In pondering the shit thread, I rememberd the following. On necessity of race purification for Bolivian "development" in the 19th century, prominent statesman Gabriel Rene Moreno wrote: "If in any way the indians and cholos [poorer peoples of peasant-indian extraction, who have left the countryside] are to intervene in the progressive evolution of Bolivian society, it will necessarily be passively through slower or faster disintegration, like secreted products expulsed from the organic cavities of the social body, like residues pulled from the depths of the economy ... thereby consummating the complete purification of the national Caucasian race." Whoa. And there are DOZENS of grade shcools named after this guy all over the country. Tom Tom Kruse / Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia Tel/Fax: (591-4) 248242 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
