http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/17/bolivia-blogger-named-to-national-electoral-court/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:43:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/17/bolivia-blogger-named-to-national-electoral-court/comment-page-1/#comment-1367874 mcentellas Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:36:29 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/01/17/bolivia-blogger-named-to-national-electoral-court/#comment-1367874 Yes, Exeni's nomination did stir some controversy among the Bolivian literati. One should remember, of course, that the division between "politician" and "intellectual" (or "academic") is a loose one in Bolivia. But while Exeni has leftist sympathies, he's at least a real intellectual (w/ a PhD from FLACSO). I've run into him through his work at ILDIS (the German SDP-funded institute co-directed by Carlos Toranzo), he was a participant in the first Goni administration (in Participacion Popular & the CNE), and has written extensively. In other words: he's certainly not a hack. Yes, Exeni’s nomination did stir some controversy among the Bolivian literati. One should remember, of course, that the division between “politician” and “intellectual” (or “academic”) is a loose one in Bolivia. But while Exeni has leftist sympathies, he’s at least a real intellectual (w/ a PhD from FLACSO). I’ve run into him through his work at ILDIS (the German SDP-funded institute co-directed by Carlos Toranzo), he was a participant in the first Goni administration (in Participacion Popular & the CNE), and has written extensively. In other words: he’s certainly not a hack.

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