2/13: Bolivia finds itself on the brink of civil war, as violent clashes have occurred between striking police officers and the country's military. As many as 14 people have been killed and scores wounded, with angry Bolivians taking to the streets in La Paz, Cochabamba, and elsewhere in protest of the continued economic and social inequities they suffer on a daily basis at the hands of the rich.

Yesterday evening, the proposed income tax increases, said to be necessary due to the exhorbitant payments due to global capitalism's great white loan shark, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), were called off by President Sánchez de Lozada and the military ordered to retreat. Military planes continued to circle overhead. A general strike, demonstrations, and blockades are being called for today.

Like much of América Latina, Bolivia has suffered greatly at the hands of its government and multinational corporations, aided and abetted, naturally, by the policies of the US government.

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