Paola Gosalvez, our La Paz reporterName: Paola Gosalvez Saravia
Location: La Paz, Bolivia
Age: 32
Who do you hope to be the next president of the United States?
Barack Obama, for unlike Clinton, he speaks of improving the relationship with South-America. This has been neglected the past couple of years. He publically stated that there is not one South-American president he wouldn’t speak to, even Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro.
What is your image of Holland?
A girl with a pointy hat and a dress, in a field of tulips.
What national politician would you like to interview?
President Evo Morales, because I would like to get to know the person who theoretically wasn’t prepared to be president. Someone who doesn’t even have a bachelor’s degree but who is now president of a country in deep political, social and economical crisis.
What national trait would you expoert to the rest of the world?
The plainness of our people, without being huble. This makes us open-minded to every person, everywhere.
What national trait would you like to eliminate?
Racism, because it stops us from living in harmony and it hampers our development. Racism seeps its way into everything.
What will you be doing in ten years?
I would love to make a lot of movies in Bolivia and travel around the world.
In the week of World Animal Day, Metropolis looks at the life of dogs all around the world. This episode has been the object of much debate in the Metropolis editorial team: what can we show, and what can’t we show? We received many documentaries that were terrible to watch, but they did show the reality of other cultures. In the episode that was televised we have deleted the most gruesome images. But a warning is justified: some of the contributions to this show contain shocking images and are inappropriate for young viewers.
