19/12/07

Dueling referendums on Bolivia's future
World War 4 Report - Brooklyn,NY,USA
15, tens of thousands took to the streets of La Paz to cheer President Evo Morales and celebrate Bolivia's new constitution. ...
http://www.ww4report.com/node/4831

Inter-American Solidarity and Bolivia
Diario las Américas – Miami,FL,USA
What was considered inevitable is taking place in Bolivia in the face of the dictatorial totalitarian outrages of President Evo Morales, imposed through an …
www.diariolasamericas.com/news.php?nid=42568

Chavez sends a Venezuela’s solidarity message to Bolivia
Mathaba.Net – London,UK
The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Frias, on behalf of the State and Venezuelan people, sent a solidarity message to Bolivia …
mathaba.net/news/?x=575121

Conflict over Bolivia’s constitutional reform
By info@therealnews.com
Rich lowland states fight Evo Morales’ plan to share revenues and with poor, indigenous highland regions.
therealnews.com/idirect.php?i=707

Bolivia, Venezuela, US: Chavez Threatens Crisis
Stratfor (subscription) – USA
The United States is meddling in Bolivian politics and attempting to sabotage the legitimate democratic process there, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said …
www.stratfor.com/products/premium/read_article.php?id=300257

18/12/07

Country Analysis Brief: Bolivia
By Shirl Kennedy
Bolivia has the second-largest proven natural gas reserves in South America behind Venezuela. The country’s most important exports are natural gas, minerals, and agricultural products. Earnings from natural gas exports are an important …
www.docuticker.com/?p=18416

Taking a Closer Look at the Politics of US Funding in Bolivia The Democracy Center – Cochabamba,Cochabamba,Bolivia In recent months, the Morales government has repeatedly accused the United States of using aid to Bolivia to support the political opposition here,
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www.democracyctr.org/blog/2007/12/
taking-closer-look-at-politics-of-us.html

Bolivia: Drastic action needed
By By Darrall Cozens in La Paz, Bolivia
The USA has advised its citizens who may be thinking of travelling to Bolivia to do so with extreme caution as social unrest could break out at any minute. They certainly should know since US imperialism is playing a key role in …
portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/12/370079.shtml

Bolivia, Brazil Strengthen Cooperation
La Paz, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) Scientific-technological cooperation between Bolivia and Brazil received support on Tuesday by bilateral agreements signed in response to a process of strategic association.
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7B2417F2F9
-0AC0-485F-92D8-738815BC97F8%7D&language=EN

Bolivia-Brazil Begin New Era in Energy Cooperation
Cuba News – Cuba
Havana, Dec 18 (acn) Bolivia’s Evo Morales and Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, set in motion Monday in La Paz a new era in bilateral relations by…
www.cubanews.ain.cu/2007/1218boliviabrasil.htm

Mercosur, Israel in free trade deal
The Australian – Sydney,Australia
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Bolivia’s Evo Morales were expected to attend the Mercosur as associate members. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez …
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
story/0,25197,22947772-12335,00.html

New Politics in Old Bolivia
Two years after Bolivia’s first indigenous President, Evo Morales, set out to transform the nation, Benjamin Dangl examines public opinion as the nation’s political parties feud over its future.
us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81756

Bolivian states inch closer to self-rule as Morales urges talks
AFP –
LA PAZ (AFP) — Four of Bolivia’s richest departments Monday said they will put their autonomy hopes to referendum votes, as President Evo Morales called for …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jllDWRVY-Eicrqo4aCEQgi4p45dA

Bolivia, Brazil, Chile agree on road corridor linking Pacific …
Xinhua – China
17 (Xinhua) — Bolivia, Brazil and Chile have signed an agreement to create a corridor linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, according to reports…
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/18/content_7273026.htm

Bolivia: Analyzing the New Constitution
By Eduardo Avila
Boli-Nica recommends the latest piece by Fernando Molina in Pulso Magazine about the new approved Bolivian Constitution.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/
18/bolivia-analyzing-the-new-constitution/

Bolivia: The Lowlands Declare Autonomy
Stratfor (subscription) – USA
The four Bolivian lowland departments of Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni and Pando declared autonomy Dec. 15, setting the stage for more clashes between the…
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_article.php?id=300084&selected=Analyses

Angry Over a New Constitution, Provinces in Eastern Bolivia …
By tech
Governors of four wealthy eastern Bolivian provinces have announced they will let their residents decide whether or not to declare autonomy from the rest of the country. These provinces are largely low-lying Amazon areas. …
www.fsrn.org/content/angry-over-new-constitution,-provinces-eastern-bolivia-threaten-secession

17/12/07

Latin America Faces a Major Test in 2008
TheStreet.com – USA
… prices of raw materials remained strong, stimulating economic activity in the countries that export such products, including Peru and Bolivia. …
www.thestreet.com/s/latin-america-faces-a-major-test-in-
2008/university/knowledge-at-wharton/10394920.html?puc=
_googlen?cm_ven=GOOGLEN&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

UPDATE 1-Petrobras to invest up to $1 bln in Bolivia
Reuters – USA
N: Quote, Profile, Research) signed an accord in Bolivia on Monday to invest up to $1 billion to increase the country’s natural gas output and explore for …
www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSN1741932120071217

Leaders Agree To Invest A Further $600 Mln To Complete The South …
RTT News – Williamsville,NY,USA
The presidents of Brazil, Bolivia and Chile have signed an agreement in the Bolivian city of La Paz that makes a highway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific …
www.rttnews.com/FOREX/gblnews.asp?date=12/17/2007&item=14

Bolivia’s Morales Calls Autonomy Vote `Illegal,’ La Razon Says
Bloomberg – USA
14 (Bloomberg) — Bolivian President Evo Morales said a resolution passed yesterday by leaders of Santa Cruz state, calling for more autonomy from the …
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20
601086&sid=a9jIL43NgSwY&refer=latin_america

Four of Bolivia’s Wealthiest Regions Declare Autonomy in Protest …
By via Democracy Now(SF Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay))
Monday, December 17, 2007 :Bolivian President Evo Morales formally received a copy of the country’s new draft constitution on Saturday as tens of thousands of supporters marched through the capital of La Paz. But four of Bolivia’s …
www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/17/18467469.php

Bolivian President Morales Speaks Out For Indigenous People
By info@bravenewfilms.org
This time it’s Bolivia that’s reared it’s bigoted head as four of the nation’s predominantly white, wealthy oil and natural-gas producing regions have taken a page from Jefferson Davis’s playbook and declared autonomy from the central …
bravenewfilms.org/blog/21929-bolivian-president
-morales-speaks-out-for-indigenous-people

News Analysis: The Battle in Bolivia
By Steven
Missing is the fact that the nationalization of energy in Bolivia that has taken place under Evo Morales, nationalizations that were demanded by massive militant struggles of the working class, are probably the biggest issue in racist …
noamchomsky.tribe.net/thread/da4c1d5c-8ebb-430d-9316
-7cc00ce5e0ac#cba19901-c7e6-48bd-8c67-b36fc65cc5b3

Bolivia set on collision course over autonomy
Financial Times – London,England,UK
By Richard Lapper in Santa Cruz, Bolivia Four Bolivian departments are on collision course with the leftwing government of President Evo Morales after …
www.ft.com/cms/s/df18a852-ac41-11dc-82f0-0000779fd2ac.html

UPDATE 1-Brazil and Chile woo Bolivia with joint roadway
Reuters UK – UK
During his two-day visit, Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aims to secure supplies of Bolivian natural gas and wrest influence in the Andean nation from …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1635174820071217

Bolivia’s Controversial Constitution and 2008 Referendum
Mexidata.info – San Diego,CA,USA
By John Crabtree · The approval of a constitution embedding new rights for Bolivia’s indigenous majority has opened new political battle lines, …
www.mexidata.info/id1651.html

Appeal for Solidarity with the People, the Government, the …
Monthly Review – Herndon,VA,USA
We stand on the side of the people of Bolivia and fully support the great mobilizations against the plans for a coup d’etat. We support the alliance between …
mrzine.monthlyreview.org/bolivia171207.html

Bolivia: Is Civil War Coming to South America?
By MONDOREB(MONDOREB)
Some indigenous pro-Morales groups claim Bolivia’s richer, white-ruled Eastern regions want to control the country’s natural resources. Bolivia has South America’s second-largest natural gas reserves, behind Venezuela. …
deathby1000papercuts.blogspot.com/2007/
12/bolivia-is-civil-war-coming-to-south.html

16/12/07

Drama in Bolivia
By Dr. Steven Taylor
The move also aims to separate the states from Bolivia’s new constitution, which calls for, among other things, a heavier taxation on the four regions to help finance more social programs. The natural resources are, of course, …
www.poliblogger.com/?p=12973

Addressing Balance in Bolivia
By Rudolph Ryser
The battle between the “haves” and the “havenots” has been joined as Bolivia begins to consider fundamental changes in that country’s constitution. Originally designed to disenfranchise the majority indigenous populations and confirm …
fwe.cwis.org/2007/12/16/addressing-balance-in-bolivia/

Coup In Bolivia: Military on alert
By eldib
Coup In Bolivia: Military on alert Bolivia’s military is on alert as four provinces prepare to formally declare their autonomy Saturday.Santa Cruz, Tarija, Beni and Pando, relatively wealthy states in the eastern lowlands, …
eldib.wordpress.com/2007/12/16/coup-in-bolivia-military-on-alert/

December 17: Keeping Bolivia together
Financial Times – London,England,UK
Bolivian politics often spill out into street confrontations and sporadic violence, so it is difficult to gauge the importance of the country’s latest lurch …
www.ft.com/cms/s/32abf036-ac07-11dc-82f0-0000779fd2ac.html
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Brazil, Chile court Bolivia with investment deals
Reuters UK – UK
Chile has not had full diplomatic relations with its poorer neighbor for decades but ties have warmed since Chile’s Michelle Bachelet and Bolivian President …
uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN1635266220071216

Opposition Seeks Confrontation in Bolivia
Prensa Latina – Havana,Cuba
Lima, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian ambassador in Peru Franz Solano warned on Sunday that the radical opposition to the government in his country seems to …
www.plenglish.com/article.asp?ID=%7BFB
3F0E7E-D43C-4549-B21C-0DC973EB021E%7D

Burlington editor reports on life in Bolivia
Barre Montpelier Times Argus – Barre,VT,USA
That was the upshot of a report on recent events in Bolivia shared with the Times Argus on Friday and delivered Saturday to the board of Toward Freedom at …
www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=
/20071216/NEWS02/712160401/1003/NEWS02

What does Bolivia have to do to make the front page?
By Tyler Cowen
As far as I can tell, there has been a partial secession in Bolivia. (This story makes it sound more like “autonomy” than secession, but that line is a fine one.) As of 8 am, there is nada on the front page of The New York Times. …
www.marginalrevolution.com/marginal
revolution/2007/12/what-does-boliv.html

Bolivia Headed For Civil War?
By Gaius
The four districts of Bolivia that produce most of the natural gas in that country have announced that they are now autonomous from the central government and vow to hold a referendum to authorize a complete separation from the rest of …
bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/12/16/bolivia-headed-for-civil-war/

Autonomy effort grows in Bolivia provinces
San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
(12-15) 04:00 PST Santa Cruz, Bolivia — Antigovernment demonstrators gathered in this city and three other provincial capitals Saturday as four of …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.
cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/15/MNJFTVFF4.DTL

Dueling rallies spotlight Bolivian split
Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
By Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA— Tens of thousands of people celebrated their self-declared “autonomy” and …
www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-
bolivia16dec16,1,717771.story?coll=la-news-a_section

Chaos in Bolivia! 4 of 9 Provinces Break From Socialist Government
By Gateway Pundit(Gateway Pundit)
Santa Cruz state governor Ruben Costas waves a flag during a rally to celebrate the approval of an autonomic statute for the state in Santa Cruz, eastern Bolivia, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, accompanied by supporters. …
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2007/12/
chaos-in-bolivia-4-of-9-provinces-break.html

BOLIVIA STEPS CLOSER TO CIVIL WAR BETWEEN SOCIALISTS AND FREEDOM …
By Reliapundit(Reliapundit)
The move also aims to separate the states from Bolivia’s new constitution, which calls for, among other things, a heavier taxation on the four regions to help finance more social programs. “The statutes will be ratified,” said Oscar …
astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2007/12/
bolivia-steps-closer-to-civil-war.html

Bolivia head praises reform plan
BBC News – UK
Bolivian President Evo Morales has formally received a new draft constitution, ahead of two referendums due on its reform measures. …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7146526.stm

Tensions rise in Bolivia with dueling rallies
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) – Wien,Austria
Pro-autonomy rallies were held in the states of Beni, Pando and Tarija, Bolivian media reported, with no crowd estimates available. …
www.pr-inside.com/tensions-rise-in-bolivia-with-dueling-r350162.htm

Four Bolivian regions declare autonomy
CNN – USA
(CNN) — Tensions were rising in Bolivia on Saturday as members of the country’s four highest natural gas-producing regions declared autonomy from the …
www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/12/15/bolivia.unrest/

Bolivia: approved and announced charters different
V Crisis – London,England,UK
Even in this have deputies elected to Bolivia’s National Constituent Assembly replicated what happened in Venezuela in 1999, when Chavez was pushing for …
www.vcrisis.com/index.php?content=pr/200712151738

Crisis in Bolivia as provinces threaten to break away
Huge crowds seeking autonomy for eastern Bolivia have rallied against leftist President Evo Morales, as tens of thousands marched to support him in the capital, La Paz.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/16/2120022.htm

Will Bolivia’s splits widen in 2008?
Mounting social/political tension. secession?
digg.com/world_news/Will_Bolivia_s_splits_widen_in_2008

Crisis in Bolivia as provinces threaten to break away
By AFP(AFP)
SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (AFP) – Huge crowds seeking autonomy for eastern Bolivia rallied Saturday against leftist President Evo Morales, as tens of thousands marched to support him in the capital, La Paz.
www.afp.com/english/news/stories/071215225109.s9713iwq.html