As you may have heard, a certain Little Injun That Could was recently re-elected by some two-thirds of Bolivian voters. This popular guy is not only a doctor honoris causa several times over, he’s now also a recognized spiritual guide. And this is what he said upon receiving the staff of office from indigenous priests yesterday at Tiwanaku, the most sacred site in his country:
Serious stuff, to be sure…but let it never be said that Evo is such a busy boy that he doesn’t have time to fit in a little folk-dancing: