Von Feuerland nach Tijuana Part 3 # 03.04.2010 # In Focus

# In the past, tourists crossing the Bridge of Friendship from Brazil to Paraguay often met with a decidedly unfriendly welcome. Now a special tourist police keep the robbers at bay. Otherwise, Paraguay is a generally peaceful place. Some people even speak German! Mennonites have been raising cattle on the dry savanna of the Gran Chaco for generations. Neighboring Bolivia boasts Latin America’s first president of indigenous origin. Evo Morales has plans to extract the vast lithium deposits of the Salar de Uyuni salt flats – without foreign investment. Our journey through the landlocked Andean nation ends at Copacabana, a place of pilgrimage on Lake Titicaca.