~~~~ We agree with Canela that this marvelous victory
in Bolivia indicates increased U.S. intervention and
disinformation campaigns to try to undermine the major
forward steps which the people of Bolivia took
yesterday. Last night some of us celebrated when
Spanish-language news reported that Evo got more than
50%... que viva el pueblo en lucha! CISPES-L.A.
========================================================
> While the beautiful indigenous people of Bolivia
> are celebrating the popular
> triumph of the Movement to Socialism (MAS) of Evo
> Morales who defeated the
> conservative candidate opponent Jorge Quiroga during
> todayâs Sunday election
> , the progressive people around the world must be
> alert and get ready to
> support this other liberated country in Latin
> America which for sure and
> like Venezuela will be the subject of many
> interventions. It is beautiful
> all what's going on in the famous "back yard" it
> is like if we are all
> witnessing a new Latin America continent advancing
> towards a second and final
> independence. LONG LIVE BOLIVIA, LONG LIVE EVO
> MORALES, LONG LIVE THE NEW A
> FINAL EMANICIPATION OF LATIN AMERICA !
> Canela Saenz (BCLAEZ)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Leftist claims Bolivia poll win
>
>
> (CNN) -- Bolivian socialist leader Evo Morales has
> claimed victory in that
> turbulent Andean country's presidential election
> after conservative rival
> Jorge Quiroga conceded defeat.
> An Indian labor activist who advocates the
> distribution of Bolivia's natural
> gas revenue to the public, Morales rose from poverty
> and obscurity to become
> the leader of Bolivia's coca farmers.
> In the past four years, he has led rounds of
> protests that have shut down
> the capital, La Paz, and forced two presidents from
> office.
> "As a people who love their country, we have an
> enormous responsibility to
> change our history," Morales told supporters Sunday
> night.
> "This change that the people want is going to be
> respected."
> Official results are not expected until Monday. But
> Quiroga conceded after
> exit polls showed a stronger-than-expected showing
> for Morales.
> Morales, 46, is a friend and ally of Venezuela's
> outspoken leftist President
> Hugo Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro.
> He came to prominence blasting U.S.-backed
> "neoliberal" economic policies
> that Bolivian leaders adopted in the 1980s --
> policies he said do little to
> help the country's impoverished Aymara and Quechua
> Indian majority -- and
> defending impoverished coca growers against
> U.S.-funded eradication efforts.
> The prospect of Morales now becoming president
> horrifies conservatives in
> Bolivia and in Washington, who say his radical form
> of socialism would be
> disastrous.
> "I think it would be the worst nightmare scenario
> for Washington, because
> right now you have a growing alliance between
> Venezuela and Cuba," said Andres
> Oppenheimer, a Latin American analyst and columnist
> for the Miami Herald.
> "What is now a duo may become a trio."
> Bolivia is one of the poorest and most politically
> turbulent countries in
> the region, with nearly 200 military coups in its
> history.
> Its current president, Eduardo Rodriguez, took over
> as in June after
> anti-government protests led by Morales forced
> then-president Carlos Mesa from
> office.
> Mesa took office in 2003 after similar protests
> forced his predecessor,
> Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada, to resign.
>
> CNN Correspondent Lucia Newman contributed to this
> report
>
>
>
>
CISPES
Committee In Solidarity With The People of El Salvador
8124 West 3rd Street L.A. Ca. 90048
323-852-0721
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