To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 8:07 PM Subject: [Fwd: [RuMills] MARTIAL LAW DECLARED IN BOLIVIA -- FROM SPY NEWS] > >
Sunday, April 9th Cochabamba, Bolivia Dear Friends: The situation here in Bolivia remains critical. Since the declaration of martial law yesterday at least three people have been killed, including a 17 year old boy shot by soldiers with live ammunition here in Cochabamba. More than 30 people in Cochabamba alone have been injured from conflicts with the military. Respected leaders of the water protests have been jailed, some flown to a remote location in Bolivia? '²s jungle. Soldiers continue to occupy the city? '²s center. However, there is now something very real and straightforward you can do to help. The massive protests that prompted the declaration of martial law here were prompted by the sale of Cochabamba? '²s public water system to a private corporation (Aguas del Tunari, owned by International Water Limited) which then doubled water rates for poor families that can barely afford to feed themselves. It turns out that that the main financial power behind that water corporation in the Bechtel Corporation, based in San Francisco (Source: http://www.bechtel.com/whatnew/1999artsq4.html). The people of Bolivia have made it very clear that they want Bechtel out. The Bolivian government is so committed to protecting Bechtel that it has declared martial law and killed its own people. While some in the government here are saying this afternoon that Bechtel will leave, given the government's reversal on the same promise Friday the statement has no credibility here ansent a written agreement and end to martial law. It is critical that pressure be brought to bear directly on Bechtel in the US. You can help, here? '²s how: 1) Send an e-mail, letter, fax or make a phone call to: Riley Bechtel, Chairman and CEO, Bechtel Corp E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (415) 768-1234 Fax: (415) 768-9038 Address: 50 Beale Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 2) The Message: "Bolivians have made it absolutely clear that they want Bechtel? '²s water company, Aguas de Tunari, out of Bolivia, through a week of huge protests that have nearly shut down the country. To protect Bechtel, the Bolivian government has now put the country under martial law, leaving many dead and wounded. Bechtel has a responsibility to honor the wishes of Bolivians and bring the crisis to an end by immediatley signing an agreement to turn the water system back over to Bolivians." 3) Please send this information as far and wide as you can. More than 1,000 other are receiving this message today. Even 100 e-mails ro calls to Bechtel Monday will make an enormous difference. To give you some additional context on events here I am including below an article, which I published in Saturday? '²s San Jose Mercury News. The article went to press just before the government reversed position and declared martial law. Many thanks, Jim Shultz The Democracy Center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for more information please visit http://www.1worldcommunication.org Ravi Khanna, Director 1world communication P. O. Box 2476 Amherst, MA 01004 Phone: 413-323-7629 Fax: 413-323-9348 E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web-site: http://www.1worldcommunication.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-Earn 300 Points from MyPoints.com for trying @Backup Get automatic protection and access to your important computer files. Install today: http://click.egroups.com/1/2344/0/_/7016/_/955405743/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ~__~___~_~___~__~___~_~_~_~__~~~~~~~~~~~~~ /%_]%0%\%V%/%\[%]%__]\%/%/%%_] \_%\%%%/\%/[%\\%]%_]%%V%V%\_%\ [__/%%]%//%[_|\_]___]%_n_/[__/ OSINT newsletter and discussion list associated to Mario's Cyberspace Station http://mprofaca.cro.net/mainmenu.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mario Profaca, owner, editor and moderator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get paid for the stuff you know! Get answers for the stuff you don’t. And get $10 to spend on the site! http://click.egroups.com/1/2200/0/_/163550/_/955418473/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RMNews, The Uncensored National Rumor http://www.rumormillnews.com THE ONLY RUMOR YOU CAN TRUST RUMOR MILL NEWS AGENCY P.O. BOX 1784 APTOS, CA 95001 TELFAX 831 462 3949 WHY WAS PRINCESS DIANA MURDERED? http://www.dianaqueenofheaven.com
