Posts Tagged ‘Bolivia’
Bolivia: Guaraní seize pipelines
1:11 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Activism|Bolivia|Politics · 1 Comment
21 Aug 2006
The Dow Jones — in a strangely translated and not very PC press release — announced today that a group of Guaranís have seized a gas pipeline in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, which provides gas to nearby Brazil:
Between about 20 to 30 Indians were still occupying the site Monday, while up to 150 people were staging protests outside the premises, the official told Dow Jones Newswires, speaking over the telephone from Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
The occupied control station is located in Parapet in Santa Cruz state and serves to compress gas to transport it to Brazil. Brazil currently imports about 25 million cubic meters of gas a day from Bolivia.
Indian leaders have threatened to close valves in the control station to stop the gas exports, but so far the gas flow is uninterrupted, the Petrobras official said.
The protesters are demanding 9 million dollars they say were promised them by Brazilian oil companies in 2005.
Via / Easy Bourse
Image via bolivia.indymedia.org
Evo: Catholic education to remain in schools
2:40 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bolivia|Education|Religion · Comments Off
2 Aug 2006
Bolivian leader Evo Morales announced earlier in his presidency the possibility of eliminating Roman Catholic teachings from the core curriculum in the country’s education system. Now, he’s backing away from that proposal, according to AP:
President Evo Morales has backed off a proposal to remove Roman Catholic instruction from Bolivia’s schools, easing a dispute with church officials over his plan to place greater emphasis on Indian faiths.Morales, an Aymara Indian and the Andean nation’s first indigenous president, had earlier accused the Catholic hierarchy of behaving as if they were “in the times of the Inquisition.” But the leftist leader made peace with church officials late Sunday in a conference with Cardinal Julio Terrazas in the highland city of Cochabamba.
“The government and the Catholic church agree to preserve the course on religion, respecting the existing religious diversity in the country,” said a joint statement from Morales and Terrazas released Monday.
Surprisingly, according to AP, the initial proposal to secularize education in Bolivia has cost him the support of citizens, as an overwhelming 83% of Bolivians say they support the Catholic church.
Via / Seattle Post Intelligencer
VLMIL Candidate #12: Evo Morales
8:51 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bolivia|Politics|Polls2006|VivirLatino · 1 Comment
25 Jul 2006
Name: Juan Evo Morales Ayma (Aima)
Age: 46
Occupation: President of Bolivia
Place of Residence: La Paz
Bio:
Juan Evo Morales Aima was born October 26, 1959 in the community of Isallavi, Orinoco, Oruro to Aymara parents Dionisio Morales Choque and Maria Mamani. From a young age Evo worked with his family as a farmer. After a high school trip to the Presidential Palace in La Paz, Evo told his classmates, “One day I will be president and you will be my ministers”. After serving in a military, growing coca , Evo became a union leader. It was here when he became a coca activist, and was even nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in both 1995 and 1996. From here Evo earned a seat in the Bolivian Congress. In January 2002, Morales was removed from his seat in Congress, because of a charge of terrorism related to anti-eradication riots in Sacaba that month in which four coca farmers, three military soldiers and a police officer were killed. The U.S. was accused of being behind his expulsion. From here he ran for President. In 2002 he came in second place. In 2005 he won.
Evo Says U.S. is Sending Hidden Troops to Bolivia
12:08 pm By Maegan La Mala · Bolivia|Venezuela · Comments Off
26 Jun 2006
In a speech last week, Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the United States of sending military in disguise into the South American country. Morales claimed:
But I also have the right to complain because U.S. soldiers disguised as students and tourists are entering the country.
Morales did not offer any evidence but said he would do so in the near future. Not surprisingly, the U.S. denies the claim(even if it were true, does anyone think the U.S. would admit it?).
Some say that Morales is trying to smokescreen the fact that Venezuelan troops are currently in Bolivia. Whatever the truth is, I’m sure the fact that Evo Morales is saying things like in Quechua like “Qausachun coca (Long live coca!)” and “wanuchun yanquis (die Yankees!” sure is not going to win him any fans in the current (or any) administration.
Via / Yahoo! News
Is the U.S. After Evo?
6 Jun 2006
Bolivian President Evo Morales is claiming that the United States organized groups to kill him and asserted claims made by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez that the U.S. was planning to overthrow the Morales administration. According to Morales:
I’ve been informed recently how the U.S. had organized teams — groups to persecute Evo Morales, to kill Evo Morales. They haven’t been able to and now we’re organized, from unions to this political party and they can’t stop us anymore.
Of course the United States denied the charges. The U.S. Embassy in Bolivia stated through a statement last week:
We’re supporting democracy in Bolivia in a consistent manner and are looking for a constructive relationship with the Bolivian government based on dignity, mutual respect and common interests.
Those leftist Latin American leaders are at it again. Bolivian president, Evo Morales returned from a weekend summit with Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Cuba’s Fidel Castro and nationalized his country’s natural gas industry. In a bold move that has caused international interventions before:
Morales immediately ordered soldiers to occupy Bolivia’s gas fields, and he told energy companies operating in the country that they have six months to hand over majority control of their holdings to his government.
Bolivia has the world’s second largest natural gas reserves. This combined with the growing energy crisis in the U.S. and Venezuela’s large oil reserves have me predicting some sort of sanctions (military or other) by the U.S.
Via / ABC News
U.S. Blackmailing Bolivia?
9 Mar 2006
That’s right President Evo Morales is saying. On March 6 the United States “declassified” Bolivia as a partner in the war against terrorism. This means the withdrawal of more than $300 000 of U.S. funds from the South American country. The U.S. Embassy did not comment immediately but the withdrawal probably can be linked to Morales’s left of center politics which includes decriminalizing coca farming. Morales said that the funds had been withdrawn :
Because we don’t accept vetoes or the change of a commander, blackmail comes from the US armed force.
Via / SABC News
To U.S. Bolivian Farmer=Terrorist
3 Mar 2006
The “Winds of Change in the Americas” conference, taking place this Sunday in Burlington, Vermont, will be without its keynote speaker because the United States labeled her a terrorist. Leonida Zurita Vargas, a Bolivian coca farm organizer was told at the airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia that her visa was revoked because of ties to terrorists. A section of the USA-Patriot Act which bars anyone from entering the US that poses a security threat or has participated in or incited terrorist activity was cited as the reason for the visa revocation. According to Jim Shultz of the Democracy Center in Cochabamba, her visa was cancelled allegedly because:
In 2003 [Zurita] was accused of “terrorism” by the government of ousted-President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, she served a brief time in jail in Cochabamba, and was released for lack of evidence.
Evo, the (anti) fashionista
1:35 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Bolivia|Fashion|Politics · 1 Comment
2 Feb 2006
The New York Times reports today on the fashion rage that is sweeping Bolivia as a result of the couture of President Evo Morales. It seems that everyone and their mom wants a copy of the now infamous sweater that Evo wore during his audience with Spain’s president, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, the King of Spain, Juan Carlos and other European dignitaries:
Lately, though, it is not just Mr. Morales’s oratory or policies that are getting attention, but his clothing, especially the multistriped sweater he wore to meet world leaders last month during a tour of Madrid, Beijing and beyond, before his inauguration on Jan. 22. Copies of the sweater are flying off the shelves in La Paz, the capital, at $10 each.
Evo Morales is more than just the first “Indio” to Run Bolivia
10:19 am By Maegan La Mala · Bolivia|Latin America|Politics|race · Comments Off
27 Jan 2006
There is much critical focus on Bolivia as it has just inaugurated its first indigenous presidente. Evo Morales is indeed the first Aymara to run the country that is about 80 percent indigenous. He also represents the industry that employs and feeds that majority, the coca industry. But the election of Evo is more that just about democracy at work, more than just about the majority who have been treated as minority in terms of capital and power taking their place. The election of Evo Morales combined with the presidency of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and the election of Michelle Bachelet in Chile point to a growing move to the left in Latin America. But just because Evo Morales is one of the people doesn’t mean he has it easy, according to AlterNet:
Bolivia’s “right-wing movements, particularly those concentrated in Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s wealthiest province, where the energy and agricultural export businesses are based, may well encourage” a civil conflict with the Morales government if he doesn’t toe the line…His hands tied by corporate-designed “free-trade” deals and a load of debt, Evo Morales is caught between a rock and a very hard place.
Via / AlterNet
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