A slightly edited version of this article was originally published in a 1995 issue of The Journal of the North American Shortwave Association in the Latin Destinations column. Well, it could. I had heard of Palenque before, but didn't know much about him. However, the QSL has prompted me to do a little more research into the man and his beliefs. As we will see, Carlos Palenque's connection to Bolivian broadcasting is a lot more than just a rubber stamp on some QSL letters.
Bolivia is also one of the poorest countries in Latin America.
However, the fact that the Indians of Bolivia have survived all these centuries of Spanish domination with their culture intact makes them a force to be reckoned with. The harsh conditions of life in the mining towns and in the farming villages helped bring the peasants together. Just as important, however, is that immediately after World War II, Indians began moving into La Paz in search of a better life. These Indians brought their rural traditional values with them and serve as a symbol of the problems of the countryside. While previously La Paz was a mostly European city, it increasingly became a divided city, with more and more Indian neighborhoods.