IN STEREO

What else can I tell you about the dog, Petardo [Firecracker], who has always been with us? Like this time: it was a morning when we were being gassed. The puppy was hurt with a bullet, the doggy screaming. He got lost one day. Everyone was looking for the dog: “What will he have done?” They found him and healed him; they covered everything with gauze. Poor dog – like the people. When one morning we said we were going to go to the ministers, the dog was the first to go there, ahead. First to go and barking along, as if to say, “Let’s go!” When the soldiers seized the flag, I was holding back. I did not want to go. When [our] university friends who went were surrounded, the dog was running to the bullets, to the gas. In that way, Petardo has been with us, and now he must continue here, you see? He also goes in the marches. Petardo is there. – Doña Carmen

I did not go to see the puppy when he arrived. They were coming from La Paz. I watched the puppy on TV. We were crying when we saw. It’s emotional. After that, I think the strikes were lifted, weren’t they? Then everything was lifted. It can be [considered] historical, yes: as a fight, almost. It was a struggle to want something to fulfil its promise. So far, we have not seen anything. – Cathy