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imageMexican Electoral Politics: the more things change, the more they stay the same
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by Vladimir Flores
More than a year before the presidential elections, Mexican political parties are using new forms of propaganda based on the manipulation of social discontent. This is an attempt to justify the sliver of democratic credibility achieved in 2000 when the conservative National Action Party (PAN) was able to put a former Coca-Cola executive in the president's office. Thus began the age of “democratic transition” which was celebrated mostly due to the defeat of the PRI, a party that had held unint...
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 5:55pm PDT
textMass Indigenous-led Rebellion Forces Bolivian President to Resign by Democracy Now (reposted)
For weeks, tens of thousands of indigenous Bolivians have led an uprising against the government, demanding the nationalization of the country's energy resources and an overhaul of the constitution. Last night, President Carlos Mesa went on national television and announced he was stepping down. We go to Cochabamba, Bolivia to speak with Jim Shultz of The Democracy Center....
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 7:57am PDT
textUS shows OAS delegates American democracy in action by wsws (reposted)
In his speech to the Organization of American States (OAS) extolling the benefits of US-style democracy, President George W. Bush declared Monday that Latin Americans “need to see that in a democratic society, people can walk in the streets in safety.” Unfortunately, for those who traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the OAS general assembly, such democratic comforts were in short supply. Rather, the atmosphere surrounding the inter-American meeting was that of a police state, and thos...
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 12:09am PDT
textBush at the OAS: a profile in imperialist hypocrisy by wsws (reposted)
George W. Bush delivered a brief speech before the 35th annual Organization of American States (OAS) general assembly meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on Monday, posturing as an apostle of freedom and democracy before a clearly incredulous audience....
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 12:08am PDT
textBolivian President Mesa Resigns by Narco News
President Carlos Mesa of Bolivia has resigned. América once again lives days of immediate history. Jean Friedsky, reporting from the streets of La Paz, writes in the Narcosphere:...
Posted: Mon, Jun 6, 2005 11:01pm PDT
audioLive radio from Bolivia (audio/x-mpegurl 0.0KB) by ecr@indymedia.org
Political upheaval continues in Bolivia, with indigenous groups calling for a constitutional assembly, nationalization of the gas industry, and regional autonomy....
Posted: Mon, Jun 6, 2005 7:33pm PDT
imageBolivian President Fails to Ease Protests
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by americas
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Posted: Mon, Jun 6, 2005 1:43pm PDT
textPeru: Cocaleros Clash With Cops by americas
On May 29 in Tocache province, in the Huallaga valley of San Martín in north central Peru, at least 3,500 campesino coca growers (cocaleros) armed with sticks surrounded a group of 230 police agents charged with carrying out coca leaf eradication operations....
Posted: Mon, Jun 6, 2005 1:42pm PDT
imageThe Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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by Hands Off Venezuela, San Francisco Bay Area
Film Showing and Eyewitness Account: The 2002 Coup against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez failed when the people of country rallied against the US backed reactionary forces....
Posted: Sun, Jun 5, 2005 6:35pm PDT
textConroy Update, More Weekend Reading in The Narcosphere by Narco News
Bolivia news, US Immigration News, and more...
Posted: Sun, Jun 5, 2005 1:34am PDT
audioInterview with spokesperson for "Hands Off Assata, Hand Over Posada" (audio/x-ms-wma 1.2MB) by Jonathan Nack
Interview with Javad Jahi, local spokesperson for "Hands Off Assata, Hand Over Posada!" campaign. Jonathan Nack reporting for ESN, Copyright Epicenter News Service. 2005...
Posted: Sat, Jun 4, 2005 2:38pm PDT
image"...Leave Assata Alone..."
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by Jonathan Nack
Photo: Jonathan Nack Copyright Epicenter News Service 2005...
Posted: Sat, Jun 4, 2005 1:10pm PDT
textIndigenous Uprising: The Rebellion Grows in Bolivia by Democracy Now (reposted)
Rebellion is in the air in Latin America's poorest country, Bolivia. For weeks, indigenous-led protests have rocked the country and have brought the government to a near shutdown. The protests began as demonstrations calling for nationalization of the country's natural gas resources but that was just the spark for a much bigger war; a war over the rights of the country's majority indigenous population. We go to Cochabamba for a report from human rights activist Jim Shultz of the Democracy Cen...
Posted: Fri, Jun 3, 2005 8:27am PDT
imageProtest Tomorrow: Hands Off Assata, Hand Over Posada!
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by Jonathan Nack
Hands Off Assata, Hand Over Posada! Demo and Press Conference Friday, June 3rd, 12 Noon Oakland Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, Downtown Oakland. Educational Program With Clips from "Eyes of the Rainbow" and "Posada's Victims Families Demand Justice" 6 PM Saturday, June 4th, Oaklandish, 411 2nd St. (Near Jack London Square) Oakland. Program Speaker: Walter Turner, Hands Off Assata Campaign and KPFA's "Africa Today"...
Posted: Thu, Jun 2, 2005 4:15pm PDT
textA Suspenseful Wednesday in Bolivia by Narco News
La Paz was paralyzed again this morning, though only partially. The merchants of El Alto, the rural schoolteachers and the urban schoolteachers, and, once again, the rural Aymara leadership, have returned to the streets of downtown La Paz....
Posted: Wed, Jun 1, 2005 9:44pm PDT
textOct2005 Bolivian Latin American Working Class Film & Video Festival by LaborFest
The first Bolivian International Working Class Film and Video Festival will be held this coming October in El Alto, Boliva. Films from throughout the hemisphere will be screened...
Posted: Tue, May 31, 2005 7:29pm PDT
imageJOIN Venezuela News & Action, a free weekly bulletin on Venezuelan democracy.
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by jeb@veninfo.org
Please join Venezuela News & Action, a free weekly bulletin on Venezuelan democracy....
Posted: Tue, May 31, 2005 1:04pm PDT
textMore Marches in Bolivia as Protests Widen, But Still No Advance by Narco News
This morning they did it again: the steep kilometers that separate La Paz from EL Alto were completely covered by the biggest march the Bolivian capital has seen since October 2003....
Posted: Tue, May 31, 2005 12:31am PDT
imageHands Off Venezuela--San Francisco Meeting
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by Hands Off Venezuela
Come to the next meeting of the San Francisco Bay Area Hands Off Venezuela! Two years ago, the United States government organized an unsuccessful military coup against the democratically elected government of Venezuela, headed by President Hugo Chavez. Many US representatives, first and foremost Condoleezza Rice, has called Chavez a "negative force" in the region. Since the attempted coup, the US government has been beating the war drums while making preparations for war against ...
Posted: Mon, May 30, 2005 4:41pm PDT
textJun 1 at 1:30 pm - Latin american Indigenous Women Activists Speak by Jon Garfield
LATIN AMERICAN INDIGENOUS WOMEN ACTIVISTS SPEAK ON COMMUNITY TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING - Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM New College of California, 780 Valencia St, San Francisco...
Posted: Sun, May 29, 2005 5:27pm PDT
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