[PEN-L] Bolivia: Soliz Rada resigned because nationalization should be more than just on paper

2006-09-23 Thread michael a. lebowitz
Friday, September 22, 2006Soliz Rada Many of the things that were carried out were done so against a sector of the government who did not want them to be done Speech by ex-Minister of Hydrocarbons and Energy, Andres Soliz Rada at the hand over of the office to current minister, Carlos Villegas

[PEN-L] Bolivia: Nationalization without Expropriation?

2006-06-19 Thread Jim Devine
Nationalization without Expropriation? By Raquel Gutierrez and Dunia Mokrani On May 1, Evo Morales announced Supreme Decree #28701 that establishes the nationalization of Bolivian hydrocarbons. The question is: Is this a nationalization that does not expropriate installations, fields, or

[PEN-L] Bolivia

2005-12-16 Thread Jim Devine
[from the International Relations Center] Two Opposing Views of Social Change in Bolivia By Raúl Zibechi Bolivia's social movements divide roughly into two camps on the issue of how to effect structural reforms: those who advocate that the central government should play the leading role, and

[PEN-L] Bolivia and the future of political ecologies

2005-05-22 Thread Autoplectic
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/23/international/americas/23bolivia.html May 23, 2005 Bolivia Epitomizes Fight for Natural Resources By JUAN FORERO LA PAZ, Bolivia, May 22 - The struggle over globalization and who controls natural resources is being waged across Latin America, but the battle