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This past Wednesday, Vladimir Torrez, an orphan from the Ciudad del Niño in La Paz, defended his research project about coffee plant grafting to reduce nematode pest infestations. Vladimir is also deaf, requiring more work on his part to succeed. We are so proud of him.


Photo: Vladimir raises a cup of sparkling cider as we toast his success.

The unfortunate part was that his aunt came to see his project defense, and couldn't get past a landslide that was blocking the path (it has been raining cats and dogs all week -- The Wet Season). She arrived later, and we all basked in the success of yet another student from the UAC, now ready to go out and change the world.


Photo: Landslide on the road between Carmen Pampa and Coroico, still causing problems as of today.