le dijéramos a un irrespetuoso macho con verborrea ofensiva a la mujer lo siguiente?:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;                                               &lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"&gt;“Papacito imbécil, sigue exhibiendo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"&gt;la desnudez de tu estupidez en pleno orgasmo   de tu sinvergüenzada. Epitomizas la deslumbrante ignorancia hormonalmente macha y por ende bruta. Es tan transparente la cruda&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 153);font-size:130%;"  lang="ES-TRAD"&gt; morbosidad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 153);font-size:130%;"  lang="ES-TRAD"&gt; que nutre a tu &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;PENEsamiento&lt;/span&gt;, que no mereces ni hablar!¨&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;La verdad es que no sé porque nunca lo he hecho, pero lo que sí puedo decir por experiencia es que no dejo pasar esas opiniones de, “Mamasita que piernas, Mamasita así, Mamasita asa” desapercibidas! ¡Y yo Exijo que me respeten en voz alta!
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Mujeres tenemos que detener esas violaciones verbales contra nosotras. Hay que enfrentarlo, cuestionarlo, y dialogar sobre esto. No podemos seguir incorporando &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;esta práctica en nuestra cotidianidad como quienes se acostumbran a la basura en la calle.&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span style="" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;Declaro mi rechazo a la PIROPERIA!&lt;/span&gt; ¡Y el rechazo a la cultura que promueve la aceptación a esta práctica machista!
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span style="" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(192, 0, 0);" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;NO A LA PIROPERIA&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span  lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size:180%;"&gt;, &lt;b style=""&gt;mejor piratéate este mensaje! Copéalo, replícalo&lt;/b&gt;..!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span style="" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="" lang="ES-TRAD"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;PD.El Peor Piropo:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;“Bendito corazón de Alvaro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;Uribe ( el presidente de Colombia), que es lo que mis ojos ven?... Increible, hasta que punto llegan con pleno insulto de mi cuerpo y insulto politico! &lt;/span&gt;….&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-1531605861065465436?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/1531605861065465436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-la-piroperia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/1531605861065465436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/1531605861065465436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-la-piroperia.html' title='¡NO A LA PIROPERIA!'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvnJDsCDj_I/AAAAAAAACtQ/THgXSDq74gY/s72-c/men.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-7931050406267478723</id><published>2009-11-06T13:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T11:02:11.090-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Documenting Herstory MUCOV'/><title type='text'>Day of the dead and the accident (Español Abajo)</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvSdNJFROVI/AAAAAAAACk4/h7rqEERvhOg/s1600-h/DSC_0918.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401114702225946962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 152px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 106px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvSdNJFROVI/AAAAAAAACk4/h7rqEERvhOg/s200/DSC_0918.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;"&gt;HAPPY to be alive after surviving the ACCIDENT!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#33ccff;"&gt;
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&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401799463698015874" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 110px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 155px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcL_gWdpoI/AAAAAAAACmo/Jd7IBF3MOIY/s200/ultima.JPG" border="0" /&gt;We left Cochabamba after our pleasant stay at various friend´s houses and after the completion of excellent interviews with the MUCOV PROYECT. We were prepared now to embark on our four day bus-a-thon with only overnight stops in three different locations. We were ready to continue our way eastwards towards the northern part of Bolivia headed in the roundabout way towards the Amazon. We first headed towards Santa Cruz, which took us 10 hours. We did not like it much and the next day we continued to Trinidad on another 12 hour bus ride. We spend the night on the third floor of a crusty but cheap hotel where we slept only for a few hours given the suffocating heat and the buzzing of the all nighters mosquitoes. We spend the morning walking around the main Plaza and feeling frustrated after we were stood up by a womyn we were scheduled to interview. We then went to get our tickets to continue on a westbound route towards Rurrenabaque where the Amazon Basin lies. We had not visited the Amazon before in any of the countries we have visited so we were excited to finally be able to get to see the vast green tropics, the Beni River, the exotic plants, the wildlife and the beauty of such a sacred spread of mother earth´s richness. We knew that we had to wait to visit the Amazon in Bolivia since it is cheaper than the other countries that share Amazon territory.
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It was now Saturday the 31st of October 10:30 am and we were boarding &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvXRrpKxnNI/AAAAAAAAClo/2pXNPL6z9DM/s1600-h/DSC_0951.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401453875816406226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 91px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvXRrpKxnNI/AAAAAAAAClo/2pXNPL6z9DM/s200/DSC_0951.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;the jiggery bus, with huge tires, rusty shell, and dust all over it. We were paying 120 bolivianos (roughly $15) for a 12-15 hour bus ride and we were told that the road is a dirt road, very bumpy, long, long but that we get to see nice panoramic tropical scenery. We were off at 11am and the trip begun. For most of the way we were sticky, sweaty, and resisting to calculate how many hours we still had left on the road. We had to take advantage of every stop the bus driver made (which was every 4 hours) to be able to empty our bladders. Not fun. It was interesting, however, to listen to the conversations Bolivians from different parts of the country had with each other. Some were going to the border with Brazil (20 hours bus ride) and others staying in small towns along the way. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The Crash&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
It was around 9pm and we were just two hours away from Rurrenabaque and quite tired of sitting for almost 11 hours. I was looking out the window, at the beautiful full moon, contemplating the magic that is felt in such hot land of green jungle spread all across from left to right. All of a sudden we heard the impact of a crash, the broken glass landing on every inch of metal in all corners and edges of the bus, and then there was an echo of pure silence. What just happened? Are you okay, am I alive? “An accident.”Yes”. “Yes”. Think fast…
Everything was all of a sudden quiet. Nobody knew what happened except that there was an accident and t&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svbzf74zY_I/AAAAAAAACmY/SSv1HBq8Nbk/s1600-h/DSC_1001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401772533054923762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 98px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svbzf74zY_I/AAAAAAAACmY/SSv1HBq8Nbk/s200/DSC_1001.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;hat we were part of it. The bus with almost 50 passengers was stopped on the right side of the road, people were stupefied, nobody knew &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svb_4hKFRgI/AAAAAAAACmg/Vs7kIPLNuak/s1600-h/DSC_0970.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401786149515904514" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 136px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 102px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svb_4hKFRgI/AAAAAAAACmg/Vs7kIPLNuak/s200/DSC_0970.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;what to do, what to feel, what to ask. We were sitting in the middle of the bus on the right side of the isle and I opened the window, saw that I was about seven feet off the road and jumped off. Carly followed and then a lady asked us to help her get her daughter out. I ran to the front of the bus to find out what happened. The entire front left side of the bus was destroyed, all the windows on the left side of the bus where also broken. “Someone hit us! Someone hit our bus and they left! It was a hit-an-run!” we heard people say. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
The rest seems all still too surreal to conceptualize in written language. It is where &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvbzfnGlvpI/AAAAAAAACmQ/mPeyv-Oe_Dg/s1600-h/DSC_1014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401772527475605138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 91px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 119px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvbzfnGlvpI/AAAAAAAACmQ/mPeyv-Oe_Dg/s200/DSC_1014.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;reality is way more than what you ever thought you could experience, and staying calm is the only healthy response your logic is focused on achieving.
People started to come out the bus. There were many injured passengers, blood on their faces, shoulders, hands and everyone was still wonderi&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcOE7XzM-I/AAAAAAAACmw/3XaMuCP16iQ/s1600-h/DSC_0984.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401801755873981410" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 114px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcOE7XzM-I/AAAAAAAACmw/3XaMuCP16iQ/s200/DSC_0984.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ng what the hell was going on. I went back on the bus to see if anyone needed help and to see if I could find our camera bags that we left behind when we jumped out the window. “There is a dead passenger,” I heard someone say, “Cover her face, cover her face.” I walked on the bus, looking for injured passengers while walking over millions of pieces of broken glass, noticing the hats and sandals thrown everywhere. That is when I saw the womyn who seemed to be sleeping with her head reclining on the now fractured glass-free window. The metal part of the window frame had been hit causing it to break and hit her head, killing her instantly. I asked if anyone else was dead, but luckily everyone else survived. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Outside, in the middle of the road people were calling out for help and hoping for other buses or vehicles to pass by and assist us. The nearest town was 45 minutes south (Yucumo) and the nearest city was still two hours north &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvbzfS1kudI/AAAAAAAACmI/yly0MxY9Rb0/s1600-h/DSC_1020.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401772522035526098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 104px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvbzfS1kudI/AAAAAAAACmI/yly0MxY9Rb0/s200/DSC_1020.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(Rurrenabaque). We needed an ambulance fast…
While we were helping the injured passengers we heard the truck that hit us was over a ditch on the side of the road. It was a huge truck that was about 100 feet away from us that had flipped upside down. From the side of the road you could see that someone was moving and people started to bring flashlights. Quickly the locals that had come out to help went to assist the passengers and the driver. There were two visible men stuck between the door and the metal. They couldn´t get them out without the help of machinery. Impotence before a suffering human being, stuck between the nearness of death and the confusion of pain and life. It is hard not to remember the moaning that came from that ditch and the feeling of not knowing how to get them out with just the human hand and the human will. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
In the next minutes several of the surviving passengers asked us if we had a camera. They wanted us to film the scene, the tire prints on the road, the glass, and all in all what the results of the impact caused upon us. So we did. We tried to do it as calmly as possible, with the two small flashlights that we borrowed and filmed the post-accident scene, the comments, the fear in people´s voices, and the calmness felt by others who knew how to handle the situation.
It was now midnight, Day of the Dead in most of Latin-America and we were on the back of a huge truck that delivered gasoline. There were about 25 people with backpacks, boxes, and personal belongings headed towards the hospital in Yucumo. We arrived to the local hospital that had one nurse on call and one doctor on the way. People were taking glass out their own faces, others where washing with water the backs of other passengers in the hallway while the driver of the truck that hit us was lying on the floor with his face almost split in half. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Then we got more information on the accident. It just happened that the driver who hit us was drunk. A witness had seen three men come out of a bar heavily affected by alcohol consumption get on the truck. Then they heard that there was an accident and were not surprised to find out that it was the same truck that they had seen the three drunken men get into. Our bus driver told us that he saw the truck coming in the middle of the road at high speed. He flashed his high lights at the oncoming truck to indicate that we were coming and that he needed to move to the right side of the road but there was no action taken. Our driver saw that the truck was going to hit us face on so he moved to the side of the road, almost completely flipping us over the edge to prevent the accident; but the other truck hit the left side of our bus completely, starting with the driver´s window and breaking every window till the end of the bus. Afterwards the impact must have caused the other driver to lose control and they veered off into the ditch. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
At 7am another bus came to pick-us up at the hospital to continue on the route and original travel destination to the various cities all the way to the Brazilian border. We were still in shock; we had glass even in our bras, small cuts in our feet, baggy eyes, and felt worried about the situation of the other passengers. What is the family going to say when they find out that the lady died? What is going to happen to the men that has glass in his eye and can´t see? What about the drunk driver that died on the hospital´s hallway floor in front of all the survivors? Why does it feel like this is not real even though we know it is? &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvX64ei9S5I/AAAAAAAACmA/ZSOkmlmrsT0/s1600-h/Rurrenabaque.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401499176280083346" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 111px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 141px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvX64ei9S5I/AAAAAAAACmA/ZSOkmlmrsT0/s200/Rurrenabaque.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
We got on the bus, not knowing what to say to each other except that we were glad we were okay. That we were glad we could help. That it was a symbolic welcoming to the Day of the Dead. We were also happy that most people had stayed calm and everyone was thanking each other for the help they received.
We got to Rurrenabaque around 10 am and found shelter in a nice isolated hostal, showered, and slept all afternoon. We lit a candle that night for the womyn that we hope died truly in her sleep, pain free, and for all the dead that come and visit their loved ones on this day. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
A&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvXRrH2E5uI/AAAAAAAAClg/LTk9wusSxww/s1600-h/DSC_0943.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401453866871219938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 121px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvXRrH2E5uI/AAAAAAAAClg/LTk9wusSxww/s200/DSC_0943.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;s we travel, we know that we always think about how we are living our life and we know that there are no guarantees, we are not eternal and so we only remind you that enjoying life should not be a luxury, it is an imperative necessity.
We will let the Bolivian Jungle remind us that we are still here and that there is still much to live and see because we are alive… &lt;/div&gt;


&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;P.S.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Malinche Comments&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;Drinking is fine. Driving is fine. But 1 plus 1 equals stupidity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcSAa6rNlI/AAAAAAAACm4/8aI_XReSyqg/s1600-h/Malinche.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401806076488922706" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 68px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcSAa6rNlI/AAAAAAAACm4/8aI_XReSyqg/s200/Malinche.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffffff;"&gt; squared. It doesn´t take a mathematician to figure this out, just common sense.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvX0rVeYtRI/AAAAAAAAClw/EuNxHxjxULg/s1600-h/Carly.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401492353436923154" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 50px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 75px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvX0rVeYtRI/AAAAAAAAClw/EuNxHxjxULg/s200/Carly.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff66;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdQH4fu52I/AAAAAAAACsU/b4JyaRfoUKc/s1600-h/done.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401874374408988514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdQH4fu52I/AAAAAAAACsU/b4JyaRfoUKc/s200/done.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;¡&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff33;"&gt;Sobrevivimos muchas cosas, y esta vez fue un accidente!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
Salimos de Cochabamba después de una necesaria y tranquila estadía con buenos amigos y inolvidables compañeras. De allí empezamos lo que serian cuatro días de viaje con tan solo paradas temporales nocturnas en distintos lugares. Queríamos continuar con nuestro viaje hacia la Amazonia Boliviana pero decidimos irnos por la vía mas larga para poder conocer más de esta gran diversidad boliviana que ha deslumbrado nuestro conocimiento cultural del país. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Llegamos a la ciudad de Santa Cruz que fue la sede de mucha tensión política este año por varias razones, entre ellas, la propuesta de que se independice esta cuidad. Santa &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdW75Gqq9I/AAAAAAAACs0/uOLprQAc9AQ/s1600-h/trinidad+carly.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401881864995253202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 145px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 99px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdW75Gqq9I/AAAAAAAACs0/uOLprQAc9AQ/s200/trinidad+carly.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Cruz fue descrita por varias personas como una ciudad muy desarrollada, con mucha inversión, mucha potencia, pero en donde las personas se sienten diferentes a &lt;strong&gt;la&lt;/strong&gt; o &lt;strong&gt;el&lt;/strong&gt; bolivian@ en general. Pasamos un día y una noche en esta ciudad tratando de mirar sus peculiaridades y de conocer su aparente cotidianidad en un intento de saturarnos en tan solo18 horas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Por &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdNddcB5MI/AAAAAAAACr8/4STUPd3Mohw/s1600-h/dpme+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401871446567937218" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 165px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdNddcB5MI/AAAAAAAACr8/4STUPd3Mohw/s200/dpme+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;la noche salimos hacia Trinidad en un bus por diez horas. Llegamos al sofocante calor, a los insaciables mosquitos que chupan y chupan sangre dejándote con una sed de más y más jugo de pomelo que venden en las esquinas. Después de rebuscar y requetebuscar hospedaje barato y no encontrar decidimos quedarnos en el menos costoso. &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdUW1wibDI/AAAAAAAACsc/uKLwBkK8lI8/s1600-h/done+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401879029418716210" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 156px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 85px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdUW1wibDI/AAAAAAAACsc/uKLwBkK8lI8/s200/done+1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Esto resulto en lo siguiente: Un cuarto en el tercer piso con camas de alambre, sancudos con genes de vampiros, baños con lama verde en la ducha, y dos chicas desesperadas por salir. Entonces pasamos todo el tiempo en la plaza principal alimentando mosquitos y tratando de no agitar el cuerpo para no causar más calor en nuestra piel. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Camino a Rurrenabaque&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
Ya queríamos salir de Trinidad para pronto conocer la Amazonia y para eso teníamos que llegar a &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdAzMZlMKI/AAAAAAAACrU/xkrS3CVbGAg/s1600-h/ultima.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401857526300225698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 113px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdAzMZlMKI/AAAAAAAACrU/xkrS3CVbGAg/s200/ultima.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Rurrenabaque. A las 10:30 del sábado estábamos en la terminal de Trinidad listas para continuar en este largo viaje a la selva. “Son 12 horas de viaje,” nos dijeron “y también 120 bolivianos cada una”. "¡Chuta, que caro!," dijo Malinche, y ¿que clase de bus es? En eso llega el bus con llantas inmensas, polvo por donde tú lo vieras, metal rustico y dañando cubriendo su cascaron. "Ahh" dijimos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Las primeras horas se pasaron mientras disfrutábamos del paisaje impresionante de distintos verdes, de palmeras, de lagunas, de champas. Por lo menos cuando el bus estaba corriendo, nos llegaba una brisa y nos refrescaba el sudor pegajosamente polvoreado por la carretera. El bus paraba a cada 3 horas y media y era el momento de aprovechar para descargar los líquidos del cuerpo aunque creemos que después de tanto viaje, tenemos ahora una capacidad como de 10mm más que antes... &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Durante el trayecto escuchábamos las conversaciones de las y los distintos pasajeros: muchos iban hasta la frontera con Brasil en un viaje de casi 24 horas, otros a visitar familia, otros por el comercio y así continuaban charlas, risas, suspiros, y quejas del calor... &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdYscknZdI/AAAAAAAACs8/lJpxvaj6uG4/s1600-h/sunset.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401883798661457362" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdYscknZdI/AAAAAAAACs8/lJpxvaj6uG4/s200/sunset.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
Ya eran las 21:00 horas cuando se divisaba la luna llena brillando en la víspera del Día de los Muertos. Habíamos viajado ya 10 horas y nos faltaban dos para llegar a Rurrenabaque. Estábamos disfrutando de su luz cuando de repente se escucho un impacto, el ruido único creado por el metal contra el metal, vidrio explotando, y el zumbido que deja la velocidad cuando es interrumpida abruptamente. La flota se detuvo a un lado de la carretera y supimos que por lo menos estábamos vivas. Un gran silencio se desplego por toda la flota, nadie decía nada, nadie sabía que había pasado, todo quedo como en pausa. En eso, nos preguntamos "¿Estas bien?" “Si”. “Bien”. Y en eso Mayra abre la ventana de su lado y salta, Caro y Malinche la siguen. Salimos todas a mirar que había sucedido y miramos que el bus estaba chocado desde la ventana panorámica del conductor hasta la última ventana de lado izquierdo del bus. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
"¡Nos han chocado y se han fugado!" ¡Nos han chocado!," decían unas personas. En minutos ya habían salido muchos pasajeros y pasajeras, entre ellos muchos heridos. Una mujer sangraba sin cesar de su cabeza, otro se sacaba vidrio de su ojo y otros preguntaban por sus compañeras y compañeros de viaje. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Habíamos dejado nuestros bolsos con nuestras cámaras dentro del bus y entonces &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdUXGXOKGI/AAAAAAAACsk/22l_pEdRs44/s1600-h/done+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401879033875933282" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 105px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdUXGXOKGI/AAAAAAAACsk/22l_pEdRs44/s200/done+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mayra decidió volver a entrar. En eso escucho que alguien había muerto. Pasaba lentamente por el corredor del bus, pisando millones de pedazos de vidrio cristalizado, de charcos de sangre, de metal sin forma, de botellas de agua, de chanclas aventadas por debajo de asientos hasta que llego sobre el asiento en donde estaba una mujer aparentemente dormida. Tenía todo el fierro del marco de la ventana atravesado sobre su frente. Parecía que estaba durmiendo si no fuera por el rojo tinto que nos decía que ya no abriría los ojos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Afuera todo estaba entre el shock que busca de tranquilidad y la lógica que luchaba por definir cada acción. Entre todas y todos ayudábamos a los más heridos y lavábamos brazos y heridas. &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdKTXg533I/AAAAAAAACr0/4FP4RKG_gF0/s1600-h/DSC_0970.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401867974644195186" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 153px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 85px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdKTXg533I/AAAAAAAACr0/4FP4RKG_gF0/s200/DSC_0970.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;En eso escuchamos que la volqueta que nos había chocado estaba volteada sobre la carretera en un hueco más a delante en la carretera. Unas personas nos pidieron que tomáramos fotos y grabáramos todas las huellas del accidente y sin pensarlo dos veces pedimos linternas y seguimos con un pequeño grupo a investigar que había sucedido. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
El conductor de nuestra flota nos explico lo siguiente: "Yo venía en mi lado&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdKTJKKnXI/AAAAAAAACrs/8orr7VtUuj0/s1600-h/DSC_0984.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401867970790727026" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 87px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdKTJKKnXI/AAAAAAAACrs/8orr7VtUuj0/s200/DSC_0984.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; de la carretera y miraba que venía el vehículo en medio de la vía. Le puse mis luces altas para que se hiciera a un lado pero no hizo nada. Entonces, yo mire que venía directito a mí y me hice a un lado, me orille y casi nos salimos de la carretera pero la volqueta me alcanzo a dar por todo mi lado y todo el lado izquierdo de la flota". &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;A unos 20 metros miramos que en la parte derecha de la carretera estaba la volqueta completamente destruida de la parte delantal. T&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdNd88nIxI/AAAAAAAACsE/kKbHdzBU2vU/s1600-h/done+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401871455026094866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 183px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 106px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdNd88nIxI/AAAAAAAACsE/kKbHdzBU2vU/s200/done+5.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ambién se miraba una persona moviéndose. Nos acercamos y era un hombre que se quejaba pero no podía salir de entre el metal que le tenía la pierna aplastada. Por abajo de los escombros se miraba otro cuerpo. La gente local intento ayudar pero no podían sacarlos sin la ayuda de herramientas grandes para cortar metal. Fue un momento en que se sentía acumular un sentido de impotencia humana frente al sufrimiento y situación frente a tus ojos. Después escuchamos a varios testigos decir que habían visto a tres hombres bien embriagados salir de una disco y subir a una volqueta. Al poco rato escucharon el accidente y no se sorprendieron al ver que era la misma volqueta en la cual se habían subido los hombres borrachos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
A todo momento había gente parada en la carretera esperando que pasara un carro para pedir ayuda, una ambulancia, o alguien que pudiera rescatar a los heridos. Pasaron lo que se sintió como horas y entre buscar a personas, tomar fotos, hablar con los sobrevivientes, todo lo demás continuaba y el tiempo pasaba. Unas personas se fueron con voluntarios que les llevaron al hospital en Yucumo y otros se fueron a Rurrenabaque para hospedarse y descansar un poco. Nosotras nos quedamos con las personas que no podían moverse porque no tenían a donde ir y otras que decidieron quedarse con el grupo para cuidarnos y apoyarnos. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Al fin el conductor de otra volqueta que paro frente a nosotros nos ofreció llevarnos &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdW7vDBNfI/AAAAAAAACss/zps5eEz0kts/s1600-h/done+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401881862295598578" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 99px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdW7vDBNfI/AAAAAAAACss/zps5eEz0kts/s200/done+4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;al hospital y nos subimos unas 25 personas con bolsos, cajas, trapos de sangre, y polvo por todas partes. Mujeres, hombres, niñas y niños estábamos montados en una troca que transportaba gasolina, mientras esporádicamente se decían comentarios de reflexión y sorpresa sobre lo sucedido. Llegamos al hospital en donde solo había una enfermera en turno quien esperaba al doctor que estaba en camino. Ya habían llegado otras personas heridas, entre ellas el conductor de la volqueta que estaba tirado en el pasillo vomitando sangre y con la cara partida casi por la mitad.
Nosotras nos sacudíamos el cabello, los brazos y el cuerpo en un intento fallido de quitarnos todo el vidrio que nos cayó por encima. Así pasaron las horas mientras sentíamos la vida por todo el dolor corporal y cansancio emocional que había surgido. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
A eso de las 7am llego la flota por nosotros. Con estómagos llenos de nervios y con el sueño al margen de la inexistencia, nuestras ojeras hablaban por sí mismas. El cuerpo estaba vivo, la mente entumida, y la realidad aun no se conceptualizaba. No podíamos dejar de pensar en la familia de la mujer que había fallecido, ¿Cómo lo van a asumir? ¿Cómo alguien supera semejante sorpresa? ¿Qué va a pasar con el señor que no podía ver por el vidrio que le entro a los ojos? ¿Y los demás muertos en la volqueta? ¿Qué habrá pensado el conductor al morirse en frente de todos los que sobrevivieron el accidente que el causo? &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Sin poder decirnos mucho una a la otra sabíamos que estábamos felices de &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdAzRSDuaI/AAAAAAAACrc/UOBN79kQBxo/s1600-h/Rurrenabaque.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401857527610849698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 127px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 182px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdAzRSDuaI/AAAAAAAACrc/UOBN79kQBxo/s200/Rurrenabaque.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;estar bien y pensamos en lo simbólico que fue esta bienvenida al Día de los Muertos. Llegamos a Rurrenabaque a eso de las 10 am y encontramos un hospedaje un poco aislado, tranquilo en donde dormimos toda la tarde. Esa noche improvisamos un pequeño altar con una velita para la mujer que falleció en nuestra flota, por las muertas y muertos que vienen a visitar a los seres que aun viven, y por la vida.
Siendo viajeras siempre reflexionamos sobre nuestros pasos, nuestra vida y las decisiones que tomamos para preparar nuestro mañana. Sabemos que nuestros cuerpos no representan eternidad. En sí, esta experiencia nos recordó que vivir haciendo y disfrutando de lo que quieres no debería de ser un lujo sino una obligación propia. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
Dejaremos que la selva boliviana nos muestre su belleza y nos regale un poco de la sabiduría que guarda entre sus raíces, humedad, fauna y flora. &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdQHvi5xNI/AAAAAAAACsM/M2QS5a-9fpg/s1600-h/Carly.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401874372006364370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 76px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 103px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdQHvi5xNI/AAAAAAAACsM/M2QS5a-9fpg/s200/Carly.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Pd.Malinche Comenta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; Conducir está bien. Tomar trago también. Pero &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff33;"&gt;Uno + Uno&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; = es una &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;estupidez exponencial&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. No es necesario ser una Einsteina para saber esta fórmula, simplemente usa tu sentido común. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-4977619177654975534?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/4977619177654975534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/11/el-dia-de-ls-muerts-y-el-accidente.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/4977619177654975534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/4977619177654975534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/11/el-dia-de-ls-muerts-y-el-accidente.html' title='Dia de l@s Muert@s y el Accidente'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvdQH4fu52I/AAAAAAAACsU/b4JyaRfoUKc/s72-c/done.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-4410468562067958220</id><published>2009-10-27T09:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T13:32:38.182-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MUCOV Documenting Herstory'/><title type='text'>And we arrived to Cochabamba!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcZynwadDI/AAAAAAAACnU/1ZsK7P-z6pM/s1600-h/DSC_0342.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401814635510395954" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 174px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 111px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcZynwadDI/AAAAAAAACnU/1ZsK7P-z6pM/s200/DSC_0342.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Cochabamba: MUCOV´S Moments in the Sun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; 
Once we got off the short 8 hour bus ride we immediately noticed the difference between La Paz and Cochabamba. The air was clearer and warmer; the hustle and bustle of c&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svcpe5M_TyI/AAAAAAAACqM/JujbsvR1K6g/s1600-h/DSC_0597.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401831888782315298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 153px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 108px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svcpe5M_TyI/AAAAAAAACqM/JujbsvR1K6g/s200/DSC_0597.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ars and buses seemed less congested, as if the city had a time of its own in which it moved at a more &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcmSpRR76I/AAAAAAAACp8/1c4P_7hxJb8/s1600-h/DSC_0523.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;leisurely pace. We were happy at the chance to take our long worn out shoes off and put on our summer sandals, the sun felt great and we felt as if the city welcomed us with its slowly opening arms. The first things we did (as usual) was to check out the local central market of San Antonio. We found it as colorful, loud and full of our favorite snacks as all of the other central markets and the heat allowed us the sweet pleasure of a juicy watermelon and fresh cold grapefruit juice.

&lt;div align="justify"&gt;As it happens with so many of our MUCOV experiences, &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svc3s13ihLI/AAAAAAAACrM/pg6XrtwD_Kc/s1600-h/mercado.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401847521567999154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 157px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 91px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svc3s13ihLI/AAAAAAAACrM/pg6XrtwD_Kc/s200/mercado.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;the reason for which we arrived into Cochabamba was also a combination of randomness and destiny: In La Paz we were invited to participate in a Community Feminism Workshop, in which we met some womyn working in NGO´s that support and work for/with womyn in various indigenous communities in Bolivia. One of these womyn was Sara Paez, who in her interest and enthusiasm for our work and our travel invited us to visit her in the city of Cochabamba. In addition, we were reminded that our young film maker friend Ariel, whom we met back in San Francisco, was originally from Cochabamba. He immediately wrote to us that we were welcome to stay in his house and passed on to us his brother Pavel´s information. So with two lovely invitations pending, we decided to keep exploring Bolivia. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcpfHk5VnI/AAAAAAAACqU/sZ2e3g4sCbg/s1600-h/DSC_0675.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401831892640683634" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 138px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 98px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcpfHk5VnI/AAAAAAAACqU/sZ2e3g4sCbg/s200/DSC_0675.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The time we passed at Pavel´s house can only be described as the most restful and peaceful one we had in our trip so far. Pavel and his loyal pets, Chocolate, the sweetest most communicative and affectionate dog in all of Cocha, and Lea, a little white trouble maker kitty cat, welcomed us into their home. With Pavel and his girlfriend Vivi we had long and thoughtful conversations about life, family and politics, city tours and movie nights. It was exactly the kind of rest our bodies and minds needed at that time in our trip. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;The ALBA Summit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
Another reason that motivated us to visit Cochabamba and caught our attention was an important event in South America´&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SucdEq0L-nI/AAAAAAAACkM/aVR8xWnm1tU/s1600-h/CSC_0323.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397314644476689010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 159px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 121px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SucdEq0L-nI/AAAAAAAACkM/aVR8xWnm1tU/s200/CSC_0323.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;s political venue. We were to be in Cochabamba at the same time in which the 7th ALBA Summit was to take place. The Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas was created in December of 2004 under the initiative of Venezuela and Cuba in order to counter the North American (U.S- led) Free Trade Agreements (NAFTA) and to strengthen the alliance amongst the different countries of Latin America. On its seventh gathering, the representatives and leaders of social movements from 40 different countries were to discuss various issues of common interest; the summit´s main purpose this year was to &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397314641959892018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 156px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SucdEhcItDI/AAAAAAAACkU/nRYWRQN3Awk/s200/CSC_0326.JPG" border="0" /&gt;approve the creation of a single system of regional monetary currency called SUCRE, an idea that was proposed by Venezuela´s president Hugo Chavez in 2008 in an attempt to reduce the dependence of world economy on the U.S dollar and create an alternative trade exchange. Other topics in the agenda included procedures and regulations to protect Mother Earth, plans of action to reject and denounce the De-facto government of Honduras, the danger and responses to the expansion of U.S military bases in the Americas, and the creation of an alternative international court for monetary disputes to the one created by the World Bank. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
When we made our way to the stadium in which the last day of the &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SucdExRikRI/AAAAAAAACkc/KpO0tqVQ2Lg/s1600-h/CSC_0336.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397314646210416914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 151px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 104px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SucdExRikRI/AAAAAAAACkc/KpO0tqVQ2Lg/s200/CSC_0336.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;summit was to take place, we were excited for the opportunity to capture this significant event with our dear cameras. But what we did not know was that a number of surprises were just waiting for us around the corner: our dissatisfaction with the spot we found to film in which the stage was barely discerned, surrounded by the waiting crowds of peasants, students, mine workers, union-organizers, and city folks drove us to try and make our way into the center of the event. Because of our lack of credentials and despite our best efforts, we could not get through since the center spot was reserved for delegations of various social movement and VIP Press. But because MUCOV is stubborn and persistent, we went for Plan B. We asked a man walking in our direction with what seemed like credentials if he would be kind enough to help us get through security. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
The man said that we would give it a try; as we were walking to the gate, a side gate opened and a man with a white doctor´s coat appeared next to a silent ambulance. ¨Oh you are here to film? You are press than? ¨Come in! ¨he said! He led us through the entrance into the grassy lawn in which hundreds of colorfully dressed man and womyn were standing in a huge square holding the Bolivian flag. The next thing we knew, he lead us close to the main entrance in which guards wearing various uniforms stood, and in which the music could be heard at higher decibels. The other man that lead us in, who we later found out was also a doctor, left and our guide said: ¨So I would really like you to make a video for us to represent the hospital, I want you to film all of the representatives coming through this gate and then the crowds cheering and our ambulance too.¨ We were awe struck! from one moment to the next, we were standing in the middle of the stadium, with dozens of other people from the press holding big and impressive looking cameras and with anticipation written in their eyes. ¨How did we get here¨? We asked each other with incredulous smiles. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
But there was no time to talk because soon, a wave of excitement could be felt through the crowds: the presidents were about to come through the gate and go on the stage! And MUCOV was right there; ready to witness it all. The music went up a few notches and the crowd cheered! As Evo Morales, the current Bolivian president walked through, Daniel Ortega, the Cuban Vice-President ,and representatives of Ecuador, Honduras, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua and Barbuda and at the end Venezuela´s president Hugo Chavez. MUCOV got front row spots and recorded the president´s and head of countries powerful speeches, their gestures, words and overall presence, the colorful crowd, numbered in the thousands cheering and the different organizations and their leaders. The best part was to see the crowd, the live music from various countries playing in the background, and the flags of different Latin-American nations waving with pride and hope. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;And here are some of the wonderful womyn MUCOV has met in Cochabamba:&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ana:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; A petite young womyn with a protruding belly (she is in the nine &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SucdFcEuxdI/AAAAAAAACks/9wFHahMyv0w/s1600-h/DSC00774.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397314657699415506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 89px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SucdFcEuxdI/AAAAAAAACks/9wFHahMyv0w/s200/DSC00774.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;month of her second pregnancy) a wide smile, a contagious laughter and a range of theatrical gestures and facial expressions that immediately puts one in a cheerful mood. Ana shared with us Herstory as if she was acting up in a play. In fact, that is quite normal for her, since she has been working in a street theater for the last few years and is currently giving drama and acting lessons for children. Ana was born in Colombia but immigrated to Bolivia at a young age with her parents, a nomad&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svcq8nKshGI/AAAAAAAACqc/ZNCCwNjlSpI/s1600-h/anas+belly.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401833498848560226" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 66px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svcq8nKshGI/AAAAAAAACqc/ZNCCwNjlSpI/s200/anas+belly.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;ic doctor and a build-anything-possible kinda engineer. She recalled the years she spent in the countryside with indigenous communities and how she learned to speak Quechua (which she even spoke in her sleep!) and to appreciate mother earth and its animals, which she loved and took care of often. She told us of the depression she suffered through her adolescence, of the sexual harassment her music teacher put her through and her difficulty in making close friends she could trust. To the shock of her family, she accidentally got pregnant at the age of 19 but gave birth to a beautiful little girl who she says is the love of her life. Under pressure from her family, she married the father of her child but then realized that it was she who had the strength to really take care of her daughter and support herself and decided to get divorced. And now, she is pregnant again, with a whole different story to this pregnancy… &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Feminist Assembly: Karina, Leny and Rose:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; We met a wonderful group of womyn that are part of the National Feminist Assembly. They shared with us what feminism was for each one of them, how they becam&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svcq83M2TJI/AAAAAAAACqk/2oWdb-2ZU68/s1600-h/Asamblea+F.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401833503152557202" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 151px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 77px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svcq83M2TJI/AAAAAAAACqk/2oWdb-2ZU68/s200/Asamblea+F.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;e part of the assembly, the challenges, the stigma, and about the goals they have for the future. From being dubbed as anti-male lesbians, to radical and liberal womyn, they have continued to show in action what political life choices they take on and what are the convictions that determine the path they are creating. They support the organizational strategy to organize under what is known as&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcxlgOBh-I/AAAAAAAACqs/jLqjsbTh144/s1600-h/karina.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401840798427875298" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 137px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 84px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcxlgOBh-I/AAAAAAAACqs/jLqjsbTh144/s200/karina.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Community Feminism, which is a movement that has Julieta Paredes at the forefront. Their vision feminism is rooted in community organization, in which womyn and men respect the different experiences they have and work together in a way that does not support, but instead, opposes the patriarchical system that is inherent in society. These feminist spoke about the particular cultural markers within the Bolivian culture that they confront daily and explained that their feminism is particular to their experience and their reality. It was an enriching conversation and it was immediately noticeable that critical thought and direct action go hand in hand with the way of life these feminist are creating. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sonia&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: Once a dentist by profession, Sonia, a pleasant womyn with a clear and strong voice, found her real purpose in supporting the rights and lives of womyn in Cochab&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcXWrxhadI/AAAAAAAACnM/eQcPfgdc6U8/s1600-h/DSC00995.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401811956529195474" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 177px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcXWrxhadI/AAAAAAAACnM/eQcPfgdc6U8/s200/DSC00995.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;amba, Bolivia. Sonia is the head of a pro-life organization that offers social and psychological assistance to womyn who have been through the experience of an abortion or who want information and support relating to the subject. She told us that her desire and conviction to help these womyn comes from her catholic background which also provides her with a deep spiritual understanding of what these womyn go through and what is needed to guide them. She shared with us that she believes that the common denominator connecting womyn worldwide is the lack of self esteem, but that all womyn are capable of making the decisions that are right for them and their families. We thank Sonia for doing what she believes is her calling and for supporting the womyn of Bolivia. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Susana&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: is a petite Quechua womyn wearing a wide smile and her traditional Quechua skirt and shawl, who&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svc3spu186I/AAAAAAAACrE/tvAiev0EN5I/s1600-h/Susana.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401847518310298530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svc3spu186I/AAAAAAAACrE/tvAiev0EN5I/s200/Susana.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;se words and ideas awaken in one a deep respect. She shared with us of her passionate and long fight for the rights of her people, the indigenous Aymara and Quechua of Bolivia. Susana is a social communications activist and has worked in various radio stations and utilized her voice to promote the rights the indigenous people of Bolivia have to their land. She is a strong supporter of current Bolivia president Evo Morales and believes that he has brought about many positive changes for her people and her country. Because of her commitment to her work and her diplomacy skills, she was c&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcXWkAuZpI/AAAAAAAACnE/5LDFwTordXc/s1600-h/DSC00891.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401811954445477522" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 65px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcXWkAuZpI/AAAAAAAACnE/5LDFwTordXc/s200/DSC00891.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;hosen by her community to be a political representative in the regional assembly of Cochabamba. She says that she knows she has lived discrimination in her own skin, racism in her own face and that she has learned to understand how to demand her rights and the respect that she deserves with dignity. She knows that she has gotten far in her activism but believes that the road is long and that there are still many more things to accomplish, for all of us. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sara:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Sara has welcomed us into her home on our last few days in Cochabamba with such &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svc2A2qkllI/AAAAAAAACq8/C264owc6IMc/s1600-h/sara.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401845666356172370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 172px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 112px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svc2A2qkllI/AAAAAAAACq8/C264owc6IMc/s200/sara.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;openness and affection we felt right at home in her spacious house and with her dog Jack, the most hyperactive animal alive. Besides being a gracious hostess, Sara is a dedicated and committed manager at the NGO where she works to support womyn in various indigenous communities around Cochabamba. She takes her job seriously but has an easy going and upbeat attitude towards life and what it has to offer her. She shared with us of her past as a traveler through Europe and of adventures that to this day she does not regret experiencing, and of her dreams of saving money and continuing on her travels throughout the world. Sara has given us the perfect goodbye present: a good wine with good friends and wonderful conversations. Thank you Sara, for your loving words, and Blessings! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Thank you Cochabamba for your peace, tranquility and Herstories!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;P.S. Obama´s Nobel Peace Prize:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Malinche is really confused by this global recognition granted to Obama after such a short time in office. “What came first the chicken or the egg?” she asks. “Being granted a N.P.P is supposed to be exceptional, demonstrating the impo&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svc0bVrFjMI/AAAAAAAACq0/Aj5ccQjHUs0/s1600-h/pinchemalinche.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401843922333174978" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 161px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 108px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/Svc0bVrFjMI/AAAAAAAACq0/Aj5ccQjHUs0/s200/pinchemalinche.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;rtant actions and accomplishments taken by individuals in situations of all contexts that remarkably stand out. By default, Obama has the task of doing some deep house cleaning after the Bush torpedo affected nations world-wide, which is not easy, but it is also not exceptional, it´s simply called responsibility. Anyone in office post-bush had to change the situation of economic crisis, end the wars abroad, stop the violation of civil liberties, and clean up everything that translates as foreign policies in "efforts to maintain our national security". But, Obama got the prize and we still have not seen big results, yet it is also quite early--let´s be rational here. In any case, he made many promises during his campaign, and it is up to everyone to remind him of the &lt;em&gt;Change&lt;/em&gt; he promoted! There are so many individuals that have literally achieved big changes, great actions humbly made possible thanks to their convictions of justice and freedom that do not necesarily have official titles to their names. But now that Obama has already won it, he must be reminded that now he has to earn it…The world works in a backwards mode too often”, continues Malinche with a sardonic tone to her voice. But that was just a momentary lapse, as she all of a sudden exclaimed, “If an egg can´t lay a chicken, how can a Nobel Peace Prize lay a President…or vice-versa…ohh these philosophical questions get too scrambled with my politics!&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SucdEhcItDI/AAAAAAAACkU/nRYWRQN3Awk/s1600-h/CSC_0326.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-4410468562067958220?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/4410468562067958220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/10/and-we-arrived-to-cochabamba.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/4410468562067958220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/4410468562067958220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/10/and-we-arrived-to-cochabamba.html' title='And we arrived to Cochabamba!!!'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SvcZynwadDI/AAAAAAAACnU/1ZsK7P-z6pM/s72-c/DSC_0342.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-1846761840225619764</id><published>2009-10-05T13:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T21:44:45.215-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Documenting Herstory MUCOV'/><title type='text'>UNDIES, WIND and SISTERHOOD (Version en Español Abajo)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;

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&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;During the last four months of traveling MUCOV had not had this sort of welc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;oming. What we are about to tell you is based on real events:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;It was 7:00 pm and we h&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ad just returned from a very long walk throug&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;h the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Island&lt;/st1:place&gt; of the Sun; our sto&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;machs were empty and we were looking for a moderately che&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ap and comfortable hostel, one with a common kitchen we could&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZzrrElN3I/AAAAAAAACcE/GATPUqTBOSQ/s1600-h/DSC_0154.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392624797956257650" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 113px; height: 169px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZzrrElN3I/AAAAAAAACcE/GATPUqTBOSQ/s200/DSC_0154.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; utilize. After a search of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; abo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ut &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;6 overly pricey hostels in the center of Copacaba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;na (the first city we entered in &lt;st1:country-region st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Bolivia&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;) we walked thro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ugh the central plaza passing thr&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ough the ladies who encircle the cathedral sellin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;g candles. We arrived at the doorstep of ¨Hostel Florencia¨ as a last resort and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;hope of finding a go&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;od place to rest our bodies and minds in. The mo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ment we walked into the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;hostel, we were greeted by Mery’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;(the owner) wide smile, her dog Cachito a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;nd two other &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;wom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;yn: Vanessa and Maria.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;We &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;immediately went to un&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;lo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ad our bags on the third f&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ1IbxvGcI/AAAAAAAACcs/3P8q-MbNK7E/s1600-h/DSC_0499.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392626391578515906" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 175px; height: 117px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ1IbxvGcI/AAAAAAAACcs/3P8q-MbNK7E/s200/DSC_0499.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;loor (that had a beautiful view to the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Titicaca&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Lake&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; and the nearby cathedral) and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; went back down to the second floor kitchen to cook. From the kitchen we could hear the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZvfOpxegI/AAAAAAAACa0/XW7cfNlkK8A/s1600-h/blog+copa+%283%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392620186122680834" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 114px; height: 171px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZvfOpxegI/AAAAAAAACa0/XW7cfNlkK8A/s200/blog+copa+%283%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;laughter of a number of womyn and the steady beat of salsa and cumbia playing in the background. Behind gig&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;gles and drumbeats we could hear the womyn asking Omar, a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; Cuban friend of theirs about dance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; steps a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;d rhythms they could learn. While we were &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;hungrily waiting for our p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;asta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; to boil, Vanesa, who lives at the ho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;stel and assists Mery in its daily func&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;tions, came in and asked: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;¨Would y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ou two like to practice with us tonight? We are rehearsing the Colombian folkloric dance ¨&lt;st1:personname productid="La Pollera Colorada" st="on"&gt;La Po&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Pollera Colorada" st="on"&gt;llera Colorada&lt;/st1:personname&gt;¨ (the Red traditional &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Skirt) a&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;nd we are going to perform it tomorrow.¨ &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;¨Sure…it would be fun to see them rehearse and maybe learn a few moves, ¨ we thought. Aro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;und 9:00 pm, we found ourselves in Mery’s living room with Daysi, Maria, Nata, Vanesa and Omar and we started rehearsing with them. Two hours late&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;r, after much laughter, silliness and uncoordinated dance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZztSFQNFI/AAAAAAAACcU/SOpiDs6FAJs/s1600-h/DSC_0313.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392624825607926866" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZztSFQNFI/AAAAAAAACcU/SOpiDs6FAJs/s200/DSC_0313.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; steps, we decided that it was time call it a night. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;¨I can’t do it anymore, ¨ said Mery with a long sigh. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The womyn had not finished learning all the ne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;ces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;sary s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;teps, nor &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;had they figured out ho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;w to fill the 45 non-choreographed seconds remaining until the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; end of the song; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;but everyone felt proud of their graceful hips and dance moves, with the confidence that on the following day they would dance in public i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;n the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;most coordinated and beautiful way imagined.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;The surprise came almost at m&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;idnight, when Mery (who besides being the hostel owner also ha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;d a contagious joy to her) asked Mayra: ¨And why don’t you dance with us tomorrow? You have already rehearsed with us and we need one more dancer! Here, we even have an extra shirt and skirt for you! ¨ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;¨T&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZzsroCSLI/AAAAAAAACcM/6Dn9hEuyKDk/s1600-h/DSC_0182.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392624815284832434" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 163px; height: 109px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZzsroCSLI/AAAAAAAACcM/6Dn9hEuyKDk/s200/DSC_0182.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;he thing is that we are leaving to &lt;st1:personname productid="La Paz" st="on"&gt;La PAZ&lt;/st1:personname&gt; tomorrow and I don’t think I will have the tim&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;e to do it, ¨ said Mayra with a surprised tone to her voice.&lt;span style=""&gt;                                        &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;¨Stay another day, we will have so &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;much fu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;n! Please girls! ¨ An&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;d with these words, we acc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;epted her offer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sunday of wind and underwear&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The presentatio&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZzq_GgxDI/AAAAAAAACb0/t1oOXLjyohM/s1600-h/CSC_0435.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392624786153194546" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 173px; height: 130px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZzq_GgxDI/AAAAAAAACb0/t1oOXLjyohM/s200/CSC_0435.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;n was planned for 3 o’clock, yet at 2:39 they were still not ready. Some had only their skirts on and others were trying to place the decorative rose in their head while shouting: ¨I need a hair pin! ¨ The rest were not even there yet. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;¨It doesn’t matter, ¨ they said, ¨The presentation has to wait for us because we are the main act! ¨ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Mayra could not believe that there were only 30 minutes left for the show to start, that they were not ready and that the best/worst part was that they haven’t even agreed on what the last steps should be! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;At 3:45 PM.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZveThWosI/AAAAAAAACas/m1Jm9R1vux0/s1600-h/blog+copa+%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392620170249675458" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZveThWosI/AAAAAAAACas/m1Jm9R1vux0/s200/blog+copa+%282%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In the end, everyone had their flowers in their hair and their smiles that helped neutralize any nervousness or stage fright they could feel, and together we all left to the Copacabana Marine Base where the performance was to take place. Upon arrival, we were told that the other dance performances had already taken place and that it was too late for them to dance! ¨What! But we are the final performance, the best number; we will be ready in five minutes, prepare the music and please tell us where the stage is! ¨ They all exclaimed with pride and determination that the show must go on.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;At 3:55 PM&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;As the Colombian music starts, the womyn come out with their long red skirts, flo&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ1HX78U3I/AAAAAAAACcc/mrL_sAtTkdU/s1600-h/DSC_0354.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392626373367714674" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ1HX78U3I/AAAAAAAACcc/mrL_sAtTkdU/s200/DSC_0354.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;wers in their hair and their smiles the size of Lake Titicaca…The first minute everything is in order: the womyn, their hands holding the edges of their skirts, their hips swaying to the rhythm of the drums, and they are all moving in an&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZvdhZW-_I/AAAAAAAACak/wgT23U1J5pQ/s1600-h/blog+copa+%281%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392620156794371058" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZvdhZW-_I/AAAAAAAACak/wgT23U1J5pQ/s200/blog+copa+%281%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; almost perfect coordination. The next minute the womyn are still wearing their bright smiles, they continue their synchronized movements, their skirts coming up gracefully as they turn, their hands moving in a semi-circular motion and their shoulders rotating from side to side when suddenly a strong gust of traitorous wind picks up…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The third minute is a blur, as the unexpected gust shamelessly raised the womyn´s skirts (which refused to obey the hands and fingers that commanded them to stay in place). Between the laughter and surprise that ensued, it seemed that some of the womyn blushed furiously, others laughed, others tried to cover themselves to prevent the audience from seeing more than what they were meant to see! And all of this while still continuing to dance with mortified looks of: I-CANT-BELIEVE-THIS-IS-HAPENNING! The audience kept their eyes on the dancers and witnessed in an almost hypnotic way how the womyn kept fighting against the wind and any sense of shame—nothing was going to stop them! In real time, the incident only occurred for a couple of minutes, but it seemed like an eternity for the dancers, who were resigned to the reality of showing their legs and underclothes in public without prior warning. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;AT 3:59 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Walking as fast as they could without actually running, the girls went back into the dressing room mumbling to each other: ¨I can´t believe we showed everything! ¨ And others: ¨What a shame! ¨ and Mayra: ¨I never imagined that I would stay in Copacabana to show my underwear to everyone in public! ¨&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;But it was all worth it. This experience bonded us and we enjoyed spending four more fabulous days with these womyn while waiting for the transportation strike that started the day before to end.
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;The way we have all created a family of womyn in the next few days was an incredible experience: we ate together, danced in the living room and in the kitchen, yelled our love to each other and cried when the time for saying goodbye drew near. With a cake and a delicious-lick-your-fingers lunch and with our hearts nearly spilling over with gratitude, we finally said goodbye to the beautiful city of &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;Copacabana&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; and to the womyn that danced ¨&lt;st1:personname productid="La Pollera Colorada.ﾨ" st="on"&gt;La Pollera Colorada.¨&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;And here is a summary of the Womyn MUCOV met: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Mery&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;/b&gt;What a beautiful womyn! An altruistic person and womyn&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZyOupvpNI/AAAAAAAACbM/2MK7byozcwo/s1600-h/blog+copa+%286%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392623201189602514" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 167px; height: 113px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZyOupvpNI/AAAAAAAACbM/2MK7byozcwo/s200/blog+copa+%286%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;´s rights advocate who also promotes the preservation of our environment. With her loud laugh and evident friendliness, Mery demands and deserves the respect of everyone around her. In addition, as one of her hobbies (she does everything for fun) she organizes a group of youngsters to promote community building, and is a godmother to some of the young womyn of Copacabana who adore her.&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Vanesa&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;A happy young womyn with a capacity to love and assist both friends and strangers alike. Vanesa, who dreams of traveling to and exploring other countries, is w&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ1H4KIlJI/AAAAAAAACck/eYNhn-p6ios/s1600-h/DSC_0428.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392626382017172626" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 109px; height: 164px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ1H4KIlJI/AAAAAAAACck/eYNhn-p6ios/s200/DSC_0428.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;aiting to complete her goals in Copacabana to be able to make her dreams of traveling and of creative art projects come true. A student, artist, dancer and a goddaughter of Mery, Vanesa shared with us her dreams, sorrows and happiness. She also taught us that sisterhood can be as instant as a Ramen Noodle soup. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;
&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;Maria&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;/b&gt;Is a womyn who dances with solitude and who awakens in one the desire to join her on one of her spontaneous dancing debuts along the hostel´s long corridors. No one knows exactly how she arrived in Copacabana from the de facto c&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZvfwd8KtI/AAAAAAAACa8/VCkS9knoHJM/s1600-h/blog+copa+%284%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392620195199855314" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 180px; height: 120px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZvfwd8KtI/AAAAAAAACa8/VCkS9knoHJM/s200/blog+copa+%284%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;apital city of &lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Paz" st="on"&gt;La &lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Paz" st="on"&gt;Paz&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;, given that Maria lived on the streets for many years. We know that Maria survived in the midst of urban neighborhoods and all kinds of street corners, seeking ways to continue with her life after her husband kicked her out of her house and ran away with her four children. Maria told us that she has suffered from severe violations of all kinds before and during her life in the streets. It was in Copacabana where she found a new home in &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZvgUq25gI/AAAAAAAACbE/W3tXWFGK4h8/s1600-h/blog+copa+%285%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392620204917712386" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 177px; height: 118px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZvgUq25gI/AAAAAAAACbE/W3tXWFGK4h8/s200/blog+copa+%285%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mery’s hostel. ¨This womyn has been reborn, she is another person and now we do not speak of the past and focus only of the present, ¨ says Mery as she looks at Maria with sincere affection. Currently, Maria works at the hostel as she laughs out loud, dances, jokes around and sings, while she continues to heal from the violations that her body and mind suffered for so long. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Our gratitude to tall the womyn who shared HERSTORIES…and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Hugs for the dancers of ¨&lt;st1:personname productid="La Pollera Colorada" st="on"&gt;La Pollera Colorada&lt;/st1:personname&gt;¨! Nata, Deysi, Vane and Mery!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;P.S. &lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;Copacabana is the doorway to the grandeur of the city of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:place style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);" st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="La Paz" st="on"&gt;La Paz&lt;/st1:personname&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt; (The Peace) and we will update you on this Later&lt;/span&gt;…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-1846761840225619764?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/1846761840225619764/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/10/copacabana-english.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/1846761840225619764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/1846761840225619764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/10/copacabana-english.html' title='UNDIES, WIND and SISTERHOOD (Version en Español Abajo)'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZzrTYAKKI/AAAAAAAACb8/8ttb4yblKYQ/s72-c/DSC_0105.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-8191329433654471934</id><published>2009-10-01T15:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T22:23:19.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'>BIENVENIDAS A BOLIVIA  (english above)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;Copacabana de Risas y Calzones!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Creemos que MUCOV no había tenido una bienvenida de esta forma en los últimos cuatro meses de viaje. Esto es basado en hechos de la vida real:
Eran las 19:00, habíamos regresado de caminar por dos días en la Isla del Sol, no habíamos ni desayunado, y buscábamos un hostal bonito, barato y que tenga cocina comunal. Buscamos desesperadamente &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZaDuOOd5I/AAAAAAAACWc/M78NHLSu0RA/s1600-h/DSC_0499.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392596623816554386" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 180px; height: 119px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZaDuOOd5I/AAAAAAAACWc/M78NHLSu0RA/s200/DSC_0499.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;en unos 6-10 hostales por todo el centro de Copacabana pero eran muy caros. Al subir la calle que pasa la Plaza principal que en circulan las mujeres vendedoras de velas encontramos nuestra última esperanza de encontrar un sitio bueno. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZX53b_BYI/AAAAAAAACVU/Osr7hn77pxo/s1600-h/DSC_0182.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392594255468234114" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 165px; height: 114px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZX53b_BYI/AAAAAAAACVU/Osr7hn77pxo/s200/DSC_0182.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Al llegar al Hostal Florencia nos recibió una sonrisa inmensa en el rostro de Mery, un perro llamado Cachito, y dos mujeres más: Vanesa y María. Sentimos que allí era en donde teníamos que quedarnos. De una descargamos los bolsos en el tercer piso, y bajamos a cocinar algo sin ni siquiera bañarnos. Desde la cocina escuchábamos las risas de varias mujeres detrás de música de cumbia mientras se escuchaba que bailaban, y conversaban con Omar, “el Cubano” sobre ciertos ritmos y &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZdIktWFPI/AAAAAAAACXU/mUsWAe8ZEJA/s1600-h/blog+copa+%283%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392600005696951538" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 134px; height: 200px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZdIktWFPI/AAAAAAAACXU/mUsWAe8ZEJA/s200/blog+copa+%283%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;movimientos. Mientras esperábamos que hirviera la pasta, llego Vanesa, una chica que vive y ayuda en el hostal a preguntarnos, &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZX5nryg7I/AAAAAAAACVM/pOiuXgPnkr8/s1600-h/DSC_0154.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392594251239556018" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 90px; height: 137px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZX5nryg7I/AAAAAAAACVM/pOiuXgPnkr8/s200/DSC_0154.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;“¿Quieren practicar con nostras más noche? Estaremos ensayando para presentar mañana con la canción La Pollera Colorada ”. “Bueno seria divertido ver como ensayan y de pronto aprender una que otra movidita” pensamos.

A eso de las 21:00 horas nos encontramos en la sala con Deysi, Mery, Nata, Vanesa, y Omar y Mayra-Sofia empezó a ensayar con el grupo. Dos horas después de mucha risa, jugaderas, bromas, errores que conformaron un ensayo de muy poca seriedad decidimos que era suficiente. “¡Ya no puedo más!,” exclamaba Mery quien era la obra maestra de la coreografía al centro de las otras chicas. Lo que más nos sorprendía era que no habían finalizado todos los pasos, no sabían que movimientos iban hacer durante esos 45 segundos que faltaban en la canción. Y lo que más nos gustaba era que todas se sentían orgullosas de sus ritmos, de sus caderas, y de que el día siguiente bailarían en público con la mejor coordinación imaginada. &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZX6YLzAII/AAAAAAAACVc/6yYV04ubf0g/s1600-h/DSC_0313.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392594264258707586" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZX6YLzAII/AAAAAAAACVc/6yYV04ubf0g/s200/DSC_0313.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
Ya íbamos a descansar cuando a eso de la media noche Mery (quien además de ser una mujer contagiosamente alegre es también la dueña del hostal) le pregunta a Mayra: "¿Y porque no bailas con nosotras mañana? Ya practicaste con nosotras, nos falta una bailadora. ¡Aquí esta! Tenemos una falda y blusa para ti!
“Lo que pasa es que mañana salimos para La Paz y no creo que tengamos tiempo,”dijo Mayra con un tono de sorpresa.
“¡Quédense otro día, nos vamos a divertir! ¡Por favor Chicas!,” y sin pensarlo dos veces aceptamos.

&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Domingo de Viento y Calzones&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;La presentación estaba programada a las 15:00 y eran las 14:30 y todavía no estában listas. Unas teníamos solo la pollera (falda amplia) puesta, otras luchaban para colocarse la flor en el cabello mientras gritaban “¡Necesito un gancho!”, y las otras todavía ni llegaban a vestirse. “No importa,” decían, “la presentación nos tienen que esperar porque somos el acto principal!”

Mayra no podía creer que faltaban 30 minutos, no estaban listas, y además lo mejor/peor es que ni siquiera habían consensuado cuales serian los pasos finales!

&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;La Hora: 15:45&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;Al fin todas tenían sus flores bien acomodas, la sonrisa preparada para inmunizar cualquier sensación de nervios que pudiera surgir y salieron todas para la base Marina en donde estarían presentándose. Al llegar les dijeron que las otras presentadoras de bailes ya habían pasado y que ya era tarde. “¿Que?! ¿Que?!...” “Pero nosotras somos la presentación final, el mejor numero, en cinco minutos salimos, que preparen la música, y por favor díganos en donde es la pista o el escenario, “dijeron todas con todo el orgullo del mundo.

&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;La Hora: 15:55&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZdILETcnI/AAAAAAAACXM/n0dB07QYz1g/s1600-h/blog+copa+%282%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392599998813926002" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZdILETcnI/AAAAAAAACXM/n0dB07QYz1g/s200/blog+copa+%282%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Empieza la música y salen las chicas con sus faldas rojas, sus rosas en el cabello, y sus sonrisas tamaño Titicaca al son de la cumbia colombiana…El primer minuto estaba todo bien, ellas súper coordinadas, las manos sosteniendo la punta de las faldas y las caderas disfrutando de cómo se liberaban bajo el son de los tambores. En el segundo minuto las chicas seguían sincronizadas, sus polleras se alzaban, las manos las giraban de forma semi-circular, los hombros se rotaban de lado a lado, y sus sonrisas presentes en todo momento cuando así de repente empieza a soplar con una fuerza un viento violento y traicionero…
&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZdHswTVOI/AAAAAAAACXE/XZqXQ9SIjYo/s1600-h/blog+copa+%281%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392599990676968674" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZdHswTVOI/AAAAAAAACXE/XZqXQ9SIjYo/s200/blog+copa+%281%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;El tercer minuto: viento que llego inesperadamente a soplarle las faldas a las chicas. Las faldas dejaron de obedecer a las palmas y dedos y más bien volaban en contra la gravedad al son del “Pa`qui, Pa`ya,”. Entre las risas y la sorpresa se miraba que unas se sonrojaban, otras se reían, otras se tocaban las caderas sobre sus faldas para taparse de las miradas de todo el público! Pero todo eso sin dejar de bailar y mirarse una a la otra con la cara de NOPUEDOCREERLO! El público miraba, unas personas ni parpadeaban, y las chicas seguían luchando contra el viento y contra cualquier sensación de pena que pudiera derrotarlas en ese instante.
Eso duro algunos 120 segundos en tiempo real, sin embargo para las bailadoras fue una eternidad ese act de mostrar las piernas y la ropa debajo-del-torso en público sin anticipación alguna. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;La Hora: 15:59
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Caminando de lo más rápido posible pero sin correr entraron las chicas a la sala, todas murmurando, &lt;strong&gt;“¡No puedo creerlo, mostramos todo&lt;/strong&gt;!”, y otras “¡&lt;strong&gt;Que vergüenza&lt;/strong&gt;!”, y Mayra, “¡&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nunca me imagine que me quedaría en Copacabana para mostrarle mis calzones a todo un público&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!”

&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZX4kBlHVI/AAAAAAAACU8/jnSTbWN51AY/s1600-h/CSC_0435.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392594233077341522" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 168px; height: 138px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZX4kBlHVI/AAAAAAAACU8/jnSTbWN51AY/s200/CSC_0435.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pero todo esto valió la pena vivirlo. Esta experiencia nos unió mucho y disfrutamos cuatro días más con estas mujeres mientras esperábamos que el paro de transporte que se inicio al día siguiente se finalizara.

Fue increíble formar una familia totalmente de Mujeres esos días mientras comíamos juntas, bailábamos en la sala, en la cocina, gritábamos que nos queríamos, y lloramos cuando sentimos la cercanía de la despedida. Con una torta, un almuerzo para chuparte-los-dedos, y un agradecimiento infinito, nos despedimos de la linda ciudad de Copacabana y de las chicas que bailaron la Pollera Colorada.

&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Y aquí un resumen unas MUCOV que conocimos
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZey6thgrI/AAAAAAAACYI/1_c1_Iqt7Mc/s1600-h/blog+copa+%286%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392601832669414066" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 176px; height: 127px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZey6thgrI/AAAAAAAACYI/1_c1_Iqt7Mc/s200/blog+copa+%286%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mery&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;: ¡Que bella Mujer! Luchadora por los derechos de las mujeres, y siempre reclamando el respeto y la dignidad de todas y todos, incluyendo el respeto y valorización a los árboles. Una altruista y organizadora de grupo de jóvenes, y madrina de las chicas que la adoran en la comunidad de Copacabana. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZaCfJeQiI/AAAAAAAACWM/IH4ElMkLgWY/s1600-h/DSC_0428.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392596602590216738" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 112px; height: 162px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZaCfJeQiI/AAAAAAAACWM/IH4ElMkLgWY/s200/DSC_0428.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;Vanesa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Una chica alegre, con una capacidad de amar y de ayudar a las demás personas que no se detiene frente a desconocidas. Con muchos sueños de viajar y conocer otros países, Vanesa está esperando terminar con sus metas en Copacabana para poder realizar sus viajes y emprender proyectos de arte. Una estudiante, artesana, danzante, y una ahijada de Mery, Vanesa desde que nos vio empezó a compartir su ternura y alegría con nosotras.
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&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZdJnxAfGI/AAAAAAAACXk/kPHdCVE8Kps/s1600-h/blog+copa+%285%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392600023697488994" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 186px; height: 115px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZdJnxAfGI/AAAAAAAACXk/kPHdCVE8Kps/s200/blog+copa+%285%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;María&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; Una Mujer que baila con la soledad y con quien quiera acompañarla en sus esporádicos momentos de danza por los corredores del hostal. Llego a Copacabana y nadie sabe exactamente como fue ese trayecto desde la ciudad de La Paz dado que María vivía en la calle. Sabemos que fueron más o menos tres años en los cuales María sobrevivió en urbanizaciones y rincones de toda clase, &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZaDAUdMBI/AAAAAAAACWU/rnpVFYOhRUY/s1600-h/DSC_0460.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392596611494653970" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 170px; height: 107px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZaDAUdMBI/AAAAAAAACWU/rnpVFYOhRUY/s200/DSC_0460.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;buscando como continuar su vida después de que su pareja la hecho de la casa y se fugo con sus cuatro huahuas (bebes). María nos cuenta que vivió violaciones de toda clase antes de vivir en la calle y durante todo el tiempo que estuvo buscando refugio en algún lugar. Y fue en Copacabana en donde encontró un nuevo hogar en la casa de Mery. “Esa Mujer ha vuelto a nacer, es otra y ahora no hablamos del pasado sino del futuro, “dice Mery mientras mira a María con un cariño tan sincero. María actualmente trabaja en el hostal mientras se ríe en voz alta, baila, y dice sus bromas que algunas consideran indecentes y otras sorprendentes . Su canto continua resonando en nuestra memoria mientras ella sigue sanándose de todo el maltrato que sufrió su cuerpo y su mente por muchos años.

¡&lt;strong&gt;Abrazos y saludos para las chicas que han mostrado sus calzones en público! Nata, Deysi, Vane, Mery!!!!
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&lt;em&gt;Copacabana gracias por ser la ventana para entrar la grandeza de La Paz! &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZe0dYI0fI/AAAAAAAACYg/jWLhJuUY9EE/s1600-h/blog+copa+%289%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392601859154825714" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 154px; height: 103px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZe0dYI0fI/AAAAAAAACYg/jWLhJuUY9EE/s200/blog+copa+%289%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZezbdSt6I/AAAAAAAACYQ/VlfWpSjAmao/s1600-h/blog+copa+%287%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392601841459705762" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 154px; height: 99px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZezbdSt6I/AAAAAAAACYQ/VlfWpSjAmao/s200/blog+copa+%287%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZez8j-LkI/AAAAAAAACYY/owmZNIO5M-8/s1600-h/blog+copa+%288%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392601850346090050" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 153px; height: 100px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZez8j-LkI/AAAAAAAACYY/owmZNIO5M-8/s200/blog+copa+%288%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;


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&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-8191329433654471934?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/8191329433654471934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/10/bienvenidas-bolivia-mucov-english-below.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/8191329433654471934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/8191329433654471934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/10/bienvenidas-bolivia-mucov-english-below.html' title='BIENVENIDAS A BOLIVIA  (english above)'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZaDuOOd5I/AAAAAAAACWc/M78NHLSu0RA/s72-c/DSC_0499.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-4083800700752909723</id><published>2009-09-30T18:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T12:15:55.864-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Herstory Documenting'/><title type='text'>Despidiendonos de Peru (English Below)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StaE8G-AS-I/AAAAAAAACgA/QHNpEaWXojA/s1600-h/helicopter+head.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StaETb73sXI/AAAAAAAACf4/BNDMWE1S_8A/s1600-h/helicopter+head.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ99XNA4jI/AAAAAAAACe4/jfVcq9IwAvM/s1600-h/DSC_0897.JPG"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392636096976839218" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 184px; height: 122px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ99XNA4jI/AAAAAAAACe4/jfVcq9IwAvM/s200/DSC_0897.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;CHAO PERU! ¡Y NO GRACIAS POR LO DE SEÑORITA!!!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

Desde que recuerdo a las mujeres jóvenes se les llama señoritas mientras estén jóv&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ8wXup2-I/AAAAAAAACeY/KHHoULPtcPo/s1600-h/DSC_0492.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392634774268009442" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ8wXup2-I/AAAAAAAACeY/KHHoULPtcPo/s200/DSC_0492.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;enes y solteras. Hace mucho tiempo que no habíamos escuchado esta palabra fuera de las películas en blanco y negro en castellano. Sin embargo, en Perú empezamos a notar que se nos llamaba: Señorita Malinche, Señorita Carolina o Señorita Mayra. Nos hizo pensar mucho esta nueva agregación a nuestro nombre: ¿Cómo se nos nota que no somos casadas? Y ¿porque es importante que se nos titule como Señoritas? ¿O Señoras? No escuchamos que a los hombres se les diga, “Hola Señorito Tal por &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ1XlqhqDI/AAAAAAAACc0/VZioi664sS4/s1600-h/CSC_0911.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392626651930667058" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 183px; height: 123px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ1XlqhqDI/AAAAAAAACc0/VZioi664sS4/s200/CSC_0911.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Cual” y empezamos a preguntarnos si había alguna ventaja en esto. La verdad no la encontramos, y a eso Malinche tuvo una reflexión que por supuesto y la dijo en voz alta: “¿Por qué la sociedad tiene que marcar mi nombre sobre un espacio y un tiempo que está construido desde la diferencia entre hombre y mujer, mujer y mujer y que transciende con la edad?”
“¿Qué..? ¿Qué dijiste Malinche?,” fue lo único que conseguimos mencionar cuando ella continuó, “Lo que digo es que si estoy joven y soltera mi nombre sigue siendo Malinche, si nunca me caso sigue siendo Malinche, si me caso y me divorcio, sigo siendo Malinche, y si llego a las 45 o 50 sigo siendo Malinche! ¿Eso de nombrar las etapas de nuestros estados civiles y nue&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ5keknerI/AAAAAAAACeA/IAYgLjcGUXI/s1600-h/DSC_0390.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392631271411645106" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 189px; height: 127px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ5keknerI/AAAAAAAACeA/IAYgLjcGUXI/s200/DSC_0390.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;stros cuerpos con lo de niña, señorita, y señora quien se lo invento? Pero en fin, mejor que me llamen Malinche y se ahorren esas formalidades patriarcales de medir mi cuerpo sobre mis juventud al margen de mi estado civil y mis arrugas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Y ella continuo con su discurso por unos 40 minutos explicando su posición…
&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"&gt;Puno y el Lago Titicaca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
Nos despedimos de Perú en la ciudad de Puno, e allí en donde se puede visitar el Lago Titicaca&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ8xadejEI/AAAAAAAACeo/6ZzxKHp2Eno/s1600-h/DSC_0682.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392634792181140546" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 181px; height: 116px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ8xadejEI/AAAAAAAACeo/6ZzxKHp2Eno/s200/DSC_0682.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ5lWCCqGI/AAAAAAAACeQ/3TazD_W7-lk/s1600-h/DSC_0428.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; antes de visitar a Bolivia. Fue muy &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ9847g9uI/AAAAAAAACew/i1EcQblwLzI/s1600-h/DSC_0859.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392636088850380514" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ9847g9uI/AAAAAAAACew/i1EcQblwLzI/s200/DSC_0859.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;impresionante estar en esta pequeña ciudad llena de artesanías, restaurantes con Menú de trucha frita por 12 soles, antojitos de toda clase, el tráfico de la movilidad, y mujeres vendiendo: pan, huevos, frutas, verduras, chompas. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Y Puno también es conocida por ser una ciudad llena de desfiles y&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ8w3Myw1I/AAAAAAAACeg/nhkyb9zKnqI/s1600-h/DSC_0501.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392634782715921234" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 172px; height: 119px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ8w3Myw1I/AAAAAAAACeg/nhkyb9zKnqI/s200/DSC_0501.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; presentaciones folklóricas lo cual pudimos observar presenciando los bailes en las calles y en la Plaza de Armas.

&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Y fue en Puno que tuvimos en gran placer de conocer a mas mujeres que nos dejaron sonriendo, inspiradas, y felices de nuevamente nutrir con sus experiencias al Proyecto MUCOV.

&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ4CFSU5WI/AAAAAAAACdw/pDyL2j6SdeE/s1600-h/DSC_0351.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392629580996863330" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ4CFSU5WI/AAAAAAAACdw/pDyL2j6SdeE/s200/DSC_0351.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Patty Supo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Una mujer alegre, noble, y con una capacidad para amar y ayudar al mundo tan grande que ella dice que le suelen regañar por ser "demasiado confiada". Con una mirada llena de ternura y con la voz fuerte nos cuenta sobre su vida. Ella recuerda que siempre l&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ-1hJ-wqI/AAAAAAAACfQ/ypDu4SbGIkk/s1600-h/DSC_0943.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392637061721146018" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 112px; height: 178px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ-1hJ-wqI/AAAAAAAACfQ/ypDu4SbGIkk/s200/DSC_0943.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;a acompaño la responsabilidad de cuidar a sus hermanas menores y de proveerles con los recursos para que ellas salgan adelante. Patty, siendo la hermana mayor siempre quiso luchar para poder ayudar a su familia. Desde muy joven decidió salir y conocer otros lugares, a explorar otras posibilidades en otras ciudades, y otras oportunidades para poder trabajar. Fue en Puno en donde encontró un buen lugar para vivir. Ahora ella tiene un puesto con artesanía, joyas, y tejidos que ella misma borda. Siempre dispuesta a rendirle su mano a quien necesite ayuda, Patty nos abrió las puertas de su vida y compartió sobre lo lindo que es ser Mujer.

&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;Crislee López&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: A sus 15 años esta mujer ya ha trabajado en la radio, en la televisión, y ha hecho campañas para la conservación del medio ambiente. Desde muy temprana edad Crislee ha sido una mujer muy activa y con un don muy grande expresado en su alto nivel de inteligen&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ-1N3lrwI/AAAAAAAACfI/cu3eo0hut6M/s1600-h/DSC_0933.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392637056543731458" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 125px; height: 192px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ-1N3lrwI/AAAAAAAACfI/cu3eo0hut6M/s200/DSC_0933.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;cia. Entre los retos personales, sociales, y globales que tiene esta jovencita, ella sigue formando un lazo fuerte de perseverancia, convicción y esfuerzo que no lo rompe la duda más feroz ni las críticas más injustas que puedan acorralarla.

Lo que más le interesa es la preservación del Lago Titicaca y como una fuerte defensora de nuestro planeta, esta chica ya le ha metido sudor y debates al tema. Crislee nos contó sobre la situación aguda del Lago que se extiende a los 3,800 metros sobre el nivel del mar. El Titicaca además de ser un lugar sagrado históricamente para los pueblos originarios también es un hogar para comunidades de distintas islas. &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ2usKV66I/AAAAAAAACdM/ar6YUjen8m8/s1600-h/DSC_0145.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392628148323347362" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 157px; height: 105px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ2usKV66I/AAAAAAAACdM/ar6YUjen8m8/s200/DSC_0145.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Lo que le preocupa a Crislee es que el Lago ya no existirá para las generaciones a quienes les estamos heredando este mundo. Con rabia y tristeza, Crislee nos hablo sobre la contaminación que le llega al Lago en forma de basura, desechos humanos, y bacterias. También hablo sobre las fogatas que hacen con la Totora y aunqué esta práctica es ancestral, hoy en día tiene muchas consecuencias que directamente afecta la flora y fauna del lago. “Ya no se pueden bañar las personas en las orillas porque está contaminado el Lago. También hay sedimento acumulándose de los desechos lo que no deja que el sol le llegue a la profundidad del lago, interrumpiendo el proceso de fotosíntesis que afecta a una gran cantidad de especies de peces y plantas.”
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ2vLgQ3eI/AAAAAAAACdU/B8Ciyf3ApOM/s1600-h/DSC_0199.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392628156736789986" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 185px; height: 131px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ2vLgQ3eI/AAAAAAAACdU/B8Ciyf3ApOM/s200/DSC_0199.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
Crislee expreso lo difícil que es trabajar para preservar el medio ambiente porque a los jóvenes y adultos por igual, no les interesa! “Las personas no creen que esto tenga importancia y hay que buscar muchas formas para poder llamarle la atención a las personas”. Su interés y preocupación por la Pachamama, por el Lago Titicaca, por el futuro de las próximas generaciones se acumulan dentro de todos los otros quehaceres y actividades que &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ4B5-WRaI/AAAAAAAACdo/BOC9aYHq1K8/s1600-h/DSC_0323.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392629577960277410" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ4B5-WRaI/AAAAAAAACdo/BOC9aYHq1K8/s200/DSC_0323.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;desempeña esta gran persona. Entre el deporte, clases de ingles, la radio, el colegio, las actividades y sus hobbies como competencias &lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;de ajedrez y matemáticas, ella encuentra la manera de realizar todo diariamente.
“Me es difícil porque tengo muchos mundos dentro de mi mundo, y siempre tengo que ver en que ámbito estoy y desde allí contextualizarme. Muchas personas de mi edad no piensan como yo entonces yo busco estrategias para poder pensar como ellas y ellos y así no irme contra el mundo”.

&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StaD2a32-CI/AAAAAAAACfw/nZyvoDJB9IY/s1600-h/blog+copa+%2810%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392642574772533282" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 105px; height: 140px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StaD2a32-CI/AAAAAAAACfw/nZyvoDJB9IY/s200/blog+copa+%2810%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;
Y desde Puno empezamos a mirar al oriente &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;para cruzar nuevamente otra frontera geográfica y política, que dentro de nuestra perspectiva son absurdas y promueven la xenofobia y conflictos…

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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-4083800700752909723?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/4083800700752909723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/09/despidiendonos-de-peru-english-below.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/4083800700752909723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/4083800700752909723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/09/despidiendonos-de-peru-english-below.html' title='Despidiendonos de Peru (English Below)'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZ99XNA4jI/AAAAAAAACe4/jfVcq9IwAvM/s72-c/DSC_0897.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-6634143179371438651</id><published>2009-09-29T13:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T22:41:06.131-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Documenting Herstory'/><title type='text'>Goodbye Peru from Puno (Español arriba)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZheSD-HwI/AAAAAAAACZQ/SLY-d25Mw1k/s1600-h/CSC_0911.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392604776695209730" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 146px; height: 96px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZheSD-HwI/AAAAAAAACZQ/SLY-d25Mw1k/s200/CSC_0911.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:lucida grande;"&gt;Good Bye Peru (And No Thank You for the Miss &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 51);"&gt;Señorita)
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;
We departed from Cusco to arrive in Puno, the Peruvian frontier city whose borders, mountains and curves coexist in an embrace with the glittering blue sky waters of Lake Titica&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZcTmu9mOI/AAAAAAAACW8/vMqB9irEZBQ/s1600-h/DSC_0897.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392599095707539682" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 191px; height: 121px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZcTmu9mOI/AAAAAAAACW8/vMqB9irEZBQ/s200/DSC_0897.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ca. We were somewhat sad on the way because we knew tha&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZXwsXxlzI/AAAAAAAACUw/eRI0UTus2i0/s1600-h/DSC_0682.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392594097878964018" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 152px; height: 123px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZXwsXxlzI/AAAAAAAACUw/eRI0UTus2i0/s200/DSC_0682.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;t we have &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;reached the last city in Peru before we were to cross to Bolivia, and Peru has given us such rich experiences (including the ceviche, which we were determined to indulge in one more time before leaving Peru!).

We were grateful for the Herstories we were able to &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StY1vu8fl9I/AAAAAAAACSo/-8LlfClt9F0/s1600-h/DSC_0012.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392556697994631122" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 83px; height: 118px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StY1vu8fl9I/AAAAAAAACSo/-8LlfClt9F0/s200/DSC_0012.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;document throughout our journey in this vast country. In Puno, we were looking forward to continuing making new connections and to expand the MUCOV Proyect. As our bus curved its long metal body down the road towards Puno, the sight of Titicaca´s diamond like reflection greeted us like an oasis in the desert greets a thirsty womyn after a long and strenuous journey.

Puno is a small city&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZkrD0DGjI/AAAAAAAACZw/j9_FuUK516g/s1600-h/DSC_0323.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392608294743513650" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 149px; height: 114px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZkrD0DGjI/AAAAAAAACZw/j9_FuUK516g/s200/DSC_0323.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; with a big heart; its streets consist of long narrow sidewalks c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZVcVttd-I/AAAAAAAACTg/7Yxy0LLQg8o/s1600-h/DSC_0351.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392591549176313826" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 154px; height: 89px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZVcVttd-I/AAAAAAAACTg/7Yxy0LLQg8o/s200/DSC_0351.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;riss-crossing a few central streets and plazas in a maze like pattern. Despite its small size, it is an impressive city full of artists, restaurants with a lunch menu of big fried trout, treats and goodies of all kinds (including our favorite new flavor of ice-cream, Lucuma, originally a yellow-orange colored fruit with a unique flavor), noisy traffic and womyn selling bread, eggs, fruits, vegetables and traditional alpaca sweaters.

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;It seems that every day was a cause for celebration in Puno; it is not in vain that this city is known as th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZma5EqqWI/AAAAAAAACaA/NHoGBsqiW50/s1600-h/DSC_0390.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392610216005773666" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 148px; height: 123px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZma5EqqWI/AAAAAAAACaA/NHoGBsqiW50/s200/DSC_0390.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;e center of the folkloric culture and dance of Peru. About three times a week you could walk through its streets and hear the sounds of festive bands walking behind a colorful diversity of dancers in their traditional clothes for this or that dance &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZZ_3Scc0I/AAAAAAAACV0/TKiVImty_no/s1600-h/DSC_0918.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392596557530690370" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 69px; height: 107px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZZ_3Scc0I/AAAAAAAACV0/TKiVImty_no/s200/DSC_0918.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;of the high&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZXwNPkNmI/AAAAAAAACUo/Gkt7CduadZs/s1600-h/DSC_0501.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392594089523033698" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 189px; height: 109px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZXwNPkNmI/AAAAAAAACUo/Gkt7CduadZs/s200/DSC_0501.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;lands or lowlands or the Amazon or sierras or the coast of Peru. For us, it was a perfect opportunity to document the people of Peru at their most celebratory and festive mode: smiling, dancing, li&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZiNQyF33I/AAAAAAAACZY/bD6ujMxhZv0/s1600-h/DSC_0136.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392605583805636466" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 164px; height: 97px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZiNQyF33I/AAAAAAAACZY/bD6ujMxhZv0/s200/DSC_0136.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;stening and wearing an overall sense of pride in the richness of their traditions. We visited some of the surrounding islands and got to learn a bit more about Lake Titicaca’s long history and its troubled present. The diversity of womyn in Peru’s border with Bolivia includes island womyn who often come with their families or on their own to work on the mainland of Puno and then go back to one of the islands spread throughout Lake Titicaca.
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Our &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZiNp5iU4I/AAAAAAAACZg/JjxW7GmPJpw/s1600-h/DSC_0145.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392605590547747714" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 137px; height: 96px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZiNp5iU4I/AAAAAAAACZg/JjxW7GmPJpw/s200/DSC_0145.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;experienc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZmbcNQbbI/AAAAAAAACaI/oOLX36kRbjA/s1600-h/DSC_0492.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392610225437044146" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 109px; height: 96px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZmbcNQbbI/AAAAAAAACaI/oOLX36kRbjA/s200/DSC_0492.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;e in Puno was short but very informative. It was in Puno where MUCOV had the pleasure of getting to know many incredible womyn and two of them who wanted to participate in the proyect. Needless to say that our encounter was achieved through the usual combination of randomness and luck. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Patty Supo&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZa5UtHEbI/AAAAAAAACWs/oX5fV2uvDs0/s1600-h/DSC_0943.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" &gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392597544679707058" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 89px; height: 148px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZa5UtHEbI/AAAAAAAACWs/oX5fV2uvDs0/s200/DSC_0943.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; A cheerful womyn with a great generous spirit and capacity to love and help the world that people tend to tell her that she is an overly trusting person. With a sincere smile and a tender reflection in her eyes she told us of her life and recounted the constant responsibility and care she feels for her younger sisters. Paty, who from a young age decided to go out and get to know the world outside of her birth town, ended up finding a home in Puno. She currently owns a little art shop and sells a variety of jewelry and fabrics that she herself crotchets. Always willing to reach out a helping hand to whomever is in need of one; Patty opened the doors of her life to us and shared her feelings and perspectives with us.

&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crislee Lopez&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; From an early age, Crislee has been a very active girl with a great gift expressed through her evident high intelligence. In the midst of the personal, social and global challenges this young womyn finds herself experiencing in her daily life, is a great infusion of perseverance, conviction and strength that cannot be broken neither by the doubts the world puts along her way nor by the harshest of her critics.
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;At her 15 years of age she has already worked in the radio, on television, and has initiated a campaign to promote the conservation of Lake Titicaca and our environment. Crislee told us of the acute si&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZa5HLnX4I/AAAAAAAACWk/Dmjxv2WR-GY/s1600-h/DSC_0933.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392597541049556866" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 121px; height: 184px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZa5HLnX4I/AAAAAAAACWk/Dmjxv2WR-GY/s200/DSC_0933.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;tuation Lake Titicaca has become a victim to. Extending at 3,800 meters above sea level, this vast lake is home to a diverse number of island communities and various species of birds and fish, many of which are in the process of extinction. With sadness, Crislee said that the lake will most likely not exist for our future generations to grow with, take care of and admire. She told us of the contamination the lake has been suffering in the form of trash, human waste due to the common causes of contamination and pollution: people take for granted what they have and the lack of information and resources perpetrates the cycle of violence against our planet. With a bit of rage mixed with indignation Crislee explained how traditionally many communities burn the hay kno&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZo5qZQpUI/AAAAAAAACaQ/7FQreXFNvHg/s1600-h/DSC_0859.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392612943664817474" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 165px; height: 111px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZo5qZQpUI/AAAAAAAACaQ/7FQreXFNvHg/s200/DSC_0859.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;wn as ¨Totora¨, but that today it is practiced without a purpose and that burning this plant highly affects the native flora and fauna. Crislee explained that, “People cannot bathe along the lake’s coasts any longer because it is dirty. And the accumulation of sediments of contamination found in the bottom of the sea prevents the sun from reaching the species of plants and fish down there, inhibiting a full process of photosynthesis. This has very bad consequences.¨

Crislee described to us the hardships she has encountered in fighting to preserve the environment bec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZkqlbaojI/AAAAAAAACZo/IxXaedvDOoo/s1600-h/DSC_0199.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392608286587134514" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZkqlbaojI/AAAAAAAACZo/IxXaedvDOoo/s200/DSC_0199.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;ause this fight does not interest neither adolescents nor adults: ¨People have no interest and we have to figure out different ways in which to call their attention. Between sports, English classes, the radio, school, and hobbies such as chess competitions and mathematics, Crislee does not prioritize one activity over the other given that she manages do fit-it-all into one day! ¨It has become easy for me because I feel as if I have many worlds inside my world and I always need to notice what environment I am in and from there place myself in a certain context. Many people my age don’t think like me, and so I look for strategies in order to be able to think like them and in this way not go against the current or the world.¨

&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;P.S – About the title (and Titles)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

For all we know young single womyn have been called Miss (or Señorita in Spanish) for ages. We noticed once we entered Peru that people, more often men, would refer to us as Miss Mayra or Miss Carolina o&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZmaSO-enI/AAAAAAAACZ4/y0WFkYbHYNU/s1600-h/DSC_0357.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392610205580032626" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 167px; height: 129px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZmaSO-enI/AAAAAAAACZ4/y0WFkYbHYNU/s200/DSC_0357.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;r Miss Malinche. This caught us by surprise as we were not used to such formalities and more so, we felt confused as to how they knew were Señoritas still?
This new addition to our name had brought about many thoughts in us: How can anyone tell whether we are married or not? And why is it even important to refer to a womyn as Miss? Or Mrs. (Señora)? And why isn’t there Mrs. version to &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Mr. I am now married?&lt;/span&gt; Whereas a womyn is marked by her age and marital status? We started questioning whether there were any advantages that came with these titles; in truth, we could not find any. But Malinche did have her own reflection on the subject:
¨Why does society have to mark my name and superimpose it onto a time and a space that is constructed as a result of the differences between men and womyn, womyn and womyn, and that difference transcends with age?¨ And this was the beginning of the… &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;
The Miss Señorita Rampage

&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;“What? What was that Malinche?” was the only thing we managed to say when Malinche decided to continue her tirade: “What I am trying to say is that my name is&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StaBfVlJacI/AAAAAAAACfo/-YVqINmpFiM/s1600-h/blog+copa+%2810%29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392639979191626178" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 113px; height: 154px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StaBfVlJacI/AAAAAAAACfo/-YVqINmpFiM/s200/blog+copa+%2810%29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; just Malinche&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;. If I am young and single my name continues to be Malinche, if I do not get married my name is still Malinche, if I marry and then divorce I still continue to be Malinche and if I reach my 40´s or 50´s I am still, again, Malinche! Who invented the whole process of naming the stages of our lives and the aging of our bodies based on titles? We go form baby, to girl to Miss and if you marry a man you go straight to the Mrs. which is the worse one because  womyn  invisibilize their own last name and are branded with that of their husband’s. What purpose does this have in our 21st century? As for me, I say just call me Malinche and save the trouble of those unnecessary patriarchic formalities of measuring my body according to my age within the frame of my civil state and my wrinkles.”

&lt;em style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;And she continued on for another 40 minutes explaining her stance&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"&gt;…&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-6634143179371438651?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/6634143179371438651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/10/goodbye-peru-puno-espanol-abajo.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/6634143179371438651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/6634143179371438651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/10/goodbye-peru-puno-espanol-abajo.html' title='Goodbye Peru from Puno (Español arriba)'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/StZheSD-HwI/AAAAAAAACZQ/SLY-d25Mw1k/s72-c/CSC_0911.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-2370182719611191015</id><published>2009-09-18T19:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-23T17:40:06.556-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CUSCO: The Navel of the World (tambien en Español)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPLZuRntJI/AAAAAAAACLY/DNWTwXb2Qjs/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(18).JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrLu0hFdihI/AAAAAAAACIE/FQKdz_aHl-A/s1600-h/Bandera.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382627090663049746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrLu0hFdihI/AAAAAAAACIE/FQKdz_aHl-A/s320/Bandera.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;Cusco: The Past and the Present outline this beautiful city&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Cusco, the city known as “the navel of the world” during the times when the Inca Empire controlled most of South America, is unquestionably a beautiful city. It is charctarized by a facinating combination of ancient Inca architecture with the influence and abruptness of modernity. You can see the evidence of the conquest in all of its angles: two worlds colliding into one unique colorful and aesthetically pleasing city of&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;smooth stones, narrow streets&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;and with homes with pathways and wooden doors. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;The churches, located in every eight block or so (and we are not exaggerating) maintain alive the memory of the spanish conquest, given that the immense foundations that support its elaborate murals and glass art is constructed of&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;stones from the Incaic times; and the streets surrounding these churches are&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;composed of &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;narrow sidewalks whose width&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPLZL-TmFI/AAAAAAAACLQ/5tiUbQjvjjw/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(16).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382869613209163858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPLZL-TmFI/AAAAAAAACLQ/5tiUbQjvjjw/s200/Cusco+Blog+(16).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; is measured at no more than half a meter. Cusco´s city streets are decorated with European style balconies hanging abouve wooden doors whose beauty and solidity does not diminish in the face of strong winds and pouring rain. While walking through the city streets one is struck by the over encompassing sensation of being transported into the distant past. The juxstposition of what once was and what will soon come to pass has been etched permanently into the the life and heart of this spirited town; a town that&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;has burnt into its memory a blood-filled past yet continues to believe in &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPKAqyZacI/AAAAAAAACLI/VpS03VjFO-o/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(15).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382868092472355266" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPKAqyZacI/AAAAAAAACLI/VpS03VjFO-o/s200/Cusco+Blog+(15).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;a power superior to them,&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;a power that unlike the lives of mere mortals, will never cease to exist.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHdvcOsLI/AAAAAAAACKg/4KzN-BZwkJM/s1600-h/iglesia.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382865293402878130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHdvcOsLI/AAAAAAAACKg/4KzN-BZwkJM/s200/iglesia.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;The bright flag with seven different colors is proudly displayed all over the city and its statures, high above rooftops that assimilate the color of wet earth, on busy market corners, and in many of the local hostels. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPJ_HXrvyI/AAAAAAAACK4/sHbdLjgnLBc/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(13).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382868065785200418" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 121px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPJ_HXrvyI/AAAAAAAACK4/sHbdLjgnLBc/s200/Cusco+Blog+(13).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;“Is this the flag of the LGBT community?” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;asked one of the many thousands of turists walking through Cusco´s narrow cuty streets.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;“Think again! This flag became Cusco´s official flag in 1978; plus, it is utilized by the original Andean communities of this region,” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;answered Malinche with her sultry know-it-all tone.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;“But yes, in fact, the rainbow flag was also &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;introduced in California during the 1970´s by the artist Gilber&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHbn1ZqZI/AAAAAAAACKI/0K9wsHVsUec/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382865257001232786" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 126px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHbn1ZqZI/AAAAAAAACKI/0K9wsHVsUec/s200/Cusco+Blog.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Baker as a symol of gay and lesbian pride. But there is a significant difference betwwen what it means to be a native of the Andean culture and what it means to express pride over sexual diversity. But without a doubt, co-existence is an inevitable when we are dealing with the complex subjects of identity and the struggle for rights and representation,” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;says Malinche, as she looks towards the sky but is interrupted by the big bright red hat she habitually wears&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;“&lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;What would happen if there is a big march in which Andean folks, in particular Cusqueñas/os and the LGBT community unite to protest and march for their rights simultaneously?,”&lt;/i&gt; asks Malinche with a tone that seemed like she was really just thinking out loud.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;“&lt;em&gt;We dont know Malinche,&lt;/em&gt;” we responded, “&lt;em&gt;But if that were to occur, there would be a parading sense of Pride in its most visible and powerful form that is for sure&lt;/em&gt;!,” we responded, hardly able to contain&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;our laughter. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPQgzUr2uI/AAAAAAAACMw/-l5ERN6HjWI/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(7).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382875241589234402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPQgzUr2uI/AAAAAAAACMw/-l5ERN6HjWI/s200/Cusco+Blog+(7).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Cusco became our comfortable little nest for more or less two weekss (not counting our forray into Macupicchu). We&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;allowed this city to bewitch us with its its soothing tranquility that was not defeated by the constant hustle and bustle movements along its maze like streets and invisible&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt; mortar&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;From the early hours of the morning untill the clock strucks midnight, the great numbers of residents and visitors never seem to stop and rest, while the local stores,&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHceivHfI/AAAAAAAACKQ/3Z6EO_ZujLs/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382865271686897138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 178px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 124px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHceivHfI/AAAAAAAACKQ/3Z6EO_ZujLs/s200/Cusco+Blog+(2).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; restaurants, and bussinesses seem to follow the same schedule. We were fortunate enough to enjoy the company of wonderful “patas” (the local word for friends/sisters/homies) whom we met throughout our pleasent stay in Cusco. We took thousands of pictures of the city streets, faces, corners, of this and that womyn, ones we saw who never saw us, and of the ones who gifted us with unforgettable moments. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;And here is our usual run-on paragraph of Cusco, which needs to be read only after you have inhaled deeply, and prepare to &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;exhale slowly as you allow your eyes and these words to accompany your imagination through &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;this journey: &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;City small volkswagon buses overflowing with 18 people stuffed in like sardines; the Market of Wanchaq and its vibrant colors; plagirized movies; the Molino as the local black market; Eating 1 kilo of fresh figs a day; Ivonne´s apartment as our little nest, Stood out 3 times in one day (YES 3 times!); Phone calls form the local phone-box parlors; Hours upon hours of internet resulting in headaches; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPJ-GH9bnI/AAAAAAAACKo/CkhEKs9KIPs/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(8).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382868048270945906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPJ-GH9bnI/AAAAAAAACKo/CkhEKs9KIPs/s200/Cusco+Blog+(8).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ceviche made of Pejerrey fish (a Peruvian delicacy); An actual bathtub (thank you Paty!); Womyn selling sweet potatoes on Garcilaso Avenue; Interviews; real spicy rocoto (the peruvian famous chile peppers); Antu cooking while the parokeet screams in the background; Chico, the street smart dog running behind Patty´s VW; Two portion Lukuma icecream; Dancing till sunrise; Working 13 hours straight; Taking more pictures; Preparing Mexican food; walking for miles; Alpaca scarves; Womyn &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPJ-j-TLfI/AAAAAAAACKw/hp61znLUyRU/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(11).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382868056283491826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 149px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 108px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPJ-j-TLfI/AAAAAAAACKw/hp61znLUyRU/s200/Cusco+Blog+(11).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;selling tamales for 60 centimos (20 cents); The main square plaza&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;filled with womyn selling scarves and dolls; Full moon; a visit to a rural school in Coya with Ligia; and a-lot-of conversations-smiles-and-laughing out loud-in-a-lunch-dinner-gathering-of-six-strong-beautiful-femenist-who-do-not-fear-in-the-power-of-dreaming!&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;AND These are some of the womyn MUCOV met in Cusco:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;As you allready know, our work and dedication to MUCOV never ceases to bring us to some unforgettable conversations with womyn who have plenty to share about themselves and their lives. Here is a short summary of these necessary and inspiring dialouges, ones that help teach us about the vast reality and the experiences of other sisters. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;Julia Beatriz Paliza&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;A strong, independent and successful womyn with a past that has &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrLuzFiK2pI/AAAAAAAACHs/mYNCca3Lf6s/s1600-h/Julia.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382627066087398034" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrLuzFiK2pI/AAAAAAAACHs/mYNCca3Lf6s/s320/Julia.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;taught her&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;to keep ahead, keep fighting as a single mother who started her own tourist agency; a survivor who did not give up in face of either&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHbAFKrBI/AAAAAAAACKA/92CV2y2z_w8/s1600-h/arco.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382865246329941010" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 131px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 181px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHbAFKrBI/AAAAAAAACKA/92CV2y2z_w8/s200/arco.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; loneliness or depression. Between laughter and tears, Julia told us of her difficult past, in which all of her family was dispossed of their home and land property after the Peruvian agrarian reform in the 60´s; she recounted her experiences of living in the Peruvian jungle with her then police officer husband in red zone (considered dangerous becasue of armed conflict) and her being a witness to multiple injustices, police abuse, corruption and human right violations against innocent people. She had to move to Cusco and start a new life from Zero, supporting her children alone by any means possible after seperating from her husband without having any help available from her family. Julia continued to share with us about her health problems, about her knee surgery and her refusal to use a walker becasue of her belief that the power to walk on her own haa always kept her strong and firm. Presently, Julia is looking to better her buisness and to wants to become a better mother for her children, who support her as much as they challenge her. And often,&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;the only option left for Julia is to laugh out loud&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;in the face of&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;all the critical situation that she has to confront in her everyday as a womyn. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Francisca and Beatriz Huachaca&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Francisca is a strong womyn, filled with sadness and pain. She &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrLu0CC1G3I/AAAAAAAACH8/lwI4y474EUU/s1600-h/Beatris+y+Fran.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382627082330512242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 228px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrLu0CC1G3I/AAAAAAAACH8/lwI4y474EUU/s320/Beatris+y+Fran.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;has been challenged by life and a plethora of harsh circumstances. At the age of 46, she tells us of the constant care she keeps over her daughter Beatriz, who herself has experiencedmuch pain and suffering in her short 10 years of life. Recently, Francisca had to burry her 16 year old son, who died under unexpected circumstances; She shared with us her pain and sense of&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;impotence in the face of this tragedy. Francisca had to forge ahead&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;as a widow and a mother of 5 without any stable financial resources, without her own property or land to provide sustances and secturity for herself and her family in the rural region where she resides. Left without an&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHc6ujGHI/AAAAAAAACKY/mkgSITpFKW8/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(3).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382865279252633714" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPHc6ujGHI/AAAAAAAACKY/mkgSITpFKW8/s200/Cusco+Blog+(3).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; official employment, Francisca tries to make a living by selling toasted beans on&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;one of Cusco´s central sidewalks, accompanied by her daughter, the young Beatriz, who became paraplegic at the tender age of 6 as a result of medical negligence. Mother and daughter hope to gather enough funds to return to Combabat, their home town, and to buy the medicine necessary to help little Beatriz´s body heal. In addition, Francisca expressed that she cannot return unless she has enough money to pay for her son´s coffin as she is currently in debt with the architect. Her green shawl wrapped tightly around her, her eyes the color of brown earth, Francisca rises to leave, adding that she has to keep looking ahead, that her life is diffcult and challenging but that the only option she has is to keep fighting. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Ivonne Maribel Acurio:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;Hard working and fighting for what she believes in, &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrLuzpU4vRI/AAAAAAAACH0/lE1A5hJNP7o/s1600-h/Ivonee.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382627075695361298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 155px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrLuzpU4vRI/AAAAAAAACH0/lE1A5hJNP7o/s320/Ivonee.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ivonne describes herself as an enterprising and jovial womyn. As if by magic, Ivonne, finds enough time to have clients in her office as she is a practicing psychologist, to teach Spanish courses in an institute, and to be a mother and wife with all the demands that the domestic realm produces. She is also the director of a health magazine which gets published on a monthly basis. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;She shared with us her experiences of being a student at the University, of her past, her family, her journeys, her professional aspirations and the beautiful memories of her childhood plays in Cusco. With a contagious smile, Ivonne opened the doors of her past in order to tell us what she has constructed and dreamed for her present. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPJ_zbotKI/AAAAAAAACLA/Rf9QNEAzvsg/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(14).JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382868077612938402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 65px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 73px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrPJ_zbotKI/AAAAAAAACLA/Rf9QNEAzvsg/s200/Cusco+Blog+(14).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;We are en route to the frontier city of Puno in which the famous Lake Titicaca seperates Peru from Bolivia. FYI it is the biggest lake in South America and  the highest navigable lake in the world at &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:metricconverter st="on" productid="3,800 meters"&gt;3,800 meters&lt;/st1:metricconverter&gt; above sea level. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrURvfaAKVI/AAAAAAAACO8/UtCAiixFhuY/s1600-h/Malinche+Flag.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383228437173381458" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrURvfaAKVI/AAAAAAAACO8/UtCAiixFhuY/s200/Malinche+Flag.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;P.S:&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt; &lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Vocabulary&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;/b&gt;Trome (great, cool, awesome) is another word to add to our vocabulary!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;P.S.S: &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff99ff;"&gt;Gift:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; Malinche bought some of Cusco´s colorful raimbow flags and said she would send one to anyone who tells her that they had a vasectomy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;AND VISIT OUR NEW ALBUMS OF CUSCO&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;Cusco: El pasado y el presente dibujan esta hermosa ciudad&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;Cusco, la ciudad conocida como "el hombli&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGfWM2WAuI/AAAAAAAACEY/woy5cFd94Lo/s1600-h/Arco.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 105px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 153px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382258233439552226" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGfWM2WAuI/AAAAAAAACEY/woy5cFd94Lo/s200/Arco.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;go del mundo" durante el imperio Inca es una ciudad indudablemente hermosa. Tiene como characteristica propia una combinación desequilibrada de los tiempos incaicos con la actual arquitectura que introduce abruptamente la modernidad, pero que sin embargo le da vida a una estética única. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;Las iglesias ubicadas ha cada ocho cuadras (no estamos exagerando) mantienen viva la memoria de la colonización dado que la base que sostiene sus muros y vitral&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGfW5wt4LI/AAAAAAAACEo/VKZUp1eODXw/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(14).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 78px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 107px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382258245495546034" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGfW5wt4LI/AAAAAAAACEo/VKZUp1eODXw/s200/Cusco+Blog+(14).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; esta compuesta de piedras incaicas y las calles que las rodean son angostas con andenes de no mas de medio metro de anchura. Las calles tienen balcones estilo &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;europeos que le dan sombre a las puertas de madera que no se rinden frente a la batalla del viento y lluvia. Caminar por estas calles de piedra es como dejar que todos tus sentidos viajen por el tiempo. La yuxtaposición de lo que fue y lo que será se ha quedado plasmada permanentemente entre todo lo que conforma el entorno de esta pequeña ciudad que guarda un pasado de conquistas sangrientas pero que mantiene una fe &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGfWciLXgI/AAAAAAAACEg/M56RfTVkw3s/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(1).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 185px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 117px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382258237649935874" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGfWciLXgI/AAAAAAAACEg/M56RfTVkw3s/s200/Cusco+Blog+(1).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;por algo superior que no cesa de existir. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" lang="ES-PE"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;La bandera de los siete colores se muestra sobre los techos de &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGWOa2dExI/AAAAAAAACC0/N536VSJDOXM/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(13).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 165px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382248204154508050" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGWOa2dExI/AAAAAAAACC0/N536VSJDOXM/s200/Cusco+Blog+(13).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;color tierra mojada, sobre las alturas de la ciudad, en las equinas de mercados y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt; en varios hostales. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;“¿&lt;em&gt;Es la bandera de la comunidad LGBT&amp;amp;I?,”&lt;/em&gt; pregunto unos de los cienes de turistas que se pasean por las calles Cuzqueñas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Que va! Esta es la bandera que se hizo oficial en Cusco desde 1978 y es la bandera que también utilizan comunidades originarias Andinas&lt;/em&gt;,” contesto Malinche con su tono de &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"&gt;sabe-lo-todo&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGSYtH__XI/AAAAAAAACB4/aitpYyxeQk8/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(2).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 176px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 126px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382243982812118386" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGSYtH__XI/AAAAAAAACB4/aitpYyxeQk8/s200/Cusco+Blog+(2).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;“&lt;em&gt;Pero bueno, en California &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;también se introdujo la bandera de colores en la época de los 70´s&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt; como símbolo del orgullo de la libertad gay y lesbica por el artista Gilber Baker, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;pero hay una gran diferencia entre lo que es ser&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;originaria/o de los Andes y expresar el orgullo sobre la diversidad sexual; sin embargo la co-existencia es algo inevitable cuando se habla de identidad y lucha&lt;/em&gt;,” dice Malinche con la mirada hacia el &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;cielo pero bloqueada por el gran sombrero rojo que habitualmente lleva puesto. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGb2ykMiII/AAAAAAAACDY/c4HA91HssVc/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(16).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;“¿&lt;em&gt;Que pasaría si se uniera una manifestación de personas Andinas, en &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;particular Cusqueñas/os, con una de las marchas por la diversidad sexual?”&lt;/em&gt; pregunto en voz alta. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGWNBDEIDI/AAAAAAAACCc/CdNMTE7GiIk/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(7).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;“No lo sabemos Malinche, pero eso si, hubiera orgullo fuerte y visible por toda parte!,” le &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGb3VRdSdI/AAAAAAAACDg/CjKejPIPYjw/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(18).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 84px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 142px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382254404589930962" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGb3VRdSdI/AAAAAAAACDg/CjKejPIPYjw/s200/Cusco+Blog+(18).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;contestamos sin poder &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;contener la risa. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;Cusco fue nuestro nido por más o menos veinte días (sin contar nuestro paseo a Machu &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGb2ykMiII/AAAAAAAACDY/c4HA91HssVc/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(16).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 170px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 123px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382254395273283714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGb2ykMiII/AAAAAAAACDY/c4HA91HssVc/s200/Cusco+Blog+(16).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Picchu) mientras nos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt; dejábamos embrujar por la tranquilidad que tiene esta ciudad a pesar del &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGWNBDEIDI/AAAAAAAACCc/CdNMTE7GiIk/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(7).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;movimiento constante entre sus antiguos laberintos de piedra pulida. Desde las 6am hasta la media noche los visitantes y residentes parecen no descansar y los locales, restaurantes, y pequeños puestos estan abiertos. Siempre estuvimos disfrutando de la compañía de buenas patas (amigas/manas/parceras) que conocimos durante nuestra estadía. Tomamos miles de&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;fotografías de la cuidad, de los rostros, de las &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGb2iTEDuI/AAAAAAAACDQ/fBxZRQlwnng/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(15).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 179px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 133px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382254390906457826" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGb2iTEDuI/AAAAAAAACDQ/fBxZRQlwnng/s200/Cusco+Blog+(15).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;esquinas,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt; de ellas, de aquella, de una, de otra, de la que miramos, de la que nunca nos vio y de las que nos regalaron momentos inolvidables. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:times new roman;" lang="ES-PE" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Y aquí nuestro resumen de Cusco que se lee siempre y cuando primero hayas respirado profundo, y antes de empezar a lentamente exhalar, deja que&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;tus ojos nos acompañen guiados por estas palabras y tu imaginación:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGWN7lPfgI/AAAAAAAACCs/4s6_L1FziV8/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(11).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 149px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 115px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382248195760815618" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGWN7lPfgI/AAAAAAAACCs/4s6_L1FziV8/s200/Cusco+Blog+(11).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ESfont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" lang="ES-PE"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ESfont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" lang="ES-PE"  &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ES" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Colectivos con 18 personas metidas como sardinas, el &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;mercado de Wanchaq y sus colores brillantes, películas pirateadas, el Molino como el mercado negro, comer 1 kilo de higos por día, Ivonne y su apartamento como nuestro nido, plantadas TRES veces en un día, si Tres veces, &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;llamadas desde locutorios, Internet por horas, Ceviche de pejerrey,&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;baño en una tina (gracias Paty), Avenida Garcilaso &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGWNqBgYFI/AAAAAAAACCk/rZ9m8uhKAmM/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(8).JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 152px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 107px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382248191047524434" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGWNqBgYFI/AAAAAAAACCk/rZ9m8uhKAmM/s200/Cusco+Blog+(8).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;con vendedoras de camotes, entrevistas, rocoto bien picante, Antu cocinando mientras el perico grita, Chico el perro callejero correteando el VW de Paty,&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;helado de Lúcuma de dos porciones, amanecer rumbeando, trabajar 13 horas seguidas, mas fotos, preparar comida mexicana, caminar, chalinas, mujeres vendiendo tamales a 60 céntimos, la plaza de armas con vendedoras de muñecas y chalinas, luna llena, visita a una escuela rural en Coya con Ligia, y un-monton-de-sonrisas-y&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGb3-8PcrI/AAAAAAAACDo/1MwyG13ZepQ/s1600-h/Cusco+Blog+(19).JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 106px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 144px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382254415775232690" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGb3-8PcrI/AAAAAAAACDo/1MwyG13ZepQ/s200/Cusco+Blog+(19).JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;-carcajadas-en-un-almuerzo-cena-compuesto-por-seis-mujeres-femenistas-fuertes-hermosas-y soñadoras! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="justify"&gt;&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"&gt;Y&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;estas son unas de las Mujeres que conocimos con MUCOV en Cusco!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-size:130%;" lang="ES-PE" &gt;Como saben nuestro trabajo y compromiso con MUCOV siempre nos llevan a conversaciones inolvidables con mujeres que tienen mucho que compartir. Y aquí esta un corto resumen de esos diálogos necesarios que inspiran y que también nos enseñan un poco sobre la gran realidad de las experiencias de otras manas: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrKAeXCnJwI/AAAAAAAACHM/W_GUUt9wj_Q/s1600-h/Julia.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 197px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382505763730564866" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrKAeXCnJwI/AAAAAAAACHM/W_GUUt9wj_Q/s200/Julia.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Julia Beatriz Paliza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; Una mujer fuerte, independiente, triunfadora con un pasado que le ha enseñado a seguir adelante como una persistente&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;madre soltera que empezó su propia agencia turística y que no se dejo atrapar por la depresión ni la soledad. Entre lagrimas y risas, Julia nos contó sobre su pasado cuando toda su familia fue despojada de su hacienda después de&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;la reforma agraria en los 60´s, de cuando vivió en &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="la  Selva Peruana" st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:personname productid="la  Selva" st="on"&gt;la&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Selva&lt;/st1:personname&gt; Peruana&lt;/st1:personname&gt; con su entonces esposo en zona roja y como ella fue testigo de muchas injusticias, corrupción y abuso policial, atropellos y violaciones en contra de personas inocentes; de cómo tuvo que empezar otra vida después de haberse separado del padre de sus hijos sin el apoyo de su familia. Julia quien hace muchos años llego a Cusco, tuvo que empezar de zero y trabajar en varias chambas.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;También nos contó de sus problemas de salud, de su cirugía en la rodilla y de que ella se rehúsa a usar bastón porque siente que la fuerza para caminar sola siempre la ha tenido firme. Ahora continúa buscando como mejorar su negocio y como ser mejor madre para sus dos hijos quienes la apoyan pero igualmente la retan y muchas veces solo se puede reír en voz alta de todas las situaciones críticas que tiene que enfrentar como Mujer. &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Francisca y Beatriz Huachaca&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;: Francisca, una mujer fuerte, triste, y retada&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;por la vida en un sinnúmero de formas. A sus 46 años de edad ella nos cuenta sobre el permanente&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;cuidado que tiene sobre su&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;hija Beatriz quien tiene tan solo una decada de vida. Francisca recientemente tuvo que enterrar a su &lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGHFmB-EdI/AAAAAAAACBI/ftRd_VkEMLM/s1600-h/Beatris+y+Fran.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 134px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382231559862358482" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGHFmB-EdI/AAAAAAAACBI/ftRd_VkEMLM/s200/Beatris+y+Fran.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;hijo de 16 años ante una muerte inesperada, y nos hablo sobre su dolor y sobre su sentido de impotencia en estos momentos. Ella ha tenido que salir adelante como mujer viuda, como madre de 5 hijos sin tener recursos ni ayuda financiera estable, sin tener terreno propio ni chacras en la zona rural de donde ella proviene.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Sin empleo oficial, ella vende habas tostadas en las calles de Cusco, sentada en el andén junto a Beatriz&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;quien quedo parapléjica después de sufrir negligencia medica a los 6 años de edad. Esperan recaudar lo suficiente para regresarse a Combabata y poder comprar los medicamentos que necesita la pequeña Beatriz. Además, Francisca nos cuenta que no puede regresar sin no antes tener la plata para pagarle al señor quien les vendió el cajón para enterrar a su hijo. Con su chompa verde, sus ojos llorosos, ella se levanta y dice que tiene que seguir adelante, que su vida es dura pero tiene que luchar porque no hay de otra. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGEqo69E1I/AAAAAAAACBA/6kaGmD6XkkI/s1600-h/Ivonee.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 123px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 182px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382228897758516050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGEqo69E1I/AAAAAAAACBA/6kaGmD6XkkI/s200/Ivonee.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Ivonne&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Maribel Acurio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;: Una luchadora, trabajadora, y mujer que se considera emprendedora y jovial. Ivonne encuentra como magia el tiempo suficiente para tener su consultorio como psicóloga, para ser profesora de español en una institución, para ser directora de una revista de salud, para ser madre y para sostener&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;a un hogar con su familia en su casa/consultorio/oficina! Ivonne compartió sus experiencias como estudiante en la universidad, sobre su familia, sus viajes, sus logros como profesional, y sobre sus bellos recuerdos de las travesuras que acompañaron su infancia en Cusco. Con una sonrisa contagiosa, Ivonne abrió las puertas de su pasado para contarnos lo que ella ha construido para su presente. &lt;b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ffff00;"&gt;Seguimos rumbo a Puno en donde se encuentra el Lago Titicaca dividido entre la &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGfXEPhUdI/AAAAAAAACEw/4JW0JWItmd8/s1600-h/Dancing+Ladies.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 147px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 103px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382258248309101010" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGfXEPhUdI/AAAAAAAACEw/4JW0JWItmd8/s200/Dancing+Ladies.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;frontera Peruana y Boliviana. PQS (para que sepan) es el Lago mas grande de Sudamérica y&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;uno de los lagos más altos del mundo a &lt;st1:metricconverter productid="3,800 metros" st="on"&gt;3,800 metros&lt;/st1:metricconverter&gt; de altura!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrJxw1uEFwI/AAAAAAAACGk/4FDz2VBSaTg/s1600-h/Malinche+Bandera.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 174px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 148px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382489588529108738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrJxw1uEFwI/AAAAAAAACGk/4FDz2VBSaTg/s200/Malinche+Bandera.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;P&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;d: &lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vocabulario&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; Trome (súper/bacano/chido) es otra palabra que se va &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;agregar a nuestro vocabulario! &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE" lang="ES-PE"&gt;Pd: &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#3333ff;"&gt;Regalo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;: Malinche se compro una bandera cuzqueña para enviársela a todos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: ES-PE;font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;" lang="ES-PE"  &gt;los&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;que le cuenten que se hicieron una vasectomía! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="color:#ffff33;"&gt;PARA VER FOTOS DE CUSCO VISITA NUESTROS ALBUMES&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mujeresconvos/CuscoInEn2Colores#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;Cusco la cuidad&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;(en &lt;span style="color:#999999;"&gt;Blanco y Negro):&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mujeresconvos/CuscoInEn2Colores"&gt;http://picasaweb.google.com/mujeresconvos/CuscoInEn2Colores&lt;/a&gt;# &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mujeresconvos/WomynInCusco#"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#33ccff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mujeres en Cusco:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/mujeresconvos/WomynInCusco"&gt;http://picasaweb.google.com/mujeresconvos/WomynInCusco&lt;/a&gt;# &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-3387947588132143083?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/3387947588132143083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/09/cusco-el-ombligo-del-mundo-espanol.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/3387947588132143083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/3387947588132143083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/09/cusco-el-ombligo-del-mundo-espanol.html' title='CUSCO: El Ombligo del Mundo (ESPAÑOL)'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrJ3GjnphfI/AAAAAAAACHE/E7CkLxj3auU/s72-c/Bandera.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-6717052036161235927</id><published>2009-09-16T16:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T14:53:48.336-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Machu Picchu and we still Wonder</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Once we settled in Cusco for a bit, we started searching for the best and most affordable way to make our path to one of the seven marvels of the world (and to make Carly´s long time dream come true): the ancient and mysterious world renown site of Machu Picchu. We picked &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.intihuatanabike.com"&gt;Julia Tours&lt;/a&gt;, a family owned tour agency managed by upbeat Julia, a womyn with a fascinating Herstory who we later interviewed for the MUCOV Proyect. We decided to take one of the r&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjIYuR2eI/AAAAAAAACGU/dHdCTO2gIRI/s1600-h/Oyentantambo+(11).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382262394155293154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 108px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 168px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjIYuR2eI/AAAAAAAACGU/dHdCTO2gIRI/s200/Oyentantambo+(11).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;oads a bit less traveled: a four day route of which the first day &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGeLv_1NOI/AAAAAAAACEQ/FFIVmLl6xgM/s1600-h/Machupicchu+(197).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382256954384397538" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 178px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 147px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGeLv_1NOI/AAAAAAAACEQ/FFIVmLl6xgM/s200/Machupicchu+(197).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;includes a four hour bike ride and the rest consists of a trekking journey all the way to Machupicchu. With anticipation and excitement, we were off to the nearby town of Ollantaytambo known as the last Inca city of Peru.  Curved into the mountain side above its city streets are impressive agricultural terraces left from the royal estate of the Inca Emperor Pachacuti. We marveled at the way in which the small town, crisscrossed by the remaining long water ducts, had managed to preserve its ancestors´ presence in the streets and in the air surrounding its mountains. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;

&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;From there we&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjGIuOZTI/AAAAAAAACF0/akbI10L6y24/s1600-h/Machupicchu+(146).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382262355500361010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 152px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 113px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjGIuOZTI/AAAAAAAACF0/akbI10L6y24/s200/Machupicchu+(146).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt; went up a long winding mountain path. We had plenty of time to get to know our guide Marco, a young and cheerful man, knowledgeable on every Inca aspect.  Due to change of plans of other travels, Marco became our own personal guide for the whole four days of the trip! Lucky us. We also got to know Julia and her young son Jack and our driver Carlos and passed the rest of the ride exchanging jokes, stories and laughter. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;As we were reaching  the top our stomachs begin to tighten and we were warned, ¨not to get nervous or look down." We were about to descend a mountain highway, full of passing cars and trucks, of winding curves and only our wits and our warm scarves about us! The van with Julia would be trailing behind us, filming us as we rode and watching over our wheels and all of our body parts. But what a thrill!
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;With the wind whistling free! &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A rhythm our feet follow in circular glee &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sky above and below &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The colors blend in slow &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mountains move as we pass &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Majestic blurs in our path &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The curves of our bodies match those of the earth &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Divided into parts that together give us birth&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hearts, wheels, brakes, ears, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Speed,light, hands, steer &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bicycles or bodies? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;There or here? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Moving along or standing still? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Peddeling fast that is for REAL!

&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;In one of frequent picture-and-filming stops Marco mentions, "You ladies are doing something like the Bicycle Diaries!" We thought it was actually really funny and responded stating that we would title our adventure as such. At the end of the day we fell like monolithic stones onto our hostel beds in Santa Maria.

Our next two days passed by in a walking blur. Here is the MUCOV usual run-on adventure description: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;

&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjG7UrH6I/AAAAAAAACF8/USWnNYNSK9M/s1600-h/Machupicchu+dia+2y3+(24).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382262369083400098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 178px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjG7UrH6I/AAAAAAAACF8/USWnNYNSK9M/s200/Machupicchu+dia+2y3+(24).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382259706555797234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 132px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGgr8ooDvI/AAAAAAAACFg/9dlZ5EWTHxU/s200/Machupicchu+dia+2y3+(16).JPG" border="0" /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjG7UrH6I/AAAAAAAACF8/USWnNYNSK9M/s1600-h/Machupicchu+dia+2y3+(24).JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;Ruins, dirt roads, hot springs, Santa Teresa, full meals, heat, the past, womyn construction workers, rainbo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjHKJ7PbI/AAAAAAAACGE/4rlLRqYQRSs/s1600-h/Machupicchu+dia+2y3+(41).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382262373064850866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 128px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjHKJ7PbI/AAAAAAAACGE/4rlLRqYQRSs/s200/Machupicchu+dia+2y3+(41).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;w, gushing waterfalls, lots and lots of evil blood-sucking mosquitoes, Mayra with a full blown allergy reaction (only appearing sexy to more and more mosquitoes), Monkeys, Inca trails, Chasquis (agile and highly-trained runners that delivered messages and other objects throughout the Inca Empire), trains, bridges, coca tea, llamas, alpacas, mountains, climbs, steps, rivers, hydraulic plant, never ending train tracks, the tourist packed city of Aguas Calientes, plants and flowers beautiful and unfamiliar to us, wind, dirt, hammocks, new friends, clouds, cold , anticipation, 3:30am hike, sunburn, Malinche falling, and lots of pictures!
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&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;On the fourth day we woke up at 3 in the morning so that we could start the one and a a half hour&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382491202996544258" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 166px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 117px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrJzO0FGIwI/AAAAAAAACG8/Y5fIGe11V18/s200/carly+picchu.JPG" border="0" /&gt; climb up steep stone steps to Machupicchu. We wanted to arrive early in order to purchase the limited entrance ticket to climb the near by mountain of Wayna Picchu. In the cold and dark we waited by the gates as more and more tourists started pouring in. We were to meet with a guide who would show us around for two hours and then we would be left to explore the site on our own. What would we find as we walked in? Is it as magnificent as the stories tell it to be? We were about to find out.
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&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjH_QZYmI/AAAAAAAACGM/SV-wqmEdMPU/s1600-h/Machupicchu+dia+2y3+(238).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382262387319071330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 188px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjH_QZYmI/AAAAAAAACGM/SV-wqmEdMPU/s200/Machupicchu+dia+2y3+(238).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;First thing to greet our vision
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Magnificent green giants surrounding a sacred site &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Abandoned for a reason unknown by us  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sleeping for centuries and then woken up &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382259677037843026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 168px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 109px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGgqOq_0lI/AAAAAAAACFA/8u8faG_dbog/s200/Machupicchu+(574).JPG" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ESfont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Overtaken by ambitious and greedy industries of wealth
Waiting for the masses that pass its gates
All the feet that trespass its sacred grounds
All the hands that touch its smooth long lines&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ES"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ESfont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;All that was forgotten and can never be brought back &lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break"&gt;&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ES"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ESfont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Immense smooth&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;rocks, fused together like the moon and tide
By unknown creative hands and tools
Following visions of universal magnitudes
Ingenious minds with knowledge of the  greater stars&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break"&gt;&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGeJtVM8cI/AAAAAAAACDw/5ro143Vy8dc/s1600-h/Machupicchu+(33).JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382256919308988866" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGeJtVM8cI/AAAAAAAACDw/5ro143Vy8dc/s200/Machupicchu+(33).JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ESfont-family:'Times New Roman';" &gt;Rich cultures of suns and gods and rituals of light
An empire of vast understandings
And only a glimpse into its past
A kingdom of temples constructed with gold &lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break"&gt;Once upon a time too significant to behold&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ESfont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;Stretching halfway to the horizon
A mysterious city of stones carved with might
The echo of warriors protecting its fronts
A king with power weaved into his tresses &lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ES"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ES"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ESfont-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"  &gt;&lt;strong&gt;The sound of his commands bound with the fate of the sun
reaching across all of the borders together made into one &lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break"&gt;&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break"&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ES"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Long rows of green mixed with gray
Traces of the working voices dreaming the land
Whispering to the Pachamama&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;their knowledge of the bigger plan
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-: ESfont-family:'Times New Roman';" &gt;Their hands filled with seeds
Their bags overflowing with water
Manifesting the same destiny
shared by their mothers&lt;/span&gt; and daughters&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"   style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We are left with the silence of spirits past
Their presence felt in the smooth rocks and green paths
The sounds of rituals, work and songs carried by the winds
Are covered by the curious footsteps
Of hundreds and thousands of stranger dreams
A purposeful past forever unknown to us
A present in which we have to maintain what we have
and keep looking back.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align="center"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrJzOdK-BGI/AAAAAAAACG0/jP-lbJn4lL8/s1600-h/carly+machu.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrJzOdK-BGI/AAAAAAAACG0/jP-lbJn4lL8/s1600-h/carly+machu.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrJzOdK-BGI/AAAAAAAACG0/jP-lbJn4lL8/s1600-h/carly+machu.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrJzOdK-BGI/AAAAAAAACG0/jP-lbJn4lL8/s1600-h/carly+machu.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:times new roman;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-6717052036161235927?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/6717052036161235927/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/09/cusco-blog-english.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/6717052036161235927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/6717052036161235927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/09/cusco-blog-english.html' title='Machu Picchu and we still Wonder'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SrGjIYuR2eI/AAAAAAAACGU/dHdCTO2gIRI/s72-c/Oyentantambo+(11).JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-7143795637794366678</id><published>2009-08-31T07:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T15:56:30.570-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mujeres Con Vos'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Malinche'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Documenting Herstory MUCOV'/><title type='text'>AND NOW WE ARE THREE!!! (Abajo en Español)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEsmnIP8zI/AAAAAAAABps/SqNbm8PDxGI/s1600-h/Terminal.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377628471907316530" style="width: 179px; height: 114px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEsmnIP8zI/AAAAAAAABps/SqNbm8PDxGI/s200/Terminal.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" &gt;What? Another womyn joins MUCOV in their travels?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Who is the new womyn who has recently joined our team? She &lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEsmTnYiII/AAAAAAAABpk/9P-_HZGeoQs/s1600-h/Matesips.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;is a young womyn who calls herself Malinche. We met her on the bus during our trip from Lima to Arequipa, Peru’s second largest city. That Saturday night we were feeling a bit hyperactive due to the&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEqjMJgbZI/AAAAAAAABpM/4_XJSB0l1k4/s1600-h/BusCarly.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377626214101970322" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 130px; height: 99px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEqjMJgbZI/AAAAAAAABpM/4_XJSB0l1k4/s200/BusCarly.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; fact that we had one too many cups of &lt;em&gt;Yerba Mate&lt;/em&gt; and the thought of sitting down for 9 hours was already causing us anxiety. After&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEqkIPowaI/AAAAAAAABpc/LHFHI4yQ7nI/s1600-h/Mate+Bag.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377626230233809314" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 52px; height: 99px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEqkIPowaI/AAAAAAAABpc/LHFHI4yQ7nI/s200/Mate+Bag.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; the first two hours of the journey at night, we were frustrated due to the frequent stops we being forced to deal with. We thought that we would never arrive to our destination, given that every 45 minutes the driver stopped to collect, in a very informal but traditional manner, people from distant villages on their way to the cities. In this way, the driver and his assistants manage to earn a few extra soles (national currency), and those people living far from the central terminals also manage to board the bus midway on its journey. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the middle of this chaos, a womyn of small stature wearing a deep red colored dress walks into the bus. Seeing the intensity of her attire’s color it was hard not to think about the scene that repeated itself too many times in the past: blood splayed out over the rocks marking the paths our ancestors constructed with their gre&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEqi65l2pI/AAAAAAAABpE/01QvnhDqXa8/s1600-h/Loading+Bus.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377626209471814290" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 200px; height: 134px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEqi65l2pI/AAAAAAAABpE/01QvnhDqXa8/s200/Loading+Bus.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;at knowledge of architecture and physics. Her two long braids, reaching down beyond her waist were a beautiful sight to behold. The mystery womyn, followed by her silky black pearl extensions, entered the bus and walked down its isle towards the center. There she stopped, and with s few graceful movements arranged her instrument and spread her legs to position herself with a perfect balance. Once she was ready, she placed her right hand over the strings of her most precious treasure: her guitar. With the same passion with which a singer performs on her best concert to thousands of hypnotized audiences, the womyn began to sing:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;“Yo soy, yo soy, yo soy
Soy agua, playa, cielo, casa blanca.
Soy mar atlántico, viento de América,
Soy un montón de cosas santas
Mezcladas con cosas humanas.
Como te explico cosas mundanas
Fui niño, cuna, teta, techo, manta
Más miedo, cuco, grito, llanto, raza,
Después mezclaron las palabras
O se escapaban las miradas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;...¨&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;
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It was the same song we heard a few months ago by Mercedes Sosa when we had just left Colombia one gloomy afternoon while sitting in a café in the border city of Ipiales, Ecuador. The voice of the mystery womyn was so beautiful and captivating that whoever did not keep their silence would have been offending the very same virgin that the agnostics continue to keep in the shadows. Silence transformed into a coir of angels materializing themselves through her undeniably smooth and mesmerizing voice, coming out of her belly button to be released through the window of her lips. Her melody was so in tune that not even the continuously abrupt jumps of the bus could disrupt the harmony of her voice. Two more songs accompanied the audience in their silence (&lt;em&gt;Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds&lt;/em&gt; by the Beatles and &lt;em&gt;Besame Mucho&lt;/em&gt; by Pancho Céspedes). When she finished singing, we got out of our trance as well, and noticed, somewhat in awe, that we were still on the bus.
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The womyn began to collect the coins that her improvised audience offered her, passing through each row of seats until she reached us. We immediately asked her: “What is your name?” “MALINCHE,” she answered, with such firmness in her voice that it seemed as though the mere sound of her name marked the fine line of her lips. Right then and there we told her everything about MUCOV and that we would love to hear more about her life, about Herstory. “Of course sisters! I am an &lt;em&gt;Americana&lt;/em&gt; (meaning from the western hemisphere) without borders and so are you! Not only that, I think that there is so much to learn about each other and I want to support you! I will fundraise for you with my music! I do not have a fixed nest on any tree in this world which makes me a sorta nomad so let’s go! But, where exactly are we headed to?” &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;“To Arequipa,” we responded, “and we will continue on our path through South America until we get to Uruguay.”
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;And that was the Saturday night; actually it was more like Sunday morning that our path crossed with that of Malinche’s ,or hers with ours? Or is it just one path?. “And does your name originate from the Malinche of Cortez’s era in Aztec land, or the volcano in Puebla, or the tree known as Delonix regia?” we asked. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;“My name refers to me, to all of the past that has brought me to this present many moons ago. I can be gentle,misunderstood, strong, mother, volcanic, a tree with red flowers; and I can also be what I whole heartedly wish to be, whenever I want to, without limits or restrictions, and without having to explain the how and the why,” said Malinche. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;“Understood”, was all that came out of our mouths, and that was the moment we realized that Malinche was going to show us, little by little, the world which lead her to the same bus that we were sitting in. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;The voice of this young womyn reached our souls and it will continue to accompany us throughout our travels. “I want to visit all of the countries in which womyn govern in the Americas. The good thing is that it will be low cost for me because I am only missing Argentina. I have already visited &lt;em&gt;Sra.&lt;/em&gt; Bachelet when she was first elected.” &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;“All right Malinche, but don’t let your trip end there. &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEqjhPFQQI/AAAAAAAABpU/fyRrlRU4mlI/s1600-h/Malinche+Bus.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377626219762499842" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 163px; height: 138px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEqjhPFQQI/AAAAAAAABpU/fyRrlRU4mlI/s200/Malinche+Bus.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Imagine how many more womyn leaders there are that reside in hundreds of diverse contexts that are not recognized on a national level but that are nonetheless fighting for a better world from their own surroundings; it will be great to create connections and initiate encounters between all of us,” we said. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;“Of course they exist, my human poppy seed, or better stated my heroines; like the &lt;em&gt;empanada&lt;/em&gt; vendors in the street corners, like the womyn who get out of jail to keep fighting, like the womyn who sell their fruits and vegetables in the central markets sitting like goddesses amongst the garden of vivid colors, like the womyn selling &lt;em&gt;Palo Santo&lt;/em&gt; (holy wood) for the passerby in need of a blessing, almost invisible alongside the towering churches and cathedrals they stand next to. My heroines are also those womyn who never learned how to read and write yet with their voice they gift us with poems, verses and their sweetest melodies come out of their hearts and through their bodies until they slide smoothly from their womb and out to the world.” &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;“Exactly. There are many heroines who fight everyday to overcome the difficulties they are born into, to move forward; womyn who refuse to give up, who do not tire of walking firmly on their path,” we reckoned. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;When we got to Arequipa around 6:00 in the morning, we addressed ourselves in unison to Malinche: “Welcome to MUCOV Malinche! But where are your things? Don’t you have a bag?” we asked. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;“Not at all! I only carry my Confession (referring to her guitar). Besides, I don’t need anything else, since this brain of mine weighs way too much already!”she respondes almost offended by our question. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;“Great! Then you can help us with our bags, since those &lt;em&gt;vainas &lt;/em&gt;weigh more than we do!” we responded. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;"Malinche, now that I remember, the Malinche of the land of the Mexicas was also known as Malinalli Tenépal, and back when I was taking a class at Los Angeles City College (LACC), my professor Kalinde told me that the word Tenépal in Náhuatl means: &lt;em&gt;a person who possesses an easy manner with words, who talks much and animatedly,&lt;/em&gt;” commented Mayra. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;“Well, what a coincidence,” responded Malinche, with a mischievous half smile on her face. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"&gt;P.S&lt;/span&gt;. ¨&lt;em&gt;Open Veins of Latin-America&lt;/em&gt;¨ by Eduardo Galeano: Malinche says that she will use the money she collected on the bus to send Hillary Clinton a copy of Mr.Galeano´s book since she doesn´t think Obama should be the only one expected to read it. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9028989517756194914-7143795637794366678?l=mucov.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/feeds/7143795637794366678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/08/and-now-we-are-three.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/7143795637794366678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9028989517756194914/posts/default/7143795637794366678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mucov.blogspot.com/2009/08/and-now-we-are-three.html' title='AND NOW WE ARE THREE!!! (Abajo en Español)'/><author><name>You might recognize us</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18221466592236254736</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqEsmnIP8zI/AAAAAAAABps/SqNbm8PDxGI/s72-c/Terminal.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9028989517756194914.post-5122429455219566918</id><published>2009-08-30T08:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T17:47:38.845-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Y ahora somos TRES! (Arriba en Ingles)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ccff;"&gt;Otra Viajera se une a MUCOV&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqE40gzRYZI/AAAAAAAABqM/pqLuIgawq2M/s1600-h/BusCarly.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377641904866419090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqE40gzRYZI/AAAAAAAABqM/pqLuIgawq2M/s200/BusCarly.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;¿Quién es la nueva persona del equipo? Es una mujer autonombrada Malinche. La hemos conocido en el bus mientras viajábamos de Lima a Arequipa, la segunda ciudad más grande del Perú. Ese sábado por la noche estábamos un poco hiperactivas dado que habíamos tomado demasiada hierba mate y solo de pensar que estaríamos 9 horas sometidas a los asientos del bus nos causaba ansiedad. Dos horas después de empezar el camino el bus se detuvo en unas de sus nu&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqE862kJwJI/AAAAAAAABqs/BFTneLyB7o4/s1600-h/Matesips.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377646411834310802" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 171px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 142px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqE862kJwJI/AAAAAAAABqs/BFTneLyB7o4/s200/Matesips.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;merosas paradas a lo largo de la carretera para subir a más personas. Pensábamos que nunca llegaríamos dado que cada 45 minutos el conductor estaba parando y recogiendo (de una forma muy informal pero muy tradicional) a las personas que se suben de los pueblos aledaños a las ciudades. De esta forma el conductor y los asistentes logran ganar unos soles más y las personas que no están cercas de terminales logran montarse en medio del camino. &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;En una de esas paradas entro una mujer de muy baja estatura, con un vestido color rojo fuerte como la sangre poderosa derramada sobre las piedras de los caminos de nuestros antepasados. Sus trenzas largas que&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqE86ouvgnI/AAAAAAAABqk/99xCm1Cx4Vw/s1600-h/Mate+Bag.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377646408120631922" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 86px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 125px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqE86ouvgnI/AAAAAAAABqk/99xCm1Cx4Vw/s200/Mate+Bag.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; le llegaban por debajo de su cintura eran hermosas. La mujer entro seguida por sus extensiones de color de perlas negras y se paro en el centro del bus, se acomodo la guitarra y después de posesionarse con los pies separados para asegurar su estabilidad, colocó su diestra sobre las cuerdas de su más preciado tesoro: su guitarra. Así, con la misma delicadeza que cualquier cantante muestra sobre la tarima que sostendrá su mejor concierto, la mujer empezó a cantar:&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Yo soy, yo soy, yo soy
Soy agua, playa, cielo, casa blanca.
Soy mar atlántico, viento de América,
Soy un montón de cosas santas
Mezcladas con cosas humanas.
Como te explico cosas mundanas
Fui niño, cuna, teta, techo, manta
Más miedo, cuco, grito, llanto, raza,
Después mezclaron las palabras
O se escapaban las miradas
Algo paso no entendí nada…”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;Era la misma canción de Mercedes Sosa que habíamos escuchado meses a tras cuando apenas salíamos de Colombia mientras tomábamos un café en la ciudad fronteriza de Ipiales, Ecuador.
La voz de la mujer que mantenía la guitarra sobre su pecho era tan hermosa que cualquiera que no guardara silencio estaría ofendido a la misma virgen que todas las agnósticas guardan en el closet. El silencio se convirtió como un coro que alimentaba la sutil pero innegable voz de la mujer que salía desde su ombligo para liberarse por la ventana de su garganta. Tan entonado era su compás que ni los saltos del bus le desequilibran su amortiguada melodía. Cantó dos canciones más (&lt;em&gt;Lucy en el cielo de los Beatles&lt;/em&gt;, y &lt;em&gt;Bésame Mucho de Pancho&lt;/em&gt; Céspedes). &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqE41yDWxLI/AAAAAAAABqc/LxHzMMWrSlM/s1600-h/Malinche+Bus.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377641926677152946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 216px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 168px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_exlXLxaJfgs/SqE41yDWxLI/AAAAAAAABqc/LxHzMMWrSlM/s200/Malinche+Bus.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Al terminar salimos del trance y nos dimos cuenta que todavía estábamos en el bus. La mujer empezó a coleccio
