This site is a progressive news agency from Bolivia:
http://www.econoticiasbolivia.com
Solidariamente
Alejandro Valle
The IMF and the Bolivian Crisis
by Tom Kruse
BOLIVIA WATCH (znet.org)
The current crisis in Bolivia is social, economic and political. Socially,
despite improvement in service coverage, poverty and vulnerability have
been increasing. The vulnerability of families to shocks and displacement
[speaking of the FTAA]
Bolivia's President Halts Controversial Gas Project
Strike Paralyzes Capital as Protests Spread
By Carlos Valdes
Associated Press
Tuesday, October 14, 2003; Page A16
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Oct. 13 -- Bolivia's president suspended on Monday a
controversial project to export
genitalia. I was next
to the nun contingent, and was delighted to see some of them chanting along,
and when the chant died down, cracking up over their public transgressions.
What an awful day; what a great day.
--
Tom Kruse
Casilla 5812
Cochabamba
BOLIVIA
on Secret World Bank Trade Court to Open
Up Bechtel Case Against Bolivia: Case called a Preview of the Free Trade of
the Americas
WASHINGTON - August 29 - More than three hundred citizens groups from 41
countries presented a petition today to a World Bank-affiliated court,
demanding that it allow
--
Saturday, February 2, 2002 (SF Chronicle)
Bechtel battles against dirt-poor Bolivia/Nation severed water deal after hefty rate
increases led to protests
Jimmy Langman, Chronicle Foreign Service
Cochabamba, Bolivia -- In a Goliath-versus-David face-off
http://www.dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?group=webcastsort=date_descrate=non
epage=123
http://www.globalexchange.org/wbimf/Shultz.html
3 Killed in Bolivia Protest
by peter myhre 5:58pm Sun Apr 9 '00
3 people were reported killed in Bolivia in separate clashes after police,
armed with machine guns
Forwarded from Tom Kruse
"U.S. DRUG WAR AT CENTER STAGE IN RENEWED BOLIVIAN VIOLENCE"
by Jim Shultz
Cochabamba, Bolivia
Friday, October 1, 2000
While Colombia and Peru have been catching more of the
worlds Andean
attention for th
ions role in the
Cochabamba water uprisings, have gotten his attention. On Tuesday I
received a lengthy public response from Mr. Didier Quint, the head of
Mr.
Bechtels subsidiary that oversaw the corporations fiasco here in
Bolivia.
I know that many of you have received the same letter.
Go to http://www.americas.org/ and click 'Bolivian Water War'.
Louis Proyect
(The Marxism mailing list: http://www.marxmail.org)
More on this month's Malefactor of Wealth,
Bechtel Corp:
. . . Bechtel has long been a WB favorite contractor - naturally since they
are infamous for using their heavy handed Repub political clout for getting
the big infrastructure projects overseas and in the defense industry. . .
."Although
Am I right that the tragedy in Bolivia REALLY needs to be brought out at
A-16? Are these a few relevant points?:
1) Bolivia is hardly an exception. For a number of years the WB has made
privatization and imposing higher prices for basic drinking water supply to
the poor a centerpiece
Dear Friends:
A web site is now up and running with information, images and analysis
of
the "Water
War" in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
Massive popular struggle have just ousted the Bechtel affiliate that had
bought the water system, in a privatization program pushed by the World
Bank an
Aguas del Tunari, mentioned
below, is the IWL-led consortium that negotiated the Cochabamba water
concession. If you have further questions or comments, please contact
IWL's London headquarters at (44-171) 766-5100. Alternatively, you may
send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"We are saddened by t
At 04:01 PM 04/08/2000 -1000, you wrote:
You have to scroll down a bit to get to the story, but it's worth reading.
Steve
Subject: CNN.com - Bolivia declares emergency over protests - April 8, 2000
Steve, please don't send the whole web page to us. My PC keeps wanting to
log onto the actual
coverage; (b) an OK Reuers piece, which mentions the companies involved,
(c) the note to invite Oscar Olivera to the A16 events.
(a)
Dear Friends:
Just a few hours ago Bolivia was declared under martial law. People are
being arrested, the army is occupying the streets, human rights offices
All,
Bad news from Bolivia.
Seth Sandronsky
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE FROM JIM SHULTZ/Bolivia under Martial Law!
Dear Friends:
Just a few hours ago Bolivia was declared under martial law. People
are being arrested, the army is occupying the streets, human rights
You have to scroll down a bit to get to the story, but it's worth reading.
Steve
Subject: CNN.com - Bolivia declares emergency over protests - April 8, 2000
http://cnn.com/2000/WORLD/americas/04/08/bolivia.emergency.reut/index.html
Title: CNN.com - Bolivia declares emergency over protests
ke this approach? I'd sure like to know.
All the best to you, and many thanks if you could share with the world of
marxist thinkers/progressvie activists. Responses should go to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Un abrazo!
Tom
Tom Kruse
Casilla 5812 / Cochabamba, Bolivia
Tel/Fax: (591-4) 248242, 500849
C. Kruse,
Of course we know that the West can stop the cocaine problem any
time it wants. At $10,000 a kilogram-equivalent, the governments of the
cocaine-consuming countries could buy the entire world supply of
cocaine/coca and throw it in the ocean for a few
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