Wednesday 10-15: Additional Stories (English)<\/b>:\r\n Latest Updates<\/b>: \r\n Donations Needed!<\/b> - Indymedia Bolivia is struggling to cover the uprising. They have called on the global activist community and Indymedia readers everywhere to support their work with donations. Please give what you can.\r\n<\/p> Photo Galleries<\/b>: [ 1 | 2 | 3 | Images from Bolivian TV ]\r\n<\/p> Earlier Stories from the IMC Network<\/b>:\r\n Background Resources<\/b>: Z Net Bolivia Watch<\/p><\/li>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Below are links to breaking news, eyewitness reports, related articles and live radio streaming from Bolivia, compiled by IMC-Bolivia and the Indymedia network. IMC-Bolivia has issued an urgent appeal to the global activist community and Indymedia readers everywhere for solidarity and support..including badly needed donations. Please give what you can. See donations link below.","numcomment":11,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2003\/10\/10-16photoargentinaimc.jpg","filesize":"15.9 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2003\/10\/89321.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2003\/10\/10-16photoargentinaimc.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2003\/10\/10-16photoargentinaimc.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":89381,"heading":"great links-- here's some more","article":" Massacres in Bolivia, Not In Our Name\r\n \r\nOctober 15, 2003 \r\n \u00a0\r\n \r\nDear Friends, \r\n \r\nAs you know, Bolivia is in the midst of the most severe political and economic crisis since the country's return to democracy in 1982. Social organizations have mobilized to demand a voice in how Bolivia's strategic resources in this case natural gas should be administered and a share in the potential benefits. The unarmed protesters have been met by harsh repression. Social movements and the majority of the nation's population are now calling for President Gonzalo S\u00e1nchez de Lozada to resign. Their message is simple: they refuse to negotiate with the person they hold responsible for the killings. \r\n \r\nThe U.S. State Department expressed its support for President S\u00e1nchez de Lozada when it announced that, \"\"The American people and their government support Bolivia's democratically elected president, Gonzalo S\u00e1nchez De Lozada...The international community and the United States will not tolerate any interruption of constitutional order and will not support any regime that results from undemocratic means\" (Richard Boucher, DOS Press Release 10\/15\/03). \r\n \r\nThis effectively blocks a peaceful, constitutional and legal transition, while more massacres are almost inevitable. The State Department claims to be acting in our name. \r\n \r\nU.S. citizens living in Bolivia,have prepared a letter to U.S. Ambassador in Bolivia, David Greenlee, and U.S. Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere, Roger Noriega, calling on the U.S. government to recognize and respect Bolivian's right to determine its own destiny without outside interference. The letter will also be sent to the Bolivian and international press. If you agree, please add your name to our call for no more massacres in our name. Please respond by 12:00 noon, Friday October 17, U.S. Eastern standard time) by sending your name, institutional affiliation and address to the Andean Information Network: \r\n \r\npaz@albatros.cnb.net \r\n \r\nFeel free to contact us at this address if you have further questions. Please also forward this letter to other concerned individuals. \r\nIn English: www.ain.org.bo<\/a> \r\n \r\nText of letter: \r\n \r\nMassacres in Bolivia: Not in Our Name \r\n \r\nSocial protest in Bolivia has been met with fierce and deadly government repression that has paralyzed the country. Faced with increasingly limited room for participation in narrow political processes, many sectors of` Bolivian society have resorted to marches and road blockades to make their voices heard. \r\nThe exportation of the country's natural gas reserves to the United States through Chile was the last straw for frustrated sectors, triggering protests that have been met with deadly use of force from the Bolivian police and armed forces. During the past month, at least 64 people have been killed and over 400 have been injured, the great majority from bullet wounds. During the fourteen months of the Gonzalo S\u00e1nchez de Lozada administration, more people have been killed by the security forces than any year of military dictatorship in Bolivia. \r\n \r\nAs a result of the spiraling violence and loss of life, protesting sectors have demanded the resignation of President S\u00e1nchez de Lozada. Bolivian vice president Carlos Mesa has distanced himself from the S\u00e1nchez de Lozada administration, stating that he cannot be party to further loss of life. The mayors of La Paz and El Alto, the town just outside of the capital where the protests began, as well as the ex- ombudsperson for human rights, Ana Mar\u00eda Romero de Campero, have called for S\u00e1nchez de Lozada to step down. \r\n \r\nThe U.S. government has closed ranks with S\u00e1nchez de Lozada, blocking a peaceful solution and making continued violence almost inevitable. On October 13, a U.S. State Department spokesman affirmed, \"The American people and their government support Bolivia's democratically elected president, Gonzalo S\u00e1nchez De Lozada... The international community and the United States will not tolerate any interruption of constitutional order and will not support any regime that results from undemocratic means.\" \r\n \r\nUnconditional support for the incumbent president blocks the possibility of the president's resignation, advocated by a significant portion of the population, and permitted by the Bolivian constitution. Once again, the U.S. Government is impeding peaceful conflict resolution through dialogue in Bolivia, as it has done in the past in regard to U.S.-funded forced coca eradication policy. \r\n \r\nAs American citizens and, we call on the U.S. government to cease intervention in the present conflict. Bolivians must be allowed to determine their own political future, free from U.S. pressure or sanctions, within the framework of their own laws and constitution. \r\n \r\nSincerely, \r\n \r\nKathryn Ledebur \r\n \r\nJim Shultz \r\n \r\nTom Kruse \r\n \r\nSinclair Lewis \r\n \r\nForrest Hylton \r\n \r\nBen Dangl \r\n \r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n","author":"que viva bolivia!","parent_id":89321,"mime_type":"text\/html","created":"2003-10-17 21:47:39","modified":"2013-11-11 00:26:51","fileurl":""},{"id":89390,"heading":"Bolibians marxist","article":"Kill these marxists idiots, thereby thinning out the herd, which leaves more work and food to go around to the law-abiding Bolivians. The only way to ever achieve peace is to kill those who which to impose marxist economies on freedom loving people.","author":"MRC","parent_id":89321,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-17 22:31:41","modified":"2003-10-17 22:31:41","fileurl":""},{"id":89417,"heading":"real intelligent comment","article":"that made alot of sense- yeah just kill all those "Bolibians". ","author":"gee whiz","parent_id":89321,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-18 00:05:28","modified":"2003-10-18 00:05:28","fileurl":""},{"id":89423,"heading":"We should learn from the people of Bolivia.","article":"On the contrary, let's take out the freedom robbing capitalist class.","author":"@","parent_id":89321,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-18 01:18:35","modified":"2003-10-18 01:18:35","fileurl":""},{"id":89428,"heading":"FUCK YOU, DeVoy","article":"We will take you anarchist motherfuckers out LONG before you ever get started. We are watching you, DeVoy.","author":"KOBE","parent_id":89321,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-18 02:10:33","modified":"2003-10-18 02:10:33","fileurl":""},{"id":89429,"heading":"FUCK YOU, DeVoy","article":"We will take you anarchist motherfuckers out LONG before you ever get started. We are watching you, DeVoy.","author":"KOBE","parent_id":89321,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-18 02:12:27","modified":"2003-10-18 02:12:27","fileurl":""},{"id":89431,"heading":"In case of revolution...","article":"In case of revolution, contact the resistance, we have a long list of brownshirts, complete with addresses. Wooden dowels make good poles and are available for expropriation at your local Home Depot.\r\n\r\nAs for Bolivia, may the fire grow and consume the parasites. Look to Bolivia as an example of exactly what to do to Ned Lyle.","author":"@","parent_id":89321,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-18 02:46:57","modified":"2003-10-18 02:46:57","fileurl":""},{"id":89438,"heading":"more info","article":"Consulate General of Bolivia \r\n 483 S. Spring St., Suite 1212 \r\n Los Angeles, CA 90013 \r\n Telephone: (213) 689-0190 \r\n \r\nwww.bolivia.indymedia.org (in spanish and english)\r\nwww.argentina.indymedia.org (great audio: street chanting, interviews with campesinos, evo morales)\r\n\r\nalso,\r\nU.S. Ambassador David N. Greenlee's Strange "Letter" About a Coup Plot<\/a>","author":"=","parent_id":89321,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-18 04:14:18","modified":"2003-10-18 04:14:18","fileurl":""},{"id":89440,"heading":"David Greenlee, USA ambassador to Bolivia","article":"i am one USA citizen who hopes the Bolivians throw this asshole in prison. \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","author":"f","parent_id":89321,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-10-18 04:24:50","modified":"2003-10-18 04:24:50","fileurl":""}]}
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A sign-on letter\r\n
\r\nFor more information on the situation in Bolivia, please visit: \r\n
In Spanish: www.bolpress.com<\/a>\r\n
Andean Information Network \r\n
Cochabamba, Bolivia \r\n
The Democracy Center \r\n
Cochabamba, Bolivia \r\n
Researcher \r\n
La Paz, Bolivia \r\n
New York University \r\n
New York and La Paz \r\n
Researcher and Historian \r\n
La Paz, Bolivia \r\n
Freelance Writer \r\n
Cochabamba, Bolivia \r\n