Every 4th of July requires the hanging of a flag. My bathroom window was the only decent place I could find for the mini-flag that Ale had sent me.
The Charge de Affairs, John Creamer, posing with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Yellowbird Apache dancers at the official 4th of July event which took place at the Ambassador's Residence in La Paz. The current Bolivian government has a significant "indigenous agenda", so I think the dancers were brought in to show a different and more in-common face of America. Some of the dancers were actually Navajo and Mormon. One of the girls had served a mission in Argentina.
No official event is complete without a Marine color guard. Sgt. Loredo, Cpl . Fischetti, Cpl. Gonzales, and Cpl. White of the Marine Security Guard Detachment.
In the evening, the Embassy held an event at a shopping mall. The Apache dancers had a presentation and there were kiosks handing out American flags and "I Love USA" bumper stickers. Outside, there was a concert featuring a pretty decent band playing American rock covers. To top it off there was a large and dangerous (they were being launched from the middle of the street) fireworks display. So, a shopping mall, rock music, patriotic propaganda, and a display of firepower - it doesn't get any more American than that.
This guy isn't even American but anyone willing to dress up like that in Bolivia under Evo Morales should be granted immediate citizenship.
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