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Jump To Comment: 5 4 3 2 1As the original entry states many truths, we would like to clarify that there was only one day where local bakeries that supply a large percent of bread in the city of La Paz went on strike as a show of solidarity. However, bread is now available at a increased price. Large percentage of households and public kitchens use compressed gas/propane to cook; these small tanks when empty are refilled by an exchange of a full one delivered by large trucks driving through neighborhoods. These tanks are now scarce because of roadblocks adding to the difficult situation.
As far as an ¨outright civil war¨ we feel what you say, but technically we are not there yet. The only bloodshed at this point was done today by police as they fatally shot a 52 year old male miner in Sucre, our capital; . Did Vaca Diaz plan it this way as a symbol of indian bloodshed in such a colonial town?
We are seeing many Bolivianos come in solidarity and out of their homes to support the cry of the people with food, strength, shelter, aid, and various hunger strikes througout the country.
"The opinion of those we spoke to was to call early general elections to find a level of political and democratic balance," the Catholic Church said in a statement late Wednesday after days of negotiations to end the crisis...
The RC church was sent by Joseph Ratzinger on his election to pontiff and has chatted to everyone since the last abdication (covered here:-
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68874
and some ribbid ribbid coverage which reflects the unacceptable constitutional solution as the domino effects of resignations place the executive in the hands of pro-american millionaires backed by geneva educated economists :-
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5856167&cKey=1118294439000
(((I'm staying on this one, I'd appreciate it if someone stayed on Zimbabwe, I can't translate everything coz its producing thousands of new words every minute.)))
The Left in €urope has begun to mobilise its support at parliamentary level.
Join them please.
The Bolivian people are amongst the poorest on Earth, yet work to provide the first world with Gas, Oil and Soya.
They are the largest producer of soya in the world.
If you're a vegetarian you've eaten Bolivian soya bought at unsustainable prices.
"The Bolivian revolution is coming home."
At present throughout the country ordinary people, (much more than the miners / campesinos categories of cliché) are coming together to form representative assemblies, and they see those who believe in all political solutions of the "left" work together.
So come together in Europe. all of you.
Give them solidarity.
http://bolivia.indymedia.org/es/2005/06/19425.shtml
links on the popular assembly
http://bolivia.indymedia.org/es/2005/06/19421.shtml
http://bolivia.indymedia.org/es/2005/06/19417.shtml
http://argentina.indymedia.org/news/2005/06/298640.php
Their will even if it be the will of a minority must not be disregarded by the powerbrokers of neo-liberal capitalism and globalised post imperialism which has for so long kept their people so poor, if the state moves to elections "they must be clean, they must be observed, they must be free" "ribbid ribbid".
This is bolivia not eire.
it's her gas = it's her soya = it's her country
it's not his gun nor his helmet = but it is our flag, that patchwork of hope, autonomy and fine colours.
But They've occupied the offices of repsol the spanish based petrochemical multi-national. The miners have gone on to the street with dynamite and been tear gassed, meanwhile the scene of political solution has moved to Sucre the former capital where the left is meeting to discuss out of the chaos of La Paz whether or not to support the new interim regime.
Bolivia indymedia has good coverage on this updating everyday, as you'd expect, if all the miners left their grim pits in ireland and marched on dublin and occupied the offices of Shell, Ola accompanied by the peasantry and set up camp outside the ministries you'd expect good coverage on indymedia ireland wouldn't you?
So there are calls for help-
with the ending of gas supplies orphanages and hospitals are effected, the prison makes mensual supplies and will not be effected till the end of the month.
In one of the cities popular assemblies have now taken the task of organisation. (that means what you think it means)
Bolivia is a campesino nation, 87% are indiginous the highest % of any south american state. the average income is 900$.
It's their gas.
It's their soya as well.
Solid@rity!
photos:-
http://bolivia.indymedia.org/es/2005/06/19287.shtml
Videos 6th and 7th
Current situation in Bolivia.
The socio-political distress gets more heat as the days go by. We have put together a couple of video-audio reports, check it:
http:\\www.amandasdreamscape.com\june6bolivia.mpg
http:\\www.amandasdreamscape.com\june7bolivia.mpg
you need Quicktime to view these.
http://bolivia.indymedia.org/es/2005/06/19288.shtml
Photos 7th
http://bolivia.indymedia.org/es/2005/06/19213.shtml
http://bolivia.indymedia.org/es/2005/06/19251.shtml