Dispatches from the Field: El Alto, Bolivia

October 17, 2013

Reading Time: < 1 minuteBolivia’s most politically influential city remains restless.

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Changes: Estanislao and Félix Mamani pose in front of Félix’s house in El Alto. Photo: Sara Shahriari.

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Bolivia’s most politically influential city remains restless. (slideshow available)

Dispatches: El Alto, Bolivia

Reading Time: 6 minutesThe former settlement on a plateau above La Paz is becoming a city unto itself, due in no small part to onetime protest leader and now favorite son, President Evo Morales.

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