12/11/07

Bolivian Marching Powder
By newmediainthelandofmanana
The President of Bolivia was going off--and not merely about the usual Latin American stone-casting about Spanish conquistadors and US economic meddling, but with a sincere plea to yield the future of Bolivia to Bolivians. ...
http://newmediainthelandofmanana.wordpress
.com/2007/11/12/bolivian-marching-powder/

Morales: Bolivia-Chile maritime negotiations on track
Xinhua - China
He said that at the "People's Summit," a parallel event organized by leftist groups in Santiago, he saw crowds chanting for sea access for Bolivia. ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/12/content_7054910.htm

11/11/07

US wants to improve ‘difficult’ relations with Bolivia, drug czar says
International Herald Tribune – France
Morales irked US officials earlier this year when he proposed raising
Bolivia’s legal limit on the production of coca — the base ingredient in
cocaine …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/07/
america/LA-GEN-Peru-Bolivia-Drugs.php

Pressure mounting on Bolivia’s Morales
By gotbrooklyn
Bolivia’s socialist President Evo Morales continues to face political peril at nearly every turn, even as he enjoys enviable public approval in this politically fractured country. Opponents have paralyzed his efforts to “re-found” …
urbano411.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/
pressure-mounting-on-bolivias-morales/

10/11/07

Cuba and Bolivia Boost Ties
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
At the conclusion of the first Cuba-Bolivia inter-parliamentary meeting the
participants signed a Joint Declaration that reaffirms the sentiments of
…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BA3DB23AA-E
264-4BA3-85A9-CD0DA9EA0F0C%7D)&language=EN

Bolivia, Chile End 29 Silent Years
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Diplomatic relations of both countries have remained interrupted for 29
years, after the failure of negotiations for Bolivia’s access to the sea.
…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BE6C0E760
-9634-431C-A35A-7AD90CFE3069%7D)&language=EN

Bolivian Horizons: an Interview with Historian Sinclair Thomson
By Bolivia Rising(Bolivia Rising)
Webber caught up with New York University historian Sinclair Thomson on September 7, 2007 in Montreal to discuss indigenous and popular politics in Bolivia and the character of the Evo Morales government. The interview was also an …
boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/11/bolivian-horizons-interview-with.html

Violence on Assembly Members Condemned in Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) The aggressions perpetrated in Sucre against
several assembly constituent members are strongly condemned in Bolivia, …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B273B4CF0
-831C-4A44-B17E-39CEF49BD96E%7D)&language=EN

Chávez views Bolivia’s request as fair, legitimate
El Universal – Venezuela
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez considered Friday in Santiago de
Chile as
“fair, legitimate” Bolivia’s request from Chile to get access to the
Pacific …
english.eluniversal.com/2007/11/09/en_po
l_art_chavez-views-bolivia_09A1185331.shtml

9/11/07

Bolivia: Coming to Terms with Diversity
By Bolivia Rising(Bolivia Rising)
As head of Congress and the major political operator for President Evo
Morales, Bolivia ‘s Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera stands in the
eye of a political hurricane. The changes proposed by the Movement
toward Socialism (MAS) …
boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/11/bolivia
-coming-to-terms-with-diversity.html

Gain a Strong Understanding of the Bolivian Energy Market
Business Wire (press release) – San Francisco,CA,USA
Global Market Direct’s Bolivia Energy Market Profile is the essential
source for top-level energy industry data and information. …
home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?nd
mViewId=news_view&newsId=20071109005272&newsLang=en

Bolivia Assembly Digs into Sucre
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Sucre, Bolivia, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia’s Constituent Assembly said
it will remain in Sucre to draft the Magna Carta despite hostility from the
local …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BFEE4
301C-4FA6-4A20-A581-D649E6ACD959%7D)&language=EN

The picture
By haroldolmos
This is the picture President Evo Morales spoke about to Italian Communist daily Il Manifesto, to support his allegation that there is a rightwing conspiracy in Bolivia against his government. In the picture, left to right: Gabriel …
santacruznotebook.wordpress.com/2007/11/08/the-picture/

Bolivia: Coming to Terms with Diversity
IRC's Americas Program – Albuquerque,NM,USA
As head of Congress and the major political operator for President Evo
Morales, Bolivia’s Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera stands in the eye of
a …
americas.irc-online.org/am/4715

Chayanne Rocks Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian media highlights
the impact of the first of two concerts by Puerto Rican singer Chayanne in
Santa …
www.plenglish.com/Article.asp?ID=%7B32C17BD5-
126D-423F-894A-4F624D7EB749%7D&language=EN

US ponders future of spraying Afghan opium crops
Reuters – USA
… where its use on coca fields is blamed for anti-American sentiment that
helped bring leftist Evo Morales to power in Bolivia. …
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSN08437729

8/11/07

Bolivia to Extradite Ex Minister
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Nov 8 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian Justice Vice Minister Wilfredo
Chavez confirmed arrangements to extradite ex Government Minister Luis Arce
who served …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B1CFD0A03
-8D32-4D3D-B95C-2F72315937CE%7D&language=EN

Outrunning the bandits in Bolivia’s back country
Georgia Straight – Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada
He may be 62 years old, but guide Octavio and his trusty donkey easily
leave neophytes in the dust on a trek around Bolivia’s spectacular but
potentially …
www.straight.com/article-117314/outrun
ning-the-bandits-in-bolivias-back-country

Boone trades books for Bolivian culture
ASU The Appalachian Online – Boone,NC,USA
Children’s books are a precious commodity in third-world countries such
as Bolivia, Veltze said. In-country publishers normally solicit only
textbooks, …
theapp.appstate.edu/content/view/2969/43/

A popular president deadlocked by a determined opposition
Economist – UK
But the assembly has become deadlocked, reflecting Bolivia’s political
divide. Although the mountainous and mainly-Indian west is solidly behind
Mr Morales, …
www.economist.com/world/la/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10104935

US Ambassador in Photo with Crime Lord
By Bolivia Rising(Bolivia Rising)
The photo, part of a police investigation against a recently dismantled international crime ring operating in Bolivia, was shot in September at the Expo Cruz Fair in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Well-known Bolivian opposition member Gabriel …
boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/11/u
s-ambassador-in-photo-with-crime-lord.html

US Wants Better Relations With Bolivia
Forbes – NY,USA
Morales has called for the withdrawal from Bolivia of armed US agents –
believed to not exceed a few dozen – who still direct his country’s
anti-narcotics …
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/11/07/ap4314513.html

New diplomatic spat between Bolivia and US
AFP –
LA PAZ (AFP) — Bolivia is to summon the US ambassador to explain why he
was photographed next to a criminal, officials here said Wednesday, …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gZbb4zddPE8t9J7obiehHEa2mKkg

UN Congrats Bolivia Indigenous Law
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
According to a communique of the international organization distributed in
La Paz, Bolivia is the first country in the world to make the declaration
…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B9EAE78E
F-555E-4EBC-B3B8-60142DC0AC36%7D)&language=EN

Fuelling Bolivia’s crisis?
BBC News – UK
They may have to queue for hours to fill their tanks with diesel at this
petrol station in the city of Santa Cruz, Eastern Bolivia. …
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7083724.stm

Morales: Change in Bolivia Irreversible
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Potosi, Bolivia, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) President of Bolivia Evo Morales
said Wednesday that the process of changes promoted by his government is
…
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B0458BF
66-31C2-49F3-BCB3-02DDE7011261%7D&language=EN

Bolivia Government Backtracks On Accusations Against Oil Cos – AFP
EasyBourse.com – Paris,France
LA PAZ (AFP)—Bolivia has backtracked on accusations that oil companies
were financing plots against the government, with a senior official
admitting there …
www.easybourse.com/Website/dynamic/News.php?NewsID=335441

Bolivia: A Democratic Revolution Transforming Society
by Bolivia Rising (Adriana Paz) Last March Evo Morales, first indigenous president of Bolivia, instituted in his country a loan to be granted to all children under the age of 12 years living in poor rural communities. …
www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2776/81/

Bolivia considering enacting UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights …
By Robert Miller
This makes Bolivia the first country to recognize the UN Declaration as binding law. On September 13, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Declaration of 46 articles on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, …
lawlib.lclark.edu/blog/native_america/?p=732

Brazil: return of energy investment to Bolivia ‘possible’
International Herald Tribune – France
AP LA PAZ, Bolivia: Petroleo Brasileiro SA said Tuesday it could consider
once again investing in Bolivia, tentatively thawing out an old
relationship …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/07/
america/LA-FIN-Bolivia-Brazil-Natural-Gas.php

Bolivia: People’s Republic of China donates equipment to Bolivia
RedBolivia.com – USA
This past Monday, the People’s Republic of China donated various
equipments to Bolivia and will be given to the Chancellery’s Direction of
Borders and …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News%
20in%20English/Bolivia/59888.html

Bolivian Chancellor requests an explanation from the United States …
RedBolivia.com – USA
Chancellor David Choquehuanca called on Tuesday to the US Ambassador in
Bolivia, Philip Goldberg requesting an explanation to a photograph in which
the …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News%
20in%20English/Bolivia/59890.html

Bolivia: Thousand of Santa Cruz citizens supported Evo and …
RedBolivia.com – USA
President Morales Ayma pointed out that “the bonus is not a help, but an
obligation of Bolivian State. An obligation of Evo Morales, an obligation
of our …
www.redbolivia.com/noticias/News
%20in%20English/Bolivia/59889.html

Petrobras Explores New Bolivia Deals
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) The president of Brazil’s Petrobras oil
company, Sergio Gabrielli, begins a working visit to Bolivia Tuesday to
reach new …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B860BECD
B-B9B0-4287-9385-342AA0CE695C%7D&language=EN

Competitiveness: CAFTA Best
Latin Business Chronicle – Miami,FL,USA
The index did not include Cuba , but an analysis of the scores for the
other three ALBA members ( Bolivia , Nicaragua and Venezuela ) shows an
average of …
www.latinbusinesschronicle.com/app/article.aspx?id=1770

Chile Returns Bookish War-Booty to Peru
Houston Chronicle – United States
… disputes dating back to the 19th century war, in which Chile captured
territory from Peru and neighboring Bolivia _ including Bolivia’s only
coastline. …
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5278927.html

‘NEITHER FROM THE TRADITIONAL LEFT OR RIGHT’
By Sukant Chandan(Sukant Chandan)
Bolivia: ‘A project for the liberation of the poor’ Federico Fuentes, La Paz 1 November 2007 Green Left Weekly [posted on CubaNews] “Here in Bolivia, the majority have realised that the neoliberals have always betrayed us. …
sonsofmalcolm.blogspot.com/2007/11/
neither-from-traditional-left-or-right.html

6.11 – Bolivia : presidency disowns remarks about journalist by …
Reporters without borders (press release) – France
Spokesman for the Bolivian presidency Alex Contreras said yesterday that
the government did not support the position of the rural development
minister …
www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24275

6/11/07

The United States, Bolivia, and Dependency
IRC's Americas Program – Albuquerque,NM,USA
Bolivia currently receives $120 million in aid annually from the United
States, an important supplement for a country of nine million with a per
capita …
americas.irc-online.org/am/4701

Bolivia: ‘A project for the liberation of the poor
Atlantic Free Press – Groningen,Netherlands
by Bolivia Rising (Federico Fuentes) “Here in Bolivia, the majority have
realised that the neoliberals have always betrayed us. Now the people
cannot be so …
www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2772/81/

Bolivia Pledges 2009 Bolivarian Games
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
La Paz, Nov 5 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales assured on
Monday that his country would guarantee the necessary infrastructure in the
city of …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B0019EC
48-20BC-4F56-BF9C-FF93F7208114%7D)&language=EN

Bolivia: A Democratic Revolution Transforming Society by Adriana Paz
By dandelionsalad
Last March Evo Morales, first indigenous president of Bolivia, instituted in his country a loan to be granted to all children under the age of 12 years living in poor rural communities. During the launching event, Morales approached an …
dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/bolivia-a-
democratic-revolution-transforming-society-by-adriana-paz/

Bolivia: ‘A project for the liberation of the poor’
By Bolivia Rising(Bolivia Rising)
“Here in Bolivia , the majority have realised that the neoliberals have always betrayed us. Now the people cannot be so easily bought off, there is growing consciousness and a shift in the attitude of society. …
boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/11/bolivia-project-for-liberation-of-poor.html

Bolivia: ‘A project for the liberation of the poor’
By editor@atlanticfreepress.com (Chris Cook)
“Here in Bolivia, the majority have realised that the neoliberals have always betrayed us. Now the people cannot be so easily bought off, there is growing consciousness and a shift in the attitude of society. …
www.atlanticfreepress.com/index.php?option=
com_content&task=view&id=2772&Itemid=81

Bolivian Natural Gas Stunted
Energy Tribune – Houston,TX,USA
Bolivia’s government has cause for concern. Its gas sector – the
country’s cash cow – is not living up to expectations. In recent
months, the energy …
www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=673

5/11/07

New ways to privatize water
Latin America Press – Lima,Peru
Although transnational water companies have suffered setbacks in places
like Puerto Rico, Bolivia, and Uruguay, they continue with plans to
appropriate the …
www.latinamericapress.org/article.asp?lanCode=1&artCode=5369

Bolivia: A Democratic Revolution Transforming Society
By Bolivia Rising(Bolivia Rising)
Last March Evo Morales, first indigenous president of Bolivia , instituted in his country a loan to be granted to all children under the age of 12 years living in poor rural communities. During the launching event, Morales approached an …
boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/11/
bolivia-democratic-revolution.html

No crime, no punishment
MiamiHerald.com – Miami,FL,USA
And he has used Bolivia’s own courts to do his bidding. One of Morales’
prime targets is still Sánchez de Lozada, who has been living in the
United States …
www.miamiherald.com/851/story/295983.html

Socialist Strategies in Latin America
Monthly Review – Herndon,VA,USA
They believe that this beginning ought to be postponed—for example in
Bolivia—some 30 or 50 years, to allow the prior formation of an
“Andean-Amazonian …
www.monthlyreview.org/0907katz.htm

Bolivia Keeps Its Full Right Over Hydrocarbons
Cuba News – Cuba
The Head of State called to fight the smuggling of natural gas, and
expressed that Bolivia needs committed revolutionaries rather than mere
government …
www.cubanews.ain.cu/2007/1102evobolivia.htm

4/11/07

A Changed World?
By kimberly
WASHINGTON — A few years ago, Bolivia’s dependence on Washington as a source of cash was such that its ministers made frequent treks begging for loans to meet the government payroll. They usually had no trouble getting them because …
bolivia.webloog.com/2007/11/04/a-changed-world/

Bolivia’s Morales Recounts Police Abuse
By Alice(Alice)
LA PAZ, Bolivia In a new feature film about his journey from dirt-poor sheep herder to Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales is portrayed being beaten unconscious by anti-narcotics police and found the next day by fellow coca union leaders. …
www.pscelebrities.com/alice/2007/11/
bolivias-morales-recounts-police-abuse.html

Petrobras Ponders Bolivia
Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (subscription) – New York,NY,USA
Brazilian state oil company Petrobras may consider increasing its
investments in natural gas production in Bolivia… Cookies are disabled on
your machine. …
www.energyintel.com/DocumentDetail.asp?document_id=216106

Sense and sensitivity
Economic Times – Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Take the revolutionary Che who gave up a ministerial position in Cuba to
die in Bolivia for what he believed in. For many in the 1960s, Che lived
the …
economictimes.indiatimes.com/Columnists/Raghu_
Krishnan_Sense_and_Sensitivity/articleshow/2515733.cms

3/11/07

Morales Says Rich Nations Must Pay
By Bolivia Rising(Bolivia Rising)
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The world’s richest nations must be made to pay for the damage their profligate use of natural resources has caused in Bolivia and other developing countries, President Evo Morales said Friday. …
boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/11/
morales-says-rich-nations-must-pay.html

Q&A: ‘We Need Partners, Not Masters’
IPS – Italy
Morales told Rome’s Bolivians that before he was elected President in
December 2005, Bolivia received 300 million dollars a year in tax revenues
from the …
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39915

Bolivia Council Debates Capital Site
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Sucre, Bolivia, Nov 2 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian Political Council is
engaged in decisive deliberations about the country’s capital, with a goal
to to …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BBF83493
6-C189-448A-B97E-C2FCDB6DB02D%7D)&language=EN

2/11/07

Bolivian inflation highest in over a decade
International Herald Tribune – France
AP LA PAZ, Bolivia: Bolivia’s annual inflation rate reached 11.34 percent
in October, its highest level in more than a decade and nearly double
recent …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/02/
america/LA-FIN-Bolivia-Inflation.php

Bolivia Celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Declaration
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Isaac Avalos, secretary of the Trade Union Confederation of Bolivian
Farmers (CSUTCB), told Prensa Latina that Bolivia is the first country
where Congress …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B4C505F7
8-3B37-4B0E-9194-09DCCE1430EB%7D)&language=EN

Support Falling for Bolivia’s Constituent Assembly
Angus Reid Global Monitor – Vancouver,BC,Canada
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) – People in Bolivia are growing skeptical about
the performance of the National Constituent Assembly, according to a poll
by …
www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/28830/
support_falling_for_bolivias_constituent_assembly

A Changed World? Bolivia tries to establish itself as a …
By Bolivia Rising(Bolivia Rising)
WASHINGTON — A few years ago, Bolivia’s dependence on Washington as a source of cash was such that its ministers made frequent treks begging for loans to meet the government payroll. They usually had no trouble getting them because …
boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/11/
changed-world-bolivia-tries-to.html

2/11/07

Bolivia’s president accuses British-run company of ‘conspiring …
International Herald Tribune – France
AP LA PAZ, Bolivia: President Evo Morales on Thursday asked a
foreign-controlled energy company to stop “conspiring” against his
government. …
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/01/
business/LA-FIN-Bolivia-Gas-Conspiracy.php

1/11/07

Bolivia Assembly May Be Saved
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Sucre, Bolivia, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) Hopes that the Bolivian Constituent
Assembly ends happily are renewed on Tuesday, after the southern city of
Sucre …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B564BA
3A6-69E1-4D5B-8F14-16E1C62C3EFF%7D)&language=EN

Bolivia’s Neoliberal Labyrinth
By Bolivia Rising(Bolivia Rising)
In Impasse in Bolivia, Benjamin Kohl and Linda Farthing examine neoliberal economic restructuring and the popular resistance it generated in Bolivia . They offer what is undoubtedly the most thorough and devastating critique available …
boliviarising.blogspot.com/2007/11/
bolivias-neoliberal-labyrinth.html

How can Bolivia avoid violence over its new constitution?
Bolivia is moving dangerously towards renewed violence as the government of President Evo Morales and his Movement toward Socialism (MAS) party seeks …
www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=33852

31/10/07

Bolivia Assembly Still Uncertain
Sucre, Bolivia, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) The Inter-institutional Committee of Chuquisaca, which demands that all governmental powers be moved to Sucre city, is to make a final decision on the main obstacle hindering the plenary sessions …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B67684560-C32B
-4ADF-8A71-75E82DF9F020%7D&language=EN

Diesel Shortage Strains Ties in Bolivia
By Leanan(Paul Laudanski (mailto:admin@peakoil.com))
LA PAZ, Bolivia — A diesel shortage is aggravating tensions between President Evo Morales’ populist government and conservative agribusiness leaders, whose tractors need the fuel to begin Bolivia’s planting season. …
peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=32540

Mother Earth in Bolivia
By Libby Purves
Llama foetuses, burnt offerings and simple faith in La Paz: a rivetingly detailed report from the BBC’s James Ingham about the (largely Catholic) people of Bolivia who alongside the newer religion hold on to an ancient devotion to Earth …
timesonline.typepad.com/faith/2007/10/mother-earth-in.html

Latin America’s New Petro-Politics
Toward Freedom – Burlington,VT,USA
And Big Oil is likely to propose new exploration and development projects
in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Bolivia and Peru as the industry
struggles to …
towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/1162/1/

30/10/07

Bolivia Building Biodiversity Center
La Paz, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The Bolivian government is supporting a center for the much-dreamed ecological and academic study of natural and cultural biodiversity, local authorities reported.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B80014E98-
7CF6-4DED-A188-06D3F88494C7%7D&language=EN

Bolivia Committed to Fighting Drugs
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Evo said in press conference Bolivia firmly fights drug production and
trafficking, in line with his “zero-tolerance drug” policy, but denied that
coca leaf …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BB7D50718
-9D55-4CF0-B63F-E5CA3A7541E4%7D)&language=EN