Cesar Bolivar Mendizabal is the President of the Bolivian Federation for pelota fronton. He is from Cochabamba, Bolivia and accompanied two pelota players from the province of Sacaba to play at the 2007 Euskal Pilota championship in South San Francisco, California.

In this exclusive interview , he talks about the future of pelota in Bolivia. Although Cesar is from Bolivia and speaks Spanish and Quechua (Native American language of South America), his roots come from the Basque Country. His grandparents came to Bolivia and were active pelota players. He passed on this tradition to his sons who are avid pelota players and hopes to spread pelota throughout his country of Bolivia.

So, our form of the game is very different to the one here. In order for us to keep up with this game of Basque pelota is a bit difficult and uncomfortable. For example, even the pelota itself is different. The pelota with which we play with is small, between 60-65 grams and when we come to participate in these international events, we have to play with a much bigger ball with weights of 105 grams. However, I have seen that the players we placed in this international event have been able to respond very well and I am very proud of our Bolivian players.

Has Bolivia participated in other international tournaments?
We have always tried to participate in all the international tournaments. What I appreciate....

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