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...guttural Spanish that many of the assimilated Aymara speak, "Harina barata, muy barata"--Flour, very cheap. I looked at her and smiled. Sensing a potential customer with mucho dinero, she put down her knitting and tried to entrap me: "Solamente tres pesos por kilo. No puede encontrar mejor"--Only three pesos, you can't find better. I mumbled in my broken Spanish that I was only looking, and turned away before I would see her disappointed look...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Bolivia | 2/22/1974 | See Source »

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