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Morales: Save the planet from capitalism
Znet Article, December, 10 2008
Evo Morales
Morales's ZSpace page
President of Bolivia addressing climate change...
Burbach: The United States: Orchestrating a Civic Coup in Bolivia
Znet Article, November, 19 2008
Roger Burbach
Burbach's ZSpace page
livian President Evo Morales is visiting the United Nations and the Organization of American States this week to report on the recent US coup attempt against his government. He will also meet with members of Congress to deal with “the worst diplom...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Weisbrot: Bolivia: Can The Majority of People Vote for Change and Actually Get It?
Znet Article, August, 15 2008
Mark Weisbrot
Weisbrot's ZSpace page
Evo Morales changed the history of Bolivia when he was elected in December 2005 as the country's first indigenous president, and the first to get a majority of 54 percent. On Sunday he expanded his mandate considerably in a referendum, with 68 per...
Shultz: Bolivian President Evo Morales Wins Critical Referendum on His Presidency
Znet Article, August, 14 2008
Jim Shultz
Shultz's ZSpace page
More than 63 percent voted to back Morales' government - nearly ten points more than the 54 percent that elected him in December 2005. The recall pitted Morales against governors who have pushed for autonomy for their resource-rich provinces...
Lyubarsky: Bolivian Referendum Analysis
Znet Article, August, 13 2008
Andrew Lyubarsky
Lyubarsky's ZSpace page
For the Movimiento a Socialismo and Evo Morales, Sunday was indubitably a good day. After having won the Bolivian presidency in 2005 with approximately 54% of the popular vote, Evo surprised everyone by not only winning the recall referendum convo...
Morales: On the WTO's Round of Negotiations
Znet Article, July, 22 2008
Evo Morales
Morales's ZSpace page
First I must say that if it were so, all 153 member countries and in particular, the wide majority of developing countries should be the main actors in the WTO negotiations. But what we are seeing is that a handful of 35 countries are invited by ...
Lyubarsky: The Revolution on Hold – Departmental Autonomy and the Crisis of the Left in Bolivia
Znet Article, June, 30 2008
Andrew Lyubarsky
Lyubarsky's ZSpace page
When Evo Morales was elected the first indigenous president of Bolivia in 2005, he swept to power with a huge and unprecedented popular mandate, crushing his nearest opponent by a 25-point margin. The country’s traditional political classes were d...
Fuentes: Bolivia: Recall referendums open new struggle
Znet Article, May, 23 2008
Federico Fuentes
Fuentes's ZSpace page
A new period of uncertainty has opened in Bolivia with the initiation of recall referendums for the president and prefects of Bolivia's nine departments by the opposition-controlled Senate.
Burbach: United States maneuvers to carve up Bolivia with autonomy vote
Znet Article, May, 06 2008
Roger Burbach
Burbach's ZSpace page
The illegal referendum held on Sunday to declare autonomy in Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s richest province, is backed by the Bush administration in an attempt to halt the leftward drift of South America. While the US embassy in La Paz blandly declares it...


