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Vaca Diez Steps Down, Congress About to Meet in Bolivia
A half
hour ago Senator Vaca Diez left the Sucre Battalion military
installation, where he had taken refuge since suspending the session of
Congress scheduled for today. He came it the center of the Bolivian
capital to give a press conference, at which he renounced his right to
presidential succession, but also blamed Carlos Mesa and Evo Morales
for everything that had happened to him......
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2005 10:57pm PDT
Bolivia Has a New President
In these moments, several deputies are in the headquarters of the
Supreme Court to invite the "new constitutional president," as Hormando
Vaca Diez called him, to assume command of the executive....
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2005 9:29pm PDT
Solidaridad con Bolivia; boicot Calpine/Pacific NG consortium
The natural gas in Bolivia is sought after by US corporations like Calpine and Pacific Natural Gas Consortium. Both these corporations are extensions of the petrochemical energy giants British Petroleum and Enron.....
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2005 11:52am PDT
Thursday Brings a New Assault on Power in Bolivia
The day was a bit rough in La Paz, but not so much as in the last few
weeks: the tension has moved to other places, mainly Sucre, the nominal
capital of Bolivia where the National Congress will supposedly meet to
decide on whether Carlos Mesa will leave the presidency....
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2005 12:16am PDT
Bolivian President “Resigns” As Protests Strain Capital
Explosions and tear gas rock the Bolivian capital of La Paz as President Mesa resigns, bringing the country to the brink of civil war. Social movements demand the nationalization of oil and gas and a new consitution....
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2005 10:37am PDT
Today's Combat in La Paz
"Once
again, we have to write about thousands of marchers who shut down La
Paz and clash with the police as they try to take Plaza Murillo."...
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 10:17pm PDT
HARBORING TERRORISTS AND OTHER CONTRADICTIONS: The U.S. and Luis Posada Carriles
Why would the United States give asylum to a man who has placed explosives in foreign embassies, companies and public facilities; acknowledged masterminding hotel explosions with the financial and logistical aid of an influential mobster; aided in the 1976 mid-air explosion of a civilian aircraft that killed 73 people and much, much more? Besides the fact that the CIA trained him, the man has always targeted Cuba, something fully justified in extreme right-wing and paramilitary circles.
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Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 6:21pm PDT
Mexican Electoral Politics: the more things change, the more they stay the same
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
Mass Indigenous-led Rebellion Forces Bolivian President to Resign
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
US shows OAS delegates American democracy in action
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
Bush at the OAS: a profile in imperialist hypocrisy
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
Bolivian President Mesa Resigns
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
Live radio from Bolivia (audio/x-mpegurl 0.0KB)
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
Peru: Cocaleros Clash With Cops
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
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
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
Conroy Update, More Weekend Reading in The Narcosphere
Bolivia news, US Immigration News, and more...
Posted: Sun, Jun 5, 2005 1:34am PDT
Interview with spokesperson for "Hands Off Assata, Hand Over Posada" (audio/x-ms-wma 1.2MB)
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
"...Leave Assata Alone..."
Photo: Jonathan Nack
Copyright Epicenter News Service 2005...
Posted: Sat, Jun 4, 2005 1:10pm PDT