By PATRICK IRELAN
Evo Morales is a patient man. After he was elected president of Bolivia in 2005, he set about in a peaceful and democratic way to liberate his country’s oppressed majority. That majority includes indigenous South American Indians, who make up over 55 percent of the population, plus a large proportion of the [...]
Bolivia Versus the Empire
The Paramilitary Massacre in Bolivia:Reactionary Rampage
By FORREST HYLTON
Bolivian President Evo Morales’ expulsion of US Ambassador Phillip Goldberg on September 10 for alleged coup plotting sparked the latest diplomatic crisis in the Americas. But the diplomatic fallout has overshadowed the internal dynamics that led to the massacre of some 30 campesinos with perhaps as many as 40 more disappeared in [...]
Washington’s “Terror Diplomacy” in Latin America: Destabilize Countries and Overthrow Governments
Global Research Editor’s Note
Washington’s “Terror Diplomacy” in Latin America: Destabilize Countries and Overthrow Governments
The following article by Toni Solo was first published by Scoop New Zealand under the title
Globalization and terror: hold the ham n’ eggs, 4 December 2007.
It reveals the actions of a team of State Department appointees under the helm of [...]
Bolivia and the Echoes of Allende: Morales Confronts the Insurrection
Bolivia and the Echoes of Allende: Morales Confronts the Insurrection
As Bolivia teeters on the brink of civil war, President Evo Morales staunchly maintains his commitment to constructing a popular democracy by working within the state institutions that brought him to power. The show down with the right wing is taking place against the backdrop of [...]
From Pristina to La Paz: Expelled US Ambassador to Bolivia had been in charge of Kosovo Secession
George Bush sent to Bolivia his Ambassador of Ethnic Cleansing [original title translated from the Spanish]
He presented his credentials before President Evo Morales on October 13, 2006; but three months before his arrival in Bolivia, when he was still in Pristina fulfilling his role as head of the US mission in Kosovo, it was already [...]
Washington’s “Terror Diplomacy” in Latin America: Destabilize Countries and Overthrow Governments
Global Research Editor’s Note
Washington’s “Terror Diplomacy” in Latin America: Destabilize Countries and Overthrow Governments
The following article by Toni Solo was first published by Scoop New Zealand under the title
Globalization and terror: hold the ham n’ eggs, 4 December 2007.
It reveals the actions of a team of State Department appointees under the helm of [...]
Bolivia: Fascist right launchesd a ‘civic coup’
Last week a civil-prefectural coup against the unity of the country and democracy has been initiated”, Bolivian minister of government Alfredo Rada declared on September 9, as a growing wave of violence by small gangs of fascist youth engulfed the city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
The violence by armed fascist gangs, backed by local [...]
BOLIVIA: The Massacre in Porvenir
Details of El Porvenir massacre
Two of the 16 peasants killed by paramilitaries linked to the Pando Prefecture are laid out in the local Cobija Campesino Market, before being taken to their communities. Photo: ABI
Last Thursday, a thousand peasants marched toward Cobija to protest the violence driven by the Prefect Leopoldo Fernández, when they were ambushed on [...]
Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay and Argentina: threatened by one and the same enemy
Things have reached boiling point in Bolivia, where right-wingers emboldened and encouraged by Washington have set out on an upsurge in violence likely to culminate in civil war. Venezuela, in turn, is facing a possible media-backed coup d’état also orchestrated in the United States. Paraguay’s Fernando Lugo warned of a coup in the making while [...]
The Next Cuban Missile Crisis?
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September 9th 2008, by Nikolas Kozloff – NACLA
In a move that undoubtedly set off alarm bells in Washington, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announced that Venezuelan and Russian ships could soon hold joint naval exercises in the Caribbean.
“Russia’s naval fleet is welcome here,” Chávez said on his [...]
Space Technology Comes to Latin America: Part of the Hemisphere’s Road to Autonomy
September 11th 2008, by Alex Sánchez – COHA
In 2006 Marcos Pontes, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Brazilian Air Force, became the first Brazilian national to go into space as a member of the crew of the Expedition-13. This event is both a landmark in Brazilian history as well as an interesting example of a [...]
Private media is involved in assassination plan and they are silent before such plans
Caracas, Sep 11 ABN.- Regarding the assassination plan against President Hugo Chávez, ‘the most surprising is the media silence; at El Universal, for instance, there is no one word about it (…) There are great media involved on this,’ stated the Minister of People’s Power for Communication and Information, Andres Izarra, on a program broadcast [...]
Assassination plans in Venezuela obey to the empire’s command
Caracas, Sept 11. ABN.- The assassination plans against the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, obey to the command of the United States empire, stated this Thursday the leader of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Aristobulo Isturiz.
At a press conference from the PSUV head office, Caracas, Isturiz expressed [...]
Minister Maduro deems extremely serious assassination plot
Minister Maduro deems extremely serious assassination plot
Caracas, Sept 11. ABN.- The Minister of People’s Power for Foreign Affairs, Nicolás Maduro, labeled as extremely serious the assassination plot against the President of the Republic, Hugo Chávez Frías, as well as it attempts against the stability of the Bolivarian Government.
The statements were made regarding a video [...]
Venezuela’s Chavez claims plot to kill him uncovered
CARACAS, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) — Venezuela’s government claimed Thursday it had uncovered a possible plot to kill President Hugo Chavez and was interrogating suspects.
In a live broadcast shown on television stations, Chavez played audio recordings he said were of retired military officers discussing plans to bomb the Miraflores Palace, headquarters of the national [...]
Venezuela’s Chavez says US ambassador must leave
President Hugo Chavez ordered the U.S. ambassador to leave Venezuela in 72 hours and said he was immediately withdrawing his ambassador from Washington.
Chavez said Thursday night that U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy is no longer welcome, just as his close ally Bolivia expelled the American envoy from La Paz a day earlier.
“They’re trying to do here [...]
Yankee hegemony finished: Chavez
Russian nuclear-capable bombers have arrived in Venezuela for unprecedented joint exercises in the Caribbean, which would later be joined by Russian warships, including nuclear submarines.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he had ordered strategic bombers to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Two Tu-160s, the world’s biggest long-range bombers, landed in Venezuela on Wednesday in the [...]
Is there croat neofascist mercenaries in Bolivia? Watch the video!
Observe the “Bolivian” subjects with “European bodybuilders” appearance that passed in the front of the camera for after coming back with a jeep in order to force the entrance of the building. Is this person really Bolivian? in my opinion he looks like more Easter European, probably mercenary from Croatia. Remember that the leader of [...]
National Government creates a fund to increase productive capacity
ABN 26/08/2008
Caracas, Aug 26. ABN.- The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has created a Fund for Productive Promotion in order to increase country’s productive capacity, which will be focused to develop new productive units and expand the ones that have been already created.
The statements were made by the Minister of People’s power [...]
Chavez and Correa open block Ayacucho 5 at the Orinoco Oil Belt
ABN 29/08/2008
Caracas, Aug 29 ABN.- The Presidents of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, and of the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, open the block Ayacucho 5 on the Orinoco Oil Belt, Independencia municipality, Anzoategui state.
The block Ayacucho 5 will be drilled in order to extract crude on behalf of the company [...]
The ALBA is the alternative way to the neoliberal hegemony
Caracas, Aug 25. ABN.- The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, said this Monday that the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA, Spanish acronym) represents an alternative to the neoliberal hegemony that is destroying the world.
“Southern countries join together in order to be independent and reach development to our people. [...]
Mission 13 de Abril to transform communities comprehensively
Caracas, Distrito Capital
Caracas, Aug 24. ABN.- “The (governmental) Mission 13 de Abril has to summarize the other missions and bring them to a new level to reach a higher impact on the comprehensive transformation of communities.”
The statements were made by the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, in his weekly [...]
Nationalization of strategic companies guarantees Venezuela’s development
Caracas, Distrito Capital
Caracas, Aug 27. ABN.- This Wednesday, the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, said that nationalizing some strategic industries Venezuela is breaking with the old model imposed by a “poisoned” foreign investment, which came to the country to pillage instead of promoting development.
President Chávez explained, during a ministers’ [...]
Simon Bolivar Satellite, Technological sovereignty with social sense
Caracas, Distrito Capital
Caracas, Aug 25 ABN.- Those who are involved in the realization of the fact, which as of today was just a project, define it as a decisive instrument for the inclusion of isolated communities and a relevant saving in matters of telecommunications for the State.
Some say that the space issue is complex, [...]
Venezuela to Launch Its First Satellite from China in November
August 18th 2008, by James Suggett – Venezuelanalysis.com
President Hugo Chávez inspected the sattelite control station in Venezuela’s Guárico state Sunday. (Prensa Presidencial)
Mérida, August 18, 2008 (venezuelanalysis.com)– Venezuela’s first satellite will be launched from Chinese soil on November 1st, President Hugo Chávez announced on his weekly Sunday talk show Aló Presidente, which was broadcast [...]
