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McGehee: Today's Fiction, Tomorrow's Real Utopia
BookReview, October, 25 2008
Michael McGehee
McGehee's ZSpace page
Few books inspire not only imagination but also the desire for a new and better world. The compilation of essays Chris Spannos edited in Real Utopia achieves just that.
Dangl: Bolivia: Congress Approves Referendum on Constitution
Znet Article, October, 23 2008
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
After months of street battles and political meetings, a new draft of the Bolivian constitution was ratified by Congress on October 21. A national referendum on whether or not to make the document official is scheduled for January 25, 2009.
Fletcher jr.: Respect Bolivia's Democracy
Znet Article, October, 03 2008
Bill Fletcher jr.
Fletcher jr.'s ZSpace page
There is a struggle underway in Bolivia which has been largely overlooked or misrepresented in the mainstream circles in the USA. For the first time ever in Bolivia, the majority of the population exercises its rights as fully recognized citizens ...
Chomsky: VII Social Summit for the Latin American and Caribbean Unity
Znet Article, September, 29 2008
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
During the past decade, Latin America has become the most exciting region of the world. The dynamic has very largely flowed from right where you are meeting, in Caracas, with the election of a leftist president dedicated to using Venezuela’s rich ...
Fuentes: Bolivia: Indigenous Government Defies US-Backed Fascists
Znet Article, September, 22 2008
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
Relative calm has returned to Bolivia following a three-week offensive of violence and terrorism launched by the US-backed right-wing opposition denounced by Bolivian President Evo Morales as a "civil coup".
Many: An Open Letter to the U.S. State Department Regarding Recent Violence in Bolivia
Znet Article, September, 20 2008
Authors Many
Many's ZSpace page
An Open Letter to the U.S. State Department Regarding Recent Violence in Bolivia...
Zunes: The United States and Bolivia
Znet Article, September, 20 2008
Stephen Zunes
Zunes's ZSpace page
Background to recent events in Bolivia.
Rizvi: U.S. Ties to Bolivian Opposition 'Shrouded in Secrecy'
Znet Article, September, 19 2008
Haider Rizvi
Rizvi's ZSpace page
The opposition in five out of Bolivia's nine provinces is up in arms against the first-ever indigenous government's attempt to rewrite the country's constitution and bring about economic and social reforms in favour of the majority native population.
Suggett: South American Presidents Unite to Defend Bolivia Against Destabilization
Znet Article, September, 17 2008
James Suggett
Suggett's ZSpace page
Mérida, September 16, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)-- Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and the leaders of 11 other South American nations held an emergency meeting of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) in Santiago, Chile, Monday to form a ...
Burbach: Bolivia and the Echoes of Allende Morales Confronts the Insurrection
Znet Article, September, 17 2008
Roger Burbach
Burbach's ZSpace page
As Bolivia teeters on the brink of civil war, President Evo Morales staunchly maintains his commitment to constructing a popular democracy by working within the state institutions that brought him to power. The show down with the right wing is tak...
Weisbrot: "Revolt of the Rich"
Znet Article, September, 17 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
Newsweek's Michael Miller recently interviewed CEPR Co-Director Mark Weisbrot regarding the situation in Bolivia, where violence by right-wing groups, in conjunction with opposition prefects and politicians, claimed the lives of dozens of people a...
Kozloff: “Macaca,” Gaffe Rears Ugly Head in Bolivia
Znet Article, September, 16 2008
Nikolas Kozloff
Kozloff's ZSpace page
In a careless slip of the tongue in August, 2006 Virginia Senator George Allen shot himself in the foot and ended his political career. During a campaign rally Allen pointed to a man of Indian descent and remarked “This fellow here, over here wit...
Dangl: The Machine Gun and The Meeting Table: Bolivian Crisis in a New South America
Znet Article, September, 16 2008
Ben Dangl
Dangl's ZSpace page
On Monday, September 15, Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived in Santiago, Chile for an emergency meeting of Latin American leaders that convened to seek a resolution to the recent conflict in Bolivia. Upon his arrival, Morales said, "I have com...
Hylton: Bolivia Expels US Ambassador
Video, September, 15 2008
Forrest Hylton
Hylton's ZSpace page
Bolivian President Evo Morales stated that he was expelling US ambassador Philip Goldberg for allegedly inciting violent opposition protests. The Bolivian leader did not offer specific evidence against Goldberg, but he has long accused the diploma...
Schultz: Bolivia at the Abyss
Znet Article, September, 15 2008
Jim Schultz
Schultz's ZSpace page
The meeting was called by Argentina's President, Cristina Fernandez. A Buenos Aires daily quoted her linking the attacks against Morales with one of the bloodiest memories in the region's recent history. "If we don’t act now, in thirty years we...
Podur: Bolivia’s elites seek a media coup
Znet Article, September, 15 2008
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Bolivia's popular movements are attempting to use democracy and a legitimate government to advance an agenda of sovereignty, greater equality, and development. Their opponents, led by several governors of the wealthier provinces in a part of the c...
Dieterich: Magisterial counterattack of the new Latin-American political class in Venezuela and Bolivia
Znet Article, September, 13 2008
Heinz Dieterich
Dieterich's ZSpace page
In a masterful counterattack to the destabilizing policies of Washington in Latin America, Hugo Chávez expelled in humiliating form the imperial ambassador Patrick Duddy. His action was supported by Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador and most important...
Fuentes: Bolivia: 'No going back'
Znet Article, September, 09 2008
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
On September 1, Bolivia's National Electoral Court (CNE) ruled that it would not allow the proposed December 7 referendum on a new constitution to go ahead.
Fuentes: Bolivia: Right-wing rebellion spurs left offensive
Znet Article, August, 27 2008
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
The August 10 vote on the president, vive-president and eight out of nine prefects (governors) registered a historic 68% vote for Morales, an increase of 14% on the vote that brought him to power in December 2005...
Webber: Bolivia’s Post-Referendum Conjuncture
Znet Article, August, 18 2008
Jeffery r. Webber
Webber's ZSpace page
The period between 1946 and 1952 – under the regimes of Enrique Hertzog (1947-1949), Mamerto Urriolagoitia (1949-1951), and Hugo Ballivián (1951-1952) – came to be known as the sexenio. The era was marked by authoritarianism and repression in the ...
