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05/01/2007 |
Common Sense Economics
It’s a small book, less than 200 pages, that addresses a serious economist dereliction of duty: making our subject understandable to the ordinary person.
Public misunderstanding of basic economic principles leaves us easy prey to political quacks, charlatans, and assorted hustlers. Part I of Common Sense focuses on 10 key elements of economics that I’ll only briefly describe.
The second element is there’s nothing that’s free. Politicians talk about “free education,” “free medicine” or “free housing,” but that’s nonsense. Resources are required to produce each of them. Of course, some people received these goods at a zero price, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t cost someone, usually a taxpayer, something. |
Opinion Editorial by Walter Williams |
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05/01/2007 |
Chavez threatens to intervene militarily in Bolivia
Last November Venezuelans watched with repulsion as the president of Petroleos de Venezuela and minister of Energy and Petroleum of the Chavez regime, Rafael Ramirez, told the employees of the company that either they voted for Hugo Chavez or would be dismissed, an abuse of power that in any democratic country would have sent him directly to prison. But this was not all. He added, at the end of his speech, that he was going to the presidential palace to meet with Chavez and others to plan for what he called the liberation of Bolivia, country threatened by the United States and its lackeys.
Echoing the petroleum minister turned military strategist, the Venezuelan Ambassador in Bolivia, Julio Montes, said in Bolivia that the Venezuelan government was ready to shed Venezuelan blood, if need be, to support the Evo Morales revolution. Such an outburst earned him a candidacy for persona non grata from the Bolivian congress. Now, in Cochabamba, just a few days ago, Hugo Chavez has gone on record to say: “the [Bolivian] ultra-right would put the country in flames rather than accepting the changes that the people want”. And added: “If the U.S. empire, which is behind these manipulations... attacks the government of Evo Morales the Venezuelan government and the Venezuelan people will not remain with arms crossed... we will be here with you resisting the aggression...”
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by Gustavo Coronel |
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05/01/2007 |
Free to choose?
IN THE late 1990s a previously blameless American began collecting child pornography and propositioning children. On the day before he was due to be sentenced to prison for his crimes, he had his brain scanned. He had a tumour. When it had been removed, his paedophilic tendencies went away. When it started growing back, they returned. When the regrowth was removed, they vanished again. Who then was the child abuser?
His case dramatically illustrates the challenge that modern neuroscience is beginning to pose to the idea of free will. The instinct of the reasonable observer is that organic changes of this sort somehow absolve the sufferer of the responsibility that would accrue to a child abuser whose paedophilia was congenital. But why? The chances are that the latter tendency is just as traceable to brain mechanics as the former; it is merely that no one has yet looked. Scientists have looked at anger and violence, though, and discovered genetic variations, expressed as concentrations of a particular messenger molecule in the brain, that are both congenital and predisposing to a violent temper. Where is free will in this case?
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From The Economist print edition |
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09/02/2007 |
Not everyone's a genius, but don't say so in front of the children
BY the time Laszlo Polgar's first baby was born in 1969 he already had firm views on child-rearing. An eccentric citizen of communist Hungary, he had written a book called “Bring up Genius!” and one of his favourite sayings was “Geniuses are made, not born”.
An expert on the theory of chess, he proceeded to teach little Zsuzsa at home, spending up to ten hours a day on the game. Two more daughters were similarly hot-housed. All three obliged their father by becoming world-class players. The youngest, Judit, is currently ranked 13th in the world, and is by far the best female chess player of all time.
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The Economist print edition |
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26/02/2007 |
Worst floods in Bolivia in 25 years isolate Trinidad, kill 35
The capital of Beni province, Trinidad is surrounded by a roadway that acts as a dike protecting the city from the frequent floods. Residents say the water is rising about 2 inches (5 cm) a day.
President Evo Morales said on Sunday (February 25) that authorities have been instructed to draft evacuation plans in case the water keeps rising.
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eitb 24 |
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26/02/2007 |
Bolivia May Expand Chile Sea Talks
Lima, Feb 24 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia wants to discuss with Chile its historic demand for access to the sea, without ruling out the possibility of taking the dispute to a trilateral or multilateral scenario, Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca said on Friday.
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Latin American News Agency |
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26/02/2007 |
Chronicle on the Scene Feature: Bolivia's "Coca, Yes, Cocaine No" Policy is Beginning to Work
Since his election in December 2005, Morales has broken with two decades of US "zero coca" policy in the country and appears to be having some success in establishing limits on coca production without, for the most part, setting off violent social conflict. He has also, as the billboard suggests, moved aggressively against the cocaine traffic. The question now, with the US State Department's annual certification of drug-producing countries' compliance with US drug policy objectives looming next month, is whether the Bush administration is willing to let Morales and the country's coca growers take the time necessary to arrive at reductions in overall coca production without engendering further social conflict. |
Drug War |
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27/02/2007 |
Venezuela Spending on Arms Soars to World's Top Ranks
CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 24 — Venezuela's arms spending has climbed to more than $4 billion in the past two years, transforming the nation into Latin America's largest weapons buyer and placing it ahead of other major purchasers in international arms markets like Pakistan and Iran.
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The New York Times |
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28/02/2007 |
Morales' disaster declaration seeks to avoid land reform quandary in Bolivia
President Evo Morales rode a rubber raft Tuesday through the flood-ravaged city of Trinidad, promising money to rebuild the eastern state capital but stopped short of declaring the floods a national disaster — a move that could have slowed his sweeping land reform.
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International Herald Tribune |
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12/03/2007 |
South American Integration Sealed in Bolivia
The official announcement of the first South American Chiefs of State´s Summit, crucial step for regional integration, will be ratified here Sunday, with the presence of Presidents Hugo Chavez, Venezuela, and Evo Morales, Bolivia.
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Alca |
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13/03/2007 |
Chavez gets a cool reception in Bolivia
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited flood-ravaged Bolivia on Saturday to show off the fact that his country has pledged 10 times more aid than the Bush administration. But local leaders gave him a cool reception, accusing him of meddling in Bolivian politics.
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The Associated Press |
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13/03/2007 |
Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia sign
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Argentinian counterpart President Nestor Kirchner agreed last week in forming an organization of natural gas producers based on the oil-exporting cartel, OPEC. On Sunday Chavez and Bolivian president Evo Morales signed a treaty in Bolivia to joint The Organization of Gas Producing and Exporting Countries of South America or OPEGASUR, PDVSA said in a statement.
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Petroleumworld - Caracas |
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13/03/2007 |
Bolivia Extols Cuban Doctors
The work in Bolivia by 1,720 Cuban health professionals in 20 hospitals was headlined Monday, "Good Cuban Treatment Attracts Patients" in the national Bolivian daily, La Razon.
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Prensa Latina |
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14/03/2007 |
Bolivia presses for gas royalties as contract errors hold up nationalization
Bolivia said Tuesday insisted that foreign gas companies continue to pay higher royalties decreed by last year's petroleum nationalization while deals signed in October that would have some companies pay less have been held up by contractual errors.
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The Associated Press |
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15/03/2007 |
Operation Smile Medical Mission to Take Place in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
On Saturday, March 17, Operation Smile will hold a medical education conference for in-country plastic surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses to develop their knowledge and skills for treating cleft lip and cleft palate patients. This conference will also increase awareness of Operation Smile programs and activities and expand its network of volunteers in Bolivia. In addition, plastic surgeon and Operation Smile’s Senior Manager of Education Dr. Luis Bermudez will serve as an educator on this mission at one of the operating tables, providing the opportunity for several in-country plastic surgeons to become credentialed to serve on Operation Smile missions.
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Trans World News |
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15/03/2007 |
Brazil's Petrobras chief criticizes Bolivia for taxes
Sergio Gabrielli, president of Brazil's state-owned oil giant Petrobras, on Tuesday criticized the Bolivian government for levying his company taxes based on rules he said that are no longer in place.
Petrobras had to pay 11.2 million U.S. dollars as royalties and taxes related to the natural gas production in Bolivia's San Alberto and San Antonio blocks in November 2006.
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People's Daily Online |
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15/03/2007 |
Bolivia Reviews Oil Contract Errors
A multi-party commission elected in the Deputy Chamber is investigating on Wednesday on several mistakes in 44 oil contracts inked by the Bolivian government.
Those accords, signed in October, are being reviewed due to some mistakes of transcription and duplicity in the documentation presented to the National Congress.
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Prensa Latina |
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04/04/2007 |
Bolivia to Nationalize Top Phone Company
At a Monday news conference in La Paz, Presidential Minister Juan Ramon Quintana announced the formation of a commission to plan for the re-nationalization of the former National Telecommunications Co., now known simply as Entel.
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Internacional Business Times |
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03/05/2007 |
Venezuela takes operations from big oil companies
PUERTO PIRITU, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela stripped the world's biggest oil companies of operational control over massive Orinoco Belt crude projects on Tuesday, a vital move in President Hugo Chavez's nationalization drive.
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Reuters |
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03/05/2007 |
Castro’s Absence and Evo Morales’ Blunder
With the exception of Fidel Castro’s satellite rulers in Bolivia and Caracas, practically no one thought that the Cuban dictator could appear in public for the huge parade on May 1, commemorating International Workers’ Day, because of his health. Evo Morales, the dictator apprentice in Bolivia manipulated by Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez, was the one who most irresponsibly kept saying until the very last minute that Fidel Castro would be at the parade. When asked how he knew, he answered that he had special information. On the other hand, Chávez did not say it as emphatically, but hinted at it clearly for those who know how to interpret assertions and silences. |
Diario Las Américas |
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03/05/2007 |
Latin American democracy: time to experiment
In Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, leaders are seeking new sources of political legitimacy in which participation is at the heart, reports John Crabtree. |
Open Democracy |
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04/05/2007 |
The Return of the Idiot
Throughout the 20th century, Latin America’s populist leaders waved Marxist banners, railed against foreign imperialists, and promised to deliver their people from poverty. One after another, their ideologically driven policies proved to be sluggish and shortsighted. Their failures led to a temporary retreat of the strongman. But now, a new generation of self-styled revolutionaries is trying to revive the misguided methods of their predecessors.
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The independent institute |
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21/05/2007 |
Bolivia to hike mine tax to 50%
La Paz - Bolivia plans to hike taxes on mining companies to 50% of profit, from 35% now, as leftist President Evo Morales strives to reap more benefits from the country's mineral wealth, a mining official said. |
Fin 24 |
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25/04/2007 |
Telecom Italia seeks neutral site for Bolivian nationalization talks
LA PAZ, Bolivia: Telecom Italia requested Tuesday that negotiations with the Bolivian government over the nationalization of its subsidiary Entel be moved to a neutral country, citing pressure on the talks from the Bolivian media, officials said.
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International Herald Tribune |
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28/05/2007 |
The 21st Century's dividing lines
Yesterday's intellectual battles involved left against right. They were between Communists and Anti-Communists; between those who wanted to nationalise the "commanding heights" of the economy and those who wanted to privatise them; between Thatcherites and the likes of Arthur Scargill and Michael Foot. But in today's world, the language of left and right is outdated. We need new terms that more accurately represent today's dividing lines.
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28/05/2007 |
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29/05/2007 |
Bolivia’s Evo: 'Capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity'
The Bolivian President criticized the historic role of foreign business in Latin America.
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Prauda |
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20/06/2007 |
Morales' plan backed by rival's supporters
President Evo Morales appears to be getting help from the man he toppled from office to secure passage of his radical new constitution that would subdivide Bolivia into 45 "indigenous nations" ruled by local Indian councils.
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The Washington Times |
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01/08/2007 |
Bolivia: Two cities fight for being the capital 01/08/2007
The Constituent Assembly studies a proposal to move the seat of government from La Paz to Sucre. Hundred thousands marched to either support or protest the initiative.
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Pravda |
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10/08/2007 |
The Gold Problem 10/08/2007
Why have a monetary system based on gold? Because, as conditions are today and for the time that can be foreseen today, the gold standard alone makes the determination of money's purchasing power independent of the ambitions and machinations of governments, of dictators, of political parties, and of pressure groups. The gold standard alone is what the nineteenth-century freedom-loving leaders (who championed representative government, civil liberties, and prosperity for all) called "sound money."
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Mises |
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10/09/2007 |
Battle for Bolivia's heart 10/09/2007
Since the 1890s, La Paz and Sucre have shared the title of Bolivia's capital. However, proposals to transfer executive and legislative government to Sucre have resulted in demonstrations in both cities and a crisis for President Evo Morales.
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BBC |
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11/09/2007 |
Does Capitalism Make Us More Materialistic? 11/09/2007
There was a time when the advocates of socialism argued that it would lead man to material abundance, whereas free-market capitalism would lead only to increasing misery and would ultimately collapse under its own internal stresses. |
Ludwig von Mises Institute |
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17/09/2007 |
Venezuela's Chavez Warns Private Schools 17/09/2007
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened on Monday to close or take over any private school that refuses to submit to the oversight of his socialist government as it develops a new curriculum and textbooks.
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Guardian Unlimited |
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18/09/2007 |
Mr. Chávez's Neighborhood 18/09/2007
Venezuela's cocksure president, Hugo Chávez, might take a sobering glance through the latest Pew Global Attitudes Survey, conducted this spring and released over the summer. Of the seven Latin American nations polled, large majorities of Chileans (75 percent), Brazilians (74 percent), Peruvians (70 percent), Mexicans (66 percent), and Bolivians (59 percent) express little or no confidence in Chávez "to do the right thing regarding world affairs." As Pew puts it, "He is widely recognized--and widely mistrusted--throughout Latin America." Even in Argentina, perhaps the most anti-American country in the region, a full 43 percent of respondents have little or no confidence in Chávez.
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AEI |
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25/09/2007 |
Claims that Chávez funded overturn of Sánchez de Lozada 25/09/2007
Bolivian President Evo Morales in 2003 allegedly received money from the Venezuelan government to "destabilize and overthrow" then Bolivian ruler Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, a former official with the overturned president told Cochabamba daily newspaper Los Tiempos.
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El Universal |
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22/10/2007 |
Locals retake Bolivia airport from army 22/10/2007
Armed with clubs and waving provincial flags, thousands of residents of Bolivia's wealthiest province seized control of the country's busiest airport Friday from troops sent in by President Evo Morales. |
Miami Herald |
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06/11/2007 |
The Perils of Petrocracy 06/11/2007
Who holds the world’s oil? You might assume it’s in the hands of big private oil companies like ExxonMobil. But in fact, 77 percent of the world’s oil reserves are held by national oil companies with no private equity, and there are 13 state-owned oil companies with more reserves than ExxonMobil, the largest multinational oil company. |
The New York Times |
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20/11/2007 |
Bolivia suffers under Morales 20/11/2007
The letter was a response to Roger Noriega's Nov. 5 Other Views article, No crime, no punishment, on Bolivia. The letter writer says that Bolivian president Evo Morales' first act after losing the elections in 2002 was not to encourage ``violent protests but to sit down with the new president for cordial negotiations over the complex coca issue.''
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Miami Herald |
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27/11/2007 |
UPDATE 1-Bolivia approves constitutional draft amid clashes 27/11/2007
The assembly charged with rewriting Bolivia's constitution produced a new constitutional draft on Saturday amid violent street protests in which at least one person was killed.
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Reuters |
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03/12/2007 |
Mercosur has become “irrelevant” and “too complicated” 03/12/2007
“Mercosur has become irrelevant and too complicated, and even more when Venezuela is finally incorporated to the block”, said former Brazilian Foreign Finance minister Mailson da Nobrega during a bankers and businessmen conference in Geneva to promote investments in Brazil. |
Mercopress |
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04/12/2007 |
Opposition governors claim Bolivia headed toward dictatorship 04/12/2007
Four Bolivian opposition governors on Monday claimed the South American country was headed toward dictatorship with the help of Venezuela's firebrand leftist President Hugo Chavez.
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AFP |
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04/12/2007 |
Chavez's defeat a warning 04/12/2007
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's stunning defeat in a vote on expanding his powers through constitutional changes may serve as a warning to his Andean allies as they try the same tactic to make leftist reforms.
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TVNZ |
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05/12/2007 |
Support for President Morales Falls in Bolivia 05/12/2007
Fewer Bolivians are expressing satisfaction with the performance of their head of state, according to a poll by Ipsos Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado. 52 per cent of respondents approve of Evo Morales’ performance, down 10 points since October.
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Angusreid |
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05/12/2007 |
Opposition governors claim Bolivia headed toward dictatorship 05/12/2007
Four Bolivian opposition governors on Monday claimed the South American country was headed toward dictatorship with the help of Venezuela's firebrand leftist President Hugo Chavez.
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AFP |
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06/12/2007 |
Bolivia's Morales calls for vote on his presidency 06/12/2007
Bolivian President Evo Morales called on Wednesday for a nationwide referendum to decide whether he should stay in the job as a way to resolve a deepening political crisis in the country.
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Reuters |
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06/12/2007 |
Chapare Probable Bolivia Assembly Seat 06/12/2007
The Chapare coca-growing region, scene of President Evo Morales' main union battles, is looming large as a possible seat for the country's Constitutional Assembly.
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Prensa Latina |
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10/12/2007 |
New Bolivia constitution would allow Morales indefinite re-election 10/12/2007
Defying an opposition boycott, Bolivia's constitutional assembly approved a new charter Sunday that would empower the poor South American nation's indigenous majority and let President Evo Morales run for re-election indefinitely.
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Herald Tribune |
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10/12/2007 |
Evo Morales’ Dictatorship and the Inter-American Democratic Charter 10/12/2007
It is possible that the setback suffered by Venezuelan ruler Hugo Chávez in the referendum of December 2nd, will be detrimental for its satellite – Bolivia – insofar as its President Evo Morales being instructed by Caracas to copy the norms set by Chávez. Those norms were rejected by the majority of the Venezuelan people on December 2nd. |
Diario Las Americas |
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11/12/2007 |
Bolivia President Challenges Opposition 11/12/2007
Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Wednesday he would ask for a referendum on whether he should remain president, and challenged opposition governors to do the same.
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Associates Press |
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11/12/2007 |
Bolivian lawmakers OK Chavez-like reforms 11/12/2007
Bolivian lawmakers Sunday approved a controversial overhaul of their constitution that, if passed by referendum, will give leftwing President Evo Morales sweeping new powers and bolster the rights of the indigenous majority.
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AFP |
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12/12/2007 |
Bolivia divided over autonomy plans 12/12/2007
Governors of five rebel departments in Bolivia are set for confrontation with the leftwing government of President Evo Morales after announcing plans unilaterally to declare autonomy this weekend.
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World Americas |
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12/12/2007 |
Bolivian president calls for opposition to give up independence plan 12/12/2007
Bolivian President Evo Morales made a public call Tuesday for the opposition governors of five large provinces to withdraw their plans to declare independence scheduled for Saturday, according to news reaching here.
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China View |
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12/12/2007 |
Coca Is It! 12/12/2007
Welcome to the new Bolivia, where former coca grower Evo Morales has made the leaf a symbol of his two-year-old government. Now everybody's growing it, everybody's chewing it, and the war on drugs has taken a very strange turn.
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Outside online |
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12/12/2007 |
Brazil seeks to lure Bolivia away from Venezuela 12/12/2007
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will promise Bolivia major new investment programs in a visit aimed at wresting it from Venezuela's influence and securing its natural gas supplies.
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Reuters UK |
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13/12/2007 |
Will Bolivia's splits widen in 2008? 13/12/2007
Bolivia has approved a radical new draft constitution that will give greater power to the country's poor and indigenous people.
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BBC News |
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13/12/2007 |
Brazil seeks to lure Bolivia away from Venezuela 13/12/2007
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will promise Bolivia major new investment programs in a visit aimed at wresting it from Venezuela's influence and securing its natural gas supplies.
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Reuters UK |
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13/12/2007 |
Bolivia divided over autonomy plans 13/12/2007
Governors of five rebel departments in Bolivia are set for confrontation with the leftwing government of President Evo Morales after announcing plans unilaterally to declare autonomy this weekend.
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Financial Times |
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13/12/2007 |
How to be a mad dictator 13/12/2007
Gordon Brown was right not to go to Lisbon at the weekend, but even so, there was something marvellous about seeing Robert Mugabe being Merkelled in the flesh by the German Chancellor. There, impassive, he was forced to sit while Frau Angela told him, in front of 70 African and European leaders, what a shower he was. Whether it improves anything or not, is another matter, but it felt good.
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Times online |
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14/12/2007 |
Crackup in Bolivia? 14/12/2007
President Hugo Ch¿vez may have been forced to concede defeat in a constitutional referendum this month, but his eccentric project to accumulate power lives on. Mr. Ch¿vez, who according to multiple independent reports announced the vote against his "Bolivarian revolution" only under pressure from the Venezuelan military, has already said he will try again. Meanwhile, two of his populist followers, in Bolivia and Ecuador, are pressing ahead with copycat constitutional coups. |
Washington post |
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14/12/2007 |
Bolivian dissident states declare autonomy in stiff challenge to Morales 14/12/2007
Four states in open revolt against a constitutional overhaul by President Evo Morales and his pro-indigenous allies declared their intention Thursday to create independent regional governments.
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Herald Tribune |
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17/12/2007 |
Four Bolivian regions declare autonomy from government 17/12/2007
Tensions were rising in Bolivia on Saturday as members of the country's four highest natural gas-producing regions declared autonomy from the central government.
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CNN |
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17/12/2007 |
Bolivian dissident states declare autonomy in stiff challenge to Morales 17/12/2007
Four states in open revolt against a constitutional overhaul by President Evo Morales and his pro-indigenous allies declared their intention Thursday to create independent regional governments. |
Sign on San Diego |
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17/12/2007 |
Bolivia set on collision course over autonomy 17/12/2007
Four Bolivian departments are on collision course with the leftwing government of President Evo Morales after declaring radical autonomy statutes at the weekend.
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FT |
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18/12/2007 |
Bolivian Provinces Challenge Morales, Plan to Declare Autonomy 18/12/2007
Four Bolivian provinces have announced their intention to create their own independent regional governments.
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News Voa |
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18/12/2007 |
Bolivian states inch closer to self-rule as Morales urges talks 18/12/2007
Four of Bolivia's richest departments Monday said they will put their autonomy hopes to referendum votes, as President Evo Morales called for talks with the country's nine governors in a bid to defuse rising tensions.
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AfP |
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18/12/2007 |
Bolivia regions declare autonomy 18/12/2007
Three provinces in Bolivia have declared autonomy, protesting against constitutional reforms agreed by the government of President Evo Morales. |
BBC News |
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20/12/2007 |
Bolivia’s Leader Says States’ Dispute Can Be Resolved 20/12/2007
At 6 a.m. in this city 11,900 feet above sea level, the corridors of the presidential palace are bitingly cold. Aides huddle in overcoats near space heaters. Soldiers clasping rifles with bayonets stand guard with chattering teeth.
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New York Times |
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20/12/2007 |
Bolivians fear political unrest as rivals face off 20/12/2007
Bolivians are used to seeing their nation teeter on the brink of political crisis, but a confrontation between President Evo Morales and his rightist opponents has some fearing a fresh slide into instability.
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Reuters UK |
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21/12/2007 |
Indigenous power 21/12/2007
The Dec. 7 story Some Bolivians see civil war coming, about President Evo Morales and his indigenous supporters pitting themselves against mestizo Bolivians who see themselves as descendants of Europeans, gets to the heart of Latin American racism.
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Miami Herald |
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21/12/2007 |
Four of Bolivia’s Wealthiest Regions Declare Autonomy in Protest of New Constitution 21/12/2007
Bolivian President Evo Morales formally received a copy of the country’s new draft constitution on Saturday, as tens of thousands of supporters marched through the capital of La Paz. But four of Bolivia’s wealthiest regions have declared autonomy in protest of the plans. We speak with Jim Shultz of the Democracy Center in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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Democracy now |
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26/12/2007 |
Bolivian Government Says Terrorists Behind Recent Attacks 26/12/2007
The Bolivian government says terrorists are responsible for recent attacks in La Paz and Santa Cruz.
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VOA News |
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26/12/2007 |
Morales slams US 'suitcase' claims 26/12/2007
The Bolivian President slams the US for fabricating the so-called suitcase affair to damage the image of the Argentine new president.
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Press TV |
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10/01/2008 |
Morales and foes say Bolivia should stay together 10/01/2008
Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales and opposition governors struggled to overcome their bitter differences at talks early on Tuesday but he said that South America's poorest nation should stay one country.
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Reuters |
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10/01/2008 |
Crisis talks to avert Bolivian split 10/01/2008
Bolivian government representatives will meet with breakaway governors next week in a bid to avert a political split that threatens to tear the Andean country in half.
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CNN |
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18/01/2008 |
Bolivia's Morales may revise charter to calm crisis 18/01/2008
Leftist President Evo Morales and the head of Bolivia's constitutional assembly said they may revise the Andean country's proposed new constitution to calm a political crisis.
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Reuters UK |
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17/01/2008 |
In the land of contradiction 17/01/2008
This came as a surprise, because Bolivia is divided into nine departments, and the department of Santa Cruz - of which Santa Cruz de la Sierra is the capital - is a hotbed of opposition. It is the heart of the autonomy movement to which the departments of Tarija, Beni and Pando also subscribe.
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The Telegram |
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21/01/2008 |
Hugo Chávez: Latin America's money man 21/01/2008
With oil enriching Venezuela's coffers, President Hugo Chávez is lavishing billions on other countries, boosting his socialist-tinged image
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Miami Herald |
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21/01/2008 |
Bolivia's Morales throws unity talks into disarray 21/01/2008
Talks to end Bolivia's political crisis were in disarray on Friday after leftist President Evo Morales slashed provincial budgets, prompting the opposition to accuse him of breaking promises.
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Reuters UK |
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22/01/2008 |
KEPCO to Join Bolivia’s Hydroelectric Power Plan 22/01/2008
Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) President and CEO Lee Won-gul, right, shakes hands with Hugo Villarroel Sensano, president of Bolivia ’s public electrical utility, ENDE, at San Jorge, Bolivia, Tuesday, after signing a memorandum of understanding to build a hydroelectric plant in the South American country. / Courtesy of KEPCO |
The Korea Times |
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22/01/2008 |
Bolivia assures Brazil gas in wider reconciliation 22/01/2008
Bolivia will honor gas supply contracts with Brazil, respect private property and not expel illegal immigrants as part of a broader reconciliation with its neighbor, Bolivia's ambassador said on Monday.
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Reuters |
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22/01/2008 |
Chavez admits chewing coca 'every day in the morning' 22/01/2008
Chavez, a vocal critic of the United States, admitted ingesting the base material for cocaine in the middle of a four-hour speech to lawmakers in Caracas. ''I chew coca every day in the morning ... and look how I am,'' Chavez said, according to the paper.
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USA Today |
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23/01/2008 |
Bolivia: The redistribution of IDH according to population’s number gathered strength 23/01/2008
The proposal to redistribute the sources that comes from the Direct Tax to Hydrocarbons (IDH) gathered strength last week, since the Fundation Jubileo as well as President Evo Morales and the President of the Treasury Commission at Low Chamber Gabriel Herbas agreed on a debate. MAS Deputy Herbas assured that a coherent redistribution of the sources that the regions receive by concept of IDH should consider population’s number; so, in that way finish with the asymmetry as was suggested with the Fundation Jubileo. |
Red Bolivia |
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23/01/2008 |
Bolivian president declares state of emergency over flooding 23/01/2008
Bolivia's President Evo Morales has declared a state of emergency following flooding and landslides caused by heavy rain, national media reported Tuesday. Since November the La Nina climate phenomenon has claimed 24 lives in the South American country through unusually heavy rainfall. |
Earth Times |
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24/01/2008 |
Morales defends Bolivian reforms 24/01/2008
Bolivian President Evo Morales has defended his first two years in office, saying his government's reforms are irreversible. |
BBC News |
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25/01/2008 |
Iran, Bolivia Intent on Energy Deals 25/01/2008
An Iranian governmental delegation started a visit to Bolivia on Wednesday to analyze the development of bilateral agreements in the energy sector. |
FARS |
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28/01/2008 |
Bolivia’s Decolonization Is Irreversible, Says Evo Morales 28/01/2008
President Evo Morales assured Tuesday that the decolonization of Bolivia, a historic demand of the country’s civic movements, is an irreversible process.
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Periódico 26 |
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28/01/2008 |
Argentina, Bolivia set for major gas line 28/01/2008
At the Argentine Presidential Palace, both presidents will attend the ceremony of selecting proposals to purchase tubes for the construction of the northeast Argentine gas pipeline.
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Press TV |
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29/01/2008 |
Venezuela's Chavez swaps coffee for coca in speech 29/01/2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez switched from coffee to another stimulant during a speech on Saturday -- he popped a coca leaf into his mouth and chewed it while defending the use of the plant.
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Reuters UK |
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29/01/2008 |
Bolivia Divided 29/01/2008
This article was received from Project Syndicate, an international not-for-profit association of newspapers dedicated to hosting a global debate on the key issues shaping our world
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Starbroek news |
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30/01/2008 |
Bolivia Split Over New Multicultural Constitution 30/01/2008
Bolivia's new draft constitution aims to revive the power of its indigenous people after centuries of subjugation, but critics say it would hurt other ethnic groups and wreak logistical havoc.
South America's poorest country is split over the proposed charter, approved by allies of leftist President Evo Morales last month during an opposition boycott.
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Javno |
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31/01/2008 |
Rediscovering the New World 31/01/2008
Has the United States “lost” Latin America? The charge has become an easy talking point for critics of U.S. policy and underlay much of the “too little, too late” commentary on President Bush’s visit to five Latin American countries last March, and during the past year, as well. The argument, such as it is, suggests that U.S. policy is responsible for the breakdown of hemispheric consensus around democracy, open trade and more besides.
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America Societys |
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31/01/2008 |
VIEW: Bolivia divided —Víctor Hugo Cárdenas 31/01/2008
Today, Bolivia is being led by its government toward antagonism between Indians and non-Indians, the eastern and western regions, and city and country, exacerbated by insults and actions that are acquiring an increasingly racist and ethnocentric edge
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Daily Times |
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01/02/2008 |
Morales denies alleged police surveillance of Bolivian opposition leaders 01/02/2008
President Evo Morales denied allegations that Bolivian police have been spying on opposition politicians, and announced he would dissolve a police intelligence unit paid for in part by the United States.
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PR Inside |
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01/02/2008 |
Floods claim more lives, wreak havoc in Bolivia 01/02/2008
Flooding and torrential rains have killed 40 people in Bolivia since November, wrecking highways, crops and thousands of homes in the impoverished country, officials said on Wednesday.
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Reuters |
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06/02/2008 |
Bolivia's Morales denies alleged spying on opponents 06/02/2008
President Evo Morales on Wednesday denied allegations that Bolivian police have been spying on opposition politicians, and announced he would dissolve a police intelligence unit paid for in part by the United States. |
Miami Herald |
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06/02/2008 |
The Democratic Ideal and New Colonialism 06/02/2008
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful concerned individuals can precipitate change in the world ... indeed, it is the only thing that ever has"
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Analyst Network |
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06/02/2008 |
Latin America Seeks Trade Alternatives 06/02/2008
The decline of U.S. "soft power" in South America has encouraged increased trade relations with other partners, including more arms trading, as well as rejection of U.S. calls for a shift away from conventional military to "constabulary" forces. |
Forbes |
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06/02/2008 |
Government fueling social division 06/02/2008
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