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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 Morales said that the funds had been withdrawn :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
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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