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BOLIVIA 13/6/05
UN envoy gives Bolivia backing
CNN International – USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) — A special envoy to UN Secretary-General Kofi
Annan met Bolivia’s caretaker president Eduardo Rodriguez on Monday in
a show of …
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/06/13/bolivia.un.reut/
UN observer mission arrives in Bolivia
Xinhua – Beijing,China
LIMA, June 13 (Xinhuanet) — An United Nations observer mission arrived
Monday afternoon in Bolivia to assess what assistance the world body can
provide to the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/14/content_3081873.htm
VENEZUELA blames Bush for Bolivia crisis
New Zealand Herald – Auckland,New Zealand
CARACAS – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has blamed United States President
George Bush for Bolivia’s crisis and said Bush’s “poisoned medicine” of
free …
www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10330486
CENTRAL bank chief under fire in Bolivia:-
Webindia123 – India
The far left faction of Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party on Monday called
for the president to dismiss the Central Bank president. …
news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=88179&cat=World
CENTRAL bank chief under fire in Bolivia
Middle East North Africa Financial Network – Middle East
BRASILIA, Brazil, June 13 (UPI) — The far left faction of Brazil’s ruling
Workers’ Party on Monday called for the president to dismiss the Central
Bank …
www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqQ0eWeidyNjHEMLSlwvJB25VBx
DANBURY march shows support for immigrants
New Haven Register (subscription) – New Haven,CT,USA
… that the new immigrants and old immigrants are one people and will
not be divided against one another,” said Wilson Hernandez, a native of
Ecuador, who runs a …
www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14
683946&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=517515&rfi=6
FORAJIDO Uprising
ZNet – Woods Hole,MA,USA
by Ricardo Restrepo. It has now been more than a month since the resistance
to the feudal mafia-type political culture climaxed in Ecuador, last 20th
of April. …
www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=62&ItemID=8062
BOLIVIA’S New Leader Meets With Activists
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia’s caretaker president met Sunday with Indian
and labor activists and appealed for calm as they promised more crippling
protests if …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
bolivia13jun13,1,4625764.story?coll=la-headlines-world
US behind Bolivia crisis – Chavez
BBC News – UK
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has blamed Washington’s brand of capitalism
for the recent troubles in Bolivia. … “Look at Bolivia. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4086452.stm
BOLIVIA’S challenge: heal divisions
Christian Science Monitor – USA
… LA PÁZ, BOLIVIA — With a new president in office and month-long blockades
removed from La Páz, calm has returned to the Bolivian capital. …
www.csmonitor.com/2005/0613/p06s01-woam.html
BOLIVIA: Chronology of an Authentic Netwar
Narco News – Mexico
… Hour of Moral Crisis.”. You made possible what happened in Bolivia
— and on these pages — this week. Together we showed what …
narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/12/214534/676
MESA asks gas firms not to pressure Bolivia -paper
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
MADRID, June 12 (Reuters) – Foreign energy companies could have a strong
case against Bolivia in international courts if the country imposes a
strict new …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L12508090.htm
BOLIVIA 12/6/05
PROTESTERS’ blockade of Bolivia capital concludes
Seattle Times – Seattle,WA,USA
… road into La Paz and trucks rolled in yesterday loaded with gasoline
and produce, signaling the end of a monthlong blockade that paralyzed
Bolivia and brought …
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002331333_wdig12.html
BOLIVIA: Meeting between government officials, protesters missed
Al-Bawaba – Amman,Jordan
A crucial meeting failed to take place between hard-line protesters demanding
Bolivia’s natural gas wealth be nationalized and the new caretaker President
…
www.albawaba.com/en/news/184823
BOLIVIA and the ‘Entebbe Syndrome
Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem,Israel
Which makes the demands by dozens of parents of backpackers vacationing
in Bolivia to extricate their children from that strife-torn land more,
well… …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename
=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1118283814857
SETBACK for democracy in Latin America
Miami Herald – FL,USA
… This is a setback not only for Bolivia but for democracy throughout
the region. The resignation of President Mesa and his replacement …
www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/11865920.htm
BOLIVIAN Protesters Declare Truce
Guardian Unlimited – UK
EL ALTO, Bolivia (AP) – Bulldozers cleared the last barricades on the main
road into La Paz and trucks rolled in Saturday loaded with gasoline and
produce …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5068002,00.html
PERU 12/6/05
NUMBERS show many immigrants fleeing Peru are moving to Arizona
KVOA.com – Tucson,AZ,USA
Up to 7,000 Peruvians have settled in the Phoenix metropolitan area in
recent years, among them immigrants fleeing economic hardship in Peru
and Peruvians …
kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=3461541
CUBAN Parliamentary Delegation to Arrive in Peru Saturday
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Lima, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) A delegation of Cuba”s People Power National
Assembly (Parliament) will arrive in Peru Saturday to participate in a
meeting of the …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B930FDA77
-24B2-4A21-9C1F-1609260355E1%7D&language=EN
ECUADOR 12/6/05
US dismisses Ecuadorian request to limit ex-president’s actions
Xinhua – Beijing,China
QUITO, June 11 (Xinhuanet) — The US Embassy in Ecuador rejected the government’s
request to limit actions of former Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez
…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/12/content_3073901.htm
BOLIVIA 11/6/05
INTERIM President Brings a Tentative Calm to Bolivia
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
… LA PAZ, Bolivia — Calm returned to much of Bolivia on Friday after
three weeks of social upheaval as a key leftist leader called on his followers
to …
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-
bolivia11jun11,1,3708256.story?coll=la-headlines-world
BOLIVIA’S political crisis has neighbors worried about energy …
Kansas City Star – MO,USA
MIAMI – (KRT) – The political turmoil that pushed Bolivia to the brink
of collapse this week has the Andean nation’s neighbors searching for
other sources of …
www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/world/11866853.htm
BOLIVIA Installs New Leader With Very Long ‘To Do’ List
New York Times – New York,NY,USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 10 – Bolivia’s new president, Eduardo Rodríguez,
began his first day in office on Friday pledging to convene early elections
while …
www.nytimes.com/2005/06/11/international/americas/11bolivia.html
NEW president for strife-torn Bolivia
CBC British Columbia – Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
Eduardo Rodriguez takes over from Carlos Mesa, who’s resignation was accepted
by congress late Thursday night. Rodriguez will serve …
www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/06/10/bolivia050610.html
REPSOL says occupation of Bolivia oil fields ended
MarketWatch – USA
Radical farmers early Friday started to leave several oil fields they had
occupied in eastern Bolivia of Spanish-Argentine energy firm Repsol-YPF
(REP) and …
www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=
%7B299AE8E1-3F7D-43BE-9FD1-B448F1B997FD%7D
ECUADOR 11/6/05
MARTINEZ urges president to defend moratorium on drilling off …
Palm Beach Post – Palm Beach,FL,USA
… more attention to Latin America, but he said it should have been a
focus from the start given the instability in countries such as Bolivia,
Ecuador and Haiti. …
www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/na
tion/epaper/2005/06/11/a23a_drilling_0611.html
ECUADOR government says Gutierrez involved in ‘conspiracy’
Monsters and Critics.com – Glasgow,UK
Former Foreign Minister Edgar Teran denounced that interests related to
the international finance market and Ecuador’s creditors are behind Gutierrez’s
…
news.monstersandcritics.com/mediamonitor/article_10102
06.php/Ecuador_government_says_Gutierrez_involved_in_conspiracy
BOLIVIA 10/6/05
BOLIVIA Chief Justice Rodriguez Sworn in as President (Update1)
Bloomberg – USA
… Protesters who are seeking the nationalization of Bolivia’s gas reserves,
Latin America’s second-largest, and a constituent assembly to rewrite
the country’s …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aMD9IR6EztAY&refer=top_world_news
BOLIVIA’S chief justice sworn in as president
Financial Times – London,England,UK
The head of Bolivia’s supreme court was sworn in as the country’s president
on Thursday night, a development that could alleviate the social tensions
that …
news.ft.com/cms/s/da7f4b3c-d978-11d9-b071-00000e2511c8.html
BOLIVIA names new president
CNN International – USA
(CNN) — The head of Bolivia’s Supreme Court — Eduardo Rodriguez — has
been sworn in as interim president to succeed the outgoing Carlos Mesa.
…
edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/06/10/bolivia/
A Glance at Bolivia’s Political Crisis
Guardian Unlimited – UK
At the root of Bolivia’s unrest is a deep sense among the impoverished
Indian majority of a lack of political representation and an unjust distribution
of …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5063826,00.html
FIVE contentious issues in divided Bolivia
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LA PAZ, Bolivia, June 9 (Reuters) – Bolivia’s crisis could take months
to resolve. The following are five contentious issues plaguing …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09586468.htm
PERU 9/6/05
PERU to take 3 more months on Fujimori case
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, June 9 (Reuters) – Peru will decide within three
months whether to ask international courts to prosecute former President
Alberto …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09602784.htm
SECOND Review Under Peru’s Stand-By Arrangement
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) – Rocklin,CA,USA
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed
the second review of Peru’s economic performance under a 26-month Stand-By
…
www.harolddoan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3520
WHY Peru’s president has avoided his neighbours’ fate
Economist – UK
… Yet in Peru, Alejandro Toledo not only survives. … Governments on
the WWW has links to the government websites of Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia.
…
www.economist.com/world/la/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4064642
ECUADOR
ECUADOR ex-president vows to fight back
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s ousted President Lucio Gutierrez
plans to return to Quito to fight back once he has told the world how
corrupt and …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09598113.htm
ECUADOR bishop slams remarks by renegade Spanish priests
Catholic World News – USA
Quito, Ecuador, Jun. 09 (CNA/CWNews.com) – In a strongly worded message,
Bishop Nestor Herrera Heredia of Machala, president of …
www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=37691
UNDOCUMENTED immigrant children seek in-state tuition status
Newsday – Long Island,NY,USA
Avila was 7 years old when his parents brought him and his sister to the
United States from the Andean town of Cuenca, Ecuador, where every day
he said his …
www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj—immigr
anttuition0609jun09,0,2664208.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey
WORLD Scene
Washington Times – Washington,DC,USA
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — A bomb exploded early yesterday outside an office
building housing a Citibank branch, blowing out windows and causing some
other damage …
washingtontimes.com/world/20050608-115316-4747r.htm
9/6/05
PERU
PERU’S Tintaya Copper Mine Still Closed; Talks Set
Yahoo News – USA
LIMA (Dow Jones)—BHP Billiton Tintaya SA’s (BHP) copper mine in southern
Peru’s Espinar district remained closed Wednesday because of protests,
but the …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050608/15/3svxi.html
FORTUNA Announces Acquisition of Silver Mine in Peru and Related …
CCNMatthews (press release) – Toronto,ON,Canada
(TSX VENTURE:FVI) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Purchase
Agreement to acquire 100% of the Caylloma Silver Mine in Peru. …
www.ccnmatthews.com/news/releases.Controller?action=check4Cookies&actionFor=544737
ECUADOR
ECUADOR Building Housing Citibank Bombed
Guardian Unlimited – UK
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) – A bomb exploded early Wednesday outside an office
building housing a Citibank branch, blowing out windows and causing some
damage but …
www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5061672,00.html
BOMB damages US bank in Ecuador, no one hurt
Reuters – USA
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) – A small bomb exploded in front of a branch
of US bank Citigroup on Wednesday in the Ecuadorean port of Guayaquil,
where …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8735521
‘’SERIOUS violations of core labour standards in Ecuador”
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) – Rocklin,CA,USA
A new report by the ICFTU on core labour standards in Ecuador, produced
to coincide with the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) review of Ecuador’s
trade …
www.harolddoan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3476
EX-PRESIDENT of Ecuador renounces asylum:-
Webindia123 – India
The former president of Ecuador has renounced his asylum status in Brazil
and is planning to travel to the United States. Lucio …
news.webindia123.com/news/showdetails.asp?id=86875&cat=World
BOLIVIA
POLITICAL and social upheaval edge Bolivia toward civil war
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription) – MN,USA
SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA — Outgoing President Carlos Mesa and other leaders
warned of an impending civil war as a conservative senator prepared Wednesday
to become …
www.startribune.com/stories/484/5447369.html
SPANISH energy firm stops operation in Bolivia amid fierce protest
Xinhua – Beijing,China
LIMA, June 8 (Xinhuanet) — Spanish company Repsol-YPF in Bolivia had stopped
operation after local farmers, calling for the nationalization of the
country’s …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/09/content_3062326.htm
BOLIVIA: Tiny Nation, Big Troubles
Christian Science Monitor – USA
Corruption. Weak democracy. These two enduring problems help account for
the lack of economic opportunity for Bolivia’s poor masses. …
www.csmonitor.com/2005/0609/p08s01-comv.html
US hands off Bolivia
Workers World – USA
The Indigenous, the poor, the working people of Bolivia are speaking out
loudly for themselves, for Latin America and for much of the world when
they confront …
www.workers.org/2005/editorials/bolivia-0616
EARLY Elections a Viable Choice for Current Crisis in Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Jun 8 (Prensa Latina) The serious political and social crisis affecting
Bolivia signals the need to restructure the neoliberal economic model
in force …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B79350C9
B-371D-4811-A3C5-40188736DA12%7D&language=EN
BOLIVIA 7/6/05
AMERICAN countries prepare to help Bolivia out of crisis
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
American countries and regional blocs Tuesday expressed their concerns
about the situation in Bolivia and said they would provide assistance
to resolve the …
english.people.com.cn/200506/08/eng20050608_189131.html
ISRAELIS in Bolivia await flight
Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem,Israel
Some 120 Israelis trapped by civil strife in Bolivia were waiting Tuesday
night at the airport in La Paz for the arrival of a Foreign Ministry-chartered
plane …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1118197310147
OAS General Assembly passes declaration on Bolivia
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday
passed a declaration on the situation of Bolivia as its closed its three-
day …
english.people.com.cn/200506/08/eng20050608_189031.html
BOLIVIA awaits a new president amidst unrest
Peninsula On-line – Qatar
LA PAZ: Bolivia’s Congress was expected to meet to elect a new president
Tuesday, a day after Carlos Mesa tendered his resignation as chief executive,
unable …
www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&sub
section=Americas&month=June2005&file=World_News2005060844010.xml
6/6/05
BOLIVIA president offers to resign amid weeks of civil unrest …
San Diego Union Tribune – San Diego,CA,USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia — President Carlos Mesa offered to resign Monday night
for the second time since March, again seeking to quell weeks of anti-government
…
www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20050606-1947-bolivia-unrest.html
EMERGENCY mission rescuing Israelis from Bolivia
Jerusalem Post – Jerusalem,Israel
… Ministry launched an emergency rescue mission late Monday night to
extricate some 200 Israelis trapped by internal strife inside Bolivia,
Foreign Ministry …
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1118024491599
OIL Nationalization Key Demand of Massive Demonstration in Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The largest demonstration in two decades
in Bolivia called Monday for the nationalization of oil. …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BF9B893CE-454C-4129-A012-8CD940A47B6F%7D&language=EN
ECUADOR 7/6/05
EX-PRESIDENT of Ecuador renounces political asylum in Brazil
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… Gutierrez arrived in Brazil accompanied by his wife Elsa XimenaBohorquez
and his youngest daughter Viviana Estefania, who returned to Ecuador in
early-May. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/08/content_3057857.htm
ECUADOR midfielder Valencia agrees deal with Villarreal
Hindustan Times – Delhi,India
Ecuador midfielder Antonio Valencia has agreed a five-year deal with Villarreal,
the Primera Liga side said on Tuesday. Villarreal …
www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1390887,00070003.htm
COLOMBIA: UNHCR deeply concerned about humanitarian situation near …
ReliefWeb (press release) – Geneva,Switzerland
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond —
to whom quoted text may be attributed — at the press briefing, on 7 June
2005, at …
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EVOD-6D5E7J?OpenDocument
ECUADOR 6/5/05
ENCANA focuses on 3 bids for Ecuador assets-source
Reuters Canada – Toronto,Canada
… EnCana, North America’s biggest independent oil and gas producer, is
focusing on reviewing three revised bids for its oil assets in Ecuador,
a source close to …
www.reuters.ca/locales/c_newsArticle.jsp?type=businessNews&localeKey=en_CA&storyID=8704590
LATIN AMERICA: ‘War on Terror’ Has Indigenous People in Its Sights
Inter Press Service (subscription) – World
… is seen as the “hottest” area, because of the growing political role
played by well-organised indigenous movements in Bolivia and Ecuador,
but also because …
www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=28960
STATEMENT by IMF Staff Mission to Ecuador
Harold Doan and Associates (press release) – Rocklin,CA,USA
… Congress; Minister of Economy and Finance Rafael Correa; officials
of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and of the Central Bank of
Ecuador (CBE); and …
www.harolddoan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3351
PERU 7/6/05
LATIN America
Bloomberg – USA
… BHP Billiton’s Tintaya copper mine in Peru has been closed for more
than a week after workers attacked the site to pressure the company to
invest more in …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000086&sid=aWD4tUyAK5jg&refer=latin_america
BOLIVIA 3/6/05
BOLIVIA on brink as gas protests block capital
Guardian Unlimited – UK
Bolivia’s embattled government was teetering yesterday as the capital ground
to a halt after two weeks of protests about an issue that has already
toppled one …
www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1498174,00.html
BOLIVIA rejects OAS intervention in internal crisis
Xinhua – Beijing,China
LIMA, June 2 (Xinhuanet) — Bolivia rejects any kind of intervention in
its internal affairs by the Organization of American States (OAS), the
Bolivian Foreign …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/03/content_3039686.htm
EE.UU. pide a sus ciudadanos no viajar a Bolivia
BolPress – Bolivia
El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos advirtió a sus ciudadanos
evitar viajar a Bolivia y, en el caso que ya se encuentren en el país,
permanecer …
www.bolpress.com/politica.php?Cod=2005000901
REPSOL suspends some Bolivia projects due to law
Reuters – USA
LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) – Spanish oil major Repsol YPF said on Thursday
it will suspend “significant” investment projects in Bolivia due to a
new law that …
www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8681622
POPULAR Protests Grow in Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian farmer organizations demanded Thursday
to hold early general elections, because their demands have been unheard,
while …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BF7FB32D3-A
2E4-4DD2-B4A3-C7CE768348E8%7D&language=EN
PERU
PERUVIAN president invites Chinese enterprise further investment …
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Visiting Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo pledged Thursday in Beijing
that Peru warmly welcomes Chinese investment and is ready to serve as
a platform for …
english.people.com.cn/200506/03/eng20050603_188289.html
A musical journey through Peru’s culture and history
Xinhua – Beijing,China
… lives of these Andean people. Alejandro Toledo, president of Peru who
is visiting China will attend the show. The Nasca gods, the …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/03/content_3039939.htm
PERU releases Machu Picchu master plan
Sydney Morning Herald (subscription) – New South Wales,Australia
Peru’s National Institute of Culture released a 10-year master plan on
Thursday aimed at conserving the ruins of Machu Picchu, where heavy tourism
and …
www.smh.com.au/news/World/Peru-releases-Machu
-Picchu-master-plan/2005/06/03/1117568348107.html
PERU’S Cerro Verde Says Buenaventura SAA Buys More Shares
Yahoo News – USA
LIMA (Dow Jones)—Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde SAA.(CVERDEC1.VL) said Thursday
that Compania de Minas Buenaventura SAA (BVN) bought an additional 2.59
million …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050602/15/3stcz.html
2/6/05
PERU
PERU’S poor – waiting for water
Khaleej Times – Dubai,United Arab Emirates
LOMAS DE ZAPALLAL, Peru – Isaac Mantilla is fed up with digging latrines
in the earthen floors all over his house. Though he has …
www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures
/2005/June/todaysfeatures_June1.xml§ion=todaysfeatures
GOLD mine sparks battle in Peru
BBC News – UK
… Peru’s weak government is doing little to ease the tension. … Now
some people here say Peru’s gold is being taken by foreigners again. …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4600009.stm
PERU’S Cerro Verde Says Sells Another 1.52 Mln Shares
Yahoo News – USA
The copper miner said that left it with 2,592,128 shares unsold among the
total amount it had on offer, it told Peru’ securities regulatory agency,
Conasev. …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050601/15/3sssm.html
BOLIVIA
STREET protests paralyse Bolivia’s rulers
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Bolivia is caught in a dangerous “power vacuum” in which the conventional
institutions of government are failing to function, analysts warned on
Wednesday. …
news.ft.com/cms/s/075aad50-d2c5-11d9-bead-00000e2511c8.html
BOLIVIA ready for a positive change
Media Monitors Network – USA
… La Paz is on edge as the future of Bolivia’s president, congress, and
military are poised for imminent change as the Bolivian people rise up.
…
usa.mediamonitors.net/content/view/full/15342
ROADBLOCKS and Protests Threaten to Spread in Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
… Román Loayza, leader of peasant union, warned that if the Congress
fails to meet the people´s demands, the peasants would block all Bolivia´s
roads to …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B9A557C88-
7004-4230-84FD-8154DCE820FB%7D&language=EN
ECUADOR
NATIONAL Congress Fares Poorly in Ecuador
Angus Reid Global Scan – Vancouver,BC,Canada
… develop specific proposals. The next congressional election in Ecuador
is tentatively scheduled for October 2006. Thirteen political …
www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewItem&itemID=7459
1/6/05
PERU
PERU Govt To Hold More Meetings On Tintaya Mine Dispute
Yahoo News – USA
… Deputy Mines Minister Romulo Mucho said Tuesday that a high-level government
mission will hold talks with local community leaders in southern Peru
on Thursday …
sg.biz.yahoo.com/050531/15/3ss6y.html
FEATURE-PERU’S poor — waiting for water
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LOMAS DE ZAPALLAL, Peru, May 31 (Reuters) – Isaac Mantilla is fed up with
digging 10-foot-deep (3-metre-deep) latrines in the earthen floors all
over his house …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N24314499.htm
DEVELOPMENT-PERU: Lima’s Poorest Want Water Privatisation
Inter Press Service (subscription) – World
… ‘’In the 1990s, from 200 to 400 million dollars were invested in Peru
annually in expanding water and drainage services, but now public investment
in that …
www.ipsnews.net/new_nota.asp?idnews=28890
BOLIVIA
BOLIVIA police, protesters clash outside Congress
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
LA PAZ, Bolivia, May 31 (Reuters) – Bolivian riot police in La Paz lobbed
tear gas to repel dynamite-throwing protesters and protect Congress on
Tuesday as …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31688033.htm
REPSOL-YPF freezes investment in Bolivia’s oil industry
MercoPress – Uruguay
… Last December Repsol-YPF announced the possibility of freezing investments in Bolivia following changes in hydrocarbons legislation, the second oil corporation …
www.falkland-malvinas.com/Detalle.asp?NUM=5757
TURMOIL in Bolivia, Extradition Call in Venezuela
Ahora.cu – Holguín,Cuba
Thousands of indigenous people, peasants and representatives of other destitute sectors took to the streets of La Paz, Bolivia demanding an improvement in the …
www.ahora.cu/english/SECTIONS/international/2005/mayo/31-05-2005.htm
BOLIVIAN FM to visit China
People’s Daily Online – Beijing,China
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Bolivia Juan Ignacio Siles Del Valle
will pay an official visit to China from June 10 to 16. …
english.people.com.cn/200506/01/eng20050601_187833.html
GLAZER ready to Œsell’ Ferdinand
Calcutta Telegraph – Calcutta,India
… Chile face Bolivia on Saturday in their first match under Nelson Acosta,
who was brought in for aa second stint after Olmos was fired in April.
…
www.telegraphindia.com/1050601/asp/sports/story_4812424.asp
ECUADOR
ECUADOR lifts Galapagos sea cucumber fishing ban
Reuters AlertNet – London,England,UK
QUITO, Ecuador, May 31 (Reuters) – Ecuador on Tuesday lifted a ban on the
fishing of lucrative sea cucumbers from the Galapagos islands in a move
that …
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N31696561.htm
ECUADOR to conduct ‘sovereign’ policies not to become an IMF …
Forbes – USA
Correa announced yesterday that Ecuador is ending the surveillance programme
with the IMF which was signed under the Gutierrez government, ousted in
March …
www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2005/05/31/afx2066867.html
ECUADOR May Have to End Its Use of Dollar as Default Risk Looms
Bloomberg – USA
May 31 (Bloomberg) — Ecuador’s new president, Alfredo Palacio, may have
to pay a steep price to help his country’s 9.2 million poor. …
quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=atE6aAY8GL3o
NGOS Call on Governments to Ratify Global Tobacco Treaty on World …
Yahoo News (press release) – USA
QUITO, Ecuador, May 31 /PRNewswire/ — Today, an international coalition
of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are joining health advocates,
students and …
biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050531/netu035.html?.v=11
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