In 2014, the Clock in La Paz, Bolivia Started Running Backwards

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In June of 2014, the government of La Paz, Bolivia ordered that the numbers on the clock on the congress building be reversed.

The hands turn to the left, and the numbers were inverted
Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca dubbed it the “clock of the south”
The clock was made to show Bolivian people that it’s good to be creative and question norms
The government has said that they will not require everyone in Bolivia to change their clocks



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