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• The Need and Fear of Change in Boliva

  

  September 17, 2007  1,375 views 0 Comments Share

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  With many signs emerging that the right wing in Bolivia is slowly preparing to destabilize the country and overthrow Evo Morales---along with him, the hopes and dreams of millions of indigenous and non-indigenous people throughout South America---On September 10th, more than 10,000 people gathered in Sucre to attend a Social Summit 'for dialogue and defense [...]

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• Land Recovery in Bolivia

  

  July 5, 2007  2,045 views 0 Comments Share

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  On July 3, the Chiquitano People received land titles in perpetuity for the territory of Monte Verde, after 12 years of struggle on part of the Chiquitano. The territory, located in Southeast Bolivia near the Brazilian Border, is approximately one million hectares in size. From Oxfam- The land titling comes following a long process of [...]

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• V National Indigenous Peasant March (Bolivia)

  

  June 2, 2007  1,627 views 0 Comments Share

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  On October 31, 2006, more than 1,000 Campesinos and activists from the lowlands of southeastern Bolivia began marching one thousand kilometers (620 miles) from Santa Cruz to La Paz. They hoped to rally support for modifications to the National Institute for Agrarian Reform (INRA), originally passed in 1996, which legitimized the possession of illegally-obtained land [...]

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• Convocation for Congress of Government and the Peoples

  

  March 22, 2007  1,145 views 0 Comments Share

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  Convocation for Congress of Government and the Peoples Cochabamba, Bolivia, 2-4 June, 2007 Evo Morales Ayma and Hugo Chavez Considering that our continent is passing through a time of change towards a real integration based on sovereignty, dignity, harmony with nature and with the full participation of our peoples; Committed to the process of social [...]

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• The End of the IMF in Latin America

  

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  Venezuela’s Banco del Sur: The End of the IMF in Latin America by Paul McIvor, www.upsidedownworld.org March 21, 2007 Speaking to an audience at Columbia Business School in February, Rodrigo de Rato, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, sketched out his vision for Latin America. Optimistically titled "The Way Forward," Mr. de Rato called [...]

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• The Complex Process of Designing a New State

  

  March 21, 2007  1,026 views 0 Comments Share

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  Bolivia: The Complex Process of Designing a New State By Franz Chávez, www.ipsnews.net March 21, 2007 A unified but decentralised state that recognises Bolivia's cultural and ethnic diversity is the vision that is gradually gaining broad support in the constituent assembly currently rewriting the country's constitution. Eight months into their job, with just four months [...]

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• People and Struggle of the Fourth World War

  

  March 18, 2007  1,487 views 0 Comments Share

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  This 75-minute documentary examines the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela as connected to the worldwide movement against capitalist globalization. The film shows the evolution of the popular movement in Venezuela from the Caracazo riots in 1989 to the massive actions that brought revolutionary president Hugo Chavez back to power, 48 hours after a US-led military coup [...]

  Filed Under Alternatives • Bolivia • Indigenous Peoples • Venezuela • video