Merry Christmas for Bolivia: Washington's 'nightmare' wins!
Dec. 19th - 2005 - The mainstream disinformation sewers, like Associated Press, Reuters, etc. of course all have dipped their pens in vitriol and describe the winner of the elections in Bolivia Evo Morales as 'anti-american', a 'friendly full blood Indian', 'Leftist' and 'friend of Castro and Chavez in Venezuela': he has according to them everything in his power now to become as he says: "The Nightmare of Washington."
The description by the way in many media of 'Left' and 'Right' is wrong, and based on my experience 'Newspeak': globally the majority of all human beings belong to the 'givers' and the ones that's taken from by the 'takers' - which is the group of the predators: something that feeds or preys upon that organism in their natural habitats.
Interesting in the campaign where Morales statements like this one: "When speaking about drugs, let's not only speak about production but: why is there such a big demand in the U.S.?"
The US/Reuters propaganda department - which venomously and as usual in a very malevolent manner defends the warmongers - puts the poison in the tail: "A Morales presidency will add Bolivia to a drift to the left across the region that has seen leftist presidents come to power in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela. "
Let me as an independent former Latin America correspondent make an observation, and in short tell you what I also saw in Chile during the years of president Salvador Allende. Those by the people elected - and not in rigged 'elections' like in the US - are the best that ever can happen to those maltreated populations and countries. The 'Kissinger Killers' are the poisonous predators which have been bleeding them for so long, and which are a danger to every form of humanity. - [http://tinyurl.com/9jypc]
BUSH, LYING AS USUAL: WE ARE WINNING THE WAR IN IRAQ
Contrary to all outside the US known facts - which one can find in abundance on Internet - last night in his abominable propaganda speech on TV George Bush said, "Not only can we win the war in Iraq – we are winning the war in Iraq."
Bush said 'there were only two options for the United States – victory or defeat'. Well he's damn right: Both in Iraq and now again in Bolivia the defeat is as big as the Andes are high! The US is dishounered for centuries because of what it has done and does. But the 'Bully on the Block' is a colossus on clay feet, which can not even safeguard the twenty kilometers of the road between the airport and Baghdad city. Their illegal occupation of also Iraq has turned into a huge nightmare for the warmaking neocons, and here comes the next one:
EVO MORALES: BOLIVIA'S POOR DON’T WANT TO BE RICH, THEY JUST WANT EQUALITY
UK journalist John Hunt writes from La Paz (Bolivia): "I hope xenophobia will be extinguished" declared Bolivian presidential candidate Evo Morales at a press conference on Sunday morning after casting his vote in front of hundreds of villagers in the school grounds at Villa 14 de Septiembre in Chapare, Bolivia. The man set to become Latin America’s first indigenous president, added: "We only want to live well… The poor don’t want to be rich, they just want equality."
THE OCCASION WAS RICH IN SYMBOLISM.
Evo wore a short-sleeved shirt and jeans and enjoyed a breakfast of fish and boiled yuca with village leaders and journalists before going to vote. This reflected the charming (but bewildering, for some learned observers) informality of his entire campaign. Then a campesino with a cowboy hat rode a buffalo through the village waving the ancient, multi-colored wipala flag, which some say must become the new emblem of a re-founded Bolivia.
At the press conference, Evo was flanked by women and men cocaleros who casually chewed coca leaves spread across the table. It was through his leadership of brave resistance to the US and Bolivian governments’ coca eradication program that Evo has emerged as the unifying electoral focus for disparate strands of huge popular protest.
‘Zero coca would mean zero cocaleros’ said Evo today. In a long fight, with many deaths, injuries and jailings, the cocaleros often blockaded the central highway between La Paz and Santa Cruz, choking the economy. At last, in October 2004, former president Carlos Mesa signed a pact allowing each farming family in Chapare to cultivate coca on one "cato" (approximately 0.4 acres) of land.
* Now Chapare is peaceful and tourists are returning again to enjoy the lush fecundity of its environment. After years of state cruelty, a ‘threatening’ notice near the police checkpoint outside Villa Tunari merely warns that urinating in public could land you in jail for 8 hours!
Contrary to reports, Evo says he is happy with the "cato" for now and, as president, he would mount a international campaign for the right to legally export many coca-containing products, such as health cures, shampoos and biscuits. The national cocalero federation unequivocally opposes cocaine trafficking.
Evo reiterated his commitment to nationalize the country’s gas and oil resources but also stretched out a hand to the private sector, stating that ‘all honest people can join us, including businessmen who want to work for the country."
But he would face huge challenges developing Latin America’s second-poorest country. This was reflected in miniature in Villa Tunari on Saturday as four teenage girls in an internet café loudly discussed plans to emigrate to Spain. Bolivia relies on money sent home by more than a million economic migrants for an estimated 8-10% of its national earnings.
He was also forthright about his international orientation: ‘Fidel is my friend and I respect the Cuban people. I respect Chavez because he talks of a big Latin American nation."
On Sunday night, exit polls say Evo has won with around 45% of the vote ... the celebrations have begun!
There remains the diminishing possibility that he will be blocked from power by a neo-liberal alliance in Congress, led by defeated candidate Jorge ‘Tutu’ Quiroga.
But Feliciano Mamani Quispe, the Mayor of Villa Tunari and a cocalero leader (who has 23 steel pins in his left leg after being shot by soldiers breaking up a meeting) was sanguine about this prospect.
"Tuto can make alliances," he warned, "but it wouldn’t be a stable government."
JOHN HUNT
* John Hunt is a freelance journalist who visited Venezuela earlier this year. You may email him at: huntjohnj@hotmail.com
[andend] - Story at - Url.: http://vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=47485
The news at Vheadline.com at - Url.: http://vheadline.com/main.asp
Bolivia: latest Google censored info - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/du4sz
Indymedia Bolivia in Spanish - Url.: http://bolivia.indymedia.org/en/
Morales Aware of US Interference:
Evo Morales, the leading presidential candidate, said if he wins Sunday´s elections in Bolivia, he will seek balanced relations with the US, without submission, although he recognized the risk of Washington´s direct intervention.
http://tinyurl.com/ag8rx
Colombian President to U.S.: Stop Meddling:
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, one of Washington's best friends in South America, told the United States to stop "meddling" in his country's affairs after the U.S. ambassador urged him to take steps against corruption in regional elections. - Url.: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051218/ap_on_go_pr_wh/colombia_us
Chavez and Uribe Put Aside Differences :
Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Alvaro Uribe of Colombia are diametrically opposed in style and ideology, but they have largely put aside their differences and overcome disputes over the years, building what appears to be an uncommon friendship.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3533300.html
Castro's 'miracle' cures the poor of blindness :
The rich tourists whose luxury yachts once crowded the idyllic Marina Hemingway complex on the outskirts of the Cuban capital are shocked to find all Havana's hotel rooms fully booked until mid-2006. Most of them arrive nearly blind; but all will be able to see perfectly before they leave.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article333837.ece
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The description by the way in many media of 'Left' and 'Right' is wrong, and based on my experience 'Newspeak': globally the majority of all human beings belong to the 'givers' and the ones that's taken from by the 'takers' - which is the group of the predators: something that feeds or preys upon that organism in their natural habitats.
Interesting in the campaign where Morales statements like this one: "When speaking about drugs, let's not only speak about production but: why is there such a big demand in the U.S.?"
The US/Reuters propaganda department - which venomously and as usual in a very malevolent manner defends the warmongers - puts the poison in the tail: "A Morales presidency will add Bolivia to a drift to the left across the region that has seen leftist presidents come to power in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela. "
Let me as an independent former Latin America correspondent make an observation, and in short tell you what I also saw in Chile during the years of president Salvador Allende. Those by the people elected - and not in rigged 'elections' like in the US - are the best that ever can happen to those maltreated populations and countries. The 'Kissinger Killers' are the poisonous predators which have been bleeding them for so long, and which are a danger to every form of humanity. - [http://tinyurl.com/9jypc]
BUSH, LYING AS USUAL: WE ARE WINNING THE WAR IN IRAQ
Contrary to all outside the US known facts - which one can find in abundance on Internet - last night in his abominable propaganda speech on TV George Bush said, "Not only can we win the war in Iraq – we are winning the war in Iraq."
Bush said 'there were only two options for the United States – victory or defeat'. Well he's damn right: Both in Iraq and now again in Bolivia the defeat is as big as the Andes are high! The US is dishounered for centuries because of what it has done and does. But the 'Bully on the Block' is a colossus on clay feet, which can not even safeguard the twenty kilometers of the road between the airport and Baghdad city. Their illegal occupation of also Iraq has turned into a huge nightmare for the warmaking neocons, and here comes the next one:
EVO MORALES: BOLIVIA'S POOR DON’T WANT TO BE RICH, THEY JUST WANT EQUALITY
UK journalist John Hunt writes from La Paz (Bolivia): "I hope xenophobia will be extinguished" declared Bolivian presidential candidate Evo Morales at a press conference on Sunday morning after casting his vote in front of hundreds of villagers in the school grounds at Villa 14 de Septiembre in Chapare, Bolivia. The man set to become Latin America’s first indigenous president, added: "We only want to live well… The poor don’t want to be rich, they just want equality."
THE OCCASION WAS RICH IN SYMBOLISM.
Evo wore a short-sleeved shirt and jeans and enjoyed a breakfast of fish and boiled yuca with village leaders and journalists before going to vote. This reflected the charming (but bewildering, for some learned observers) informality of his entire campaign. Then a campesino with a cowboy hat rode a buffalo through the village waving the ancient, multi-colored wipala flag, which some say must become the new emblem of a re-founded Bolivia.
At the press conference, Evo was flanked by women and men cocaleros who casually chewed coca leaves spread across the table. It was through his leadership of brave resistance to the US and Bolivian governments’ coca eradication program that Evo has emerged as the unifying electoral focus for disparate strands of huge popular protest.
‘Zero coca would mean zero cocaleros’ said Evo today. In a long fight, with many deaths, injuries and jailings, the cocaleros often blockaded the central highway between La Paz and Santa Cruz, choking the economy. At last, in October 2004, former president Carlos Mesa signed a pact allowing each farming family in Chapare to cultivate coca on one "cato" (approximately 0.4 acres) of land.
* Now Chapare is peaceful and tourists are returning again to enjoy the lush fecundity of its environment. After years of state cruelty, a ‘threatening’ notice near the police checkpoint outside Villa Tunari merely warns that urinating in public could land you in jail for 8 hours!
Contrary to reports, Evo says he is happy with the "cato" for now and, as president, he would mount a international campaign for the right to legally export many coca-containing products, such as health cures, shampoos and biscuits. The national cocalero federation unequivocally opposes cocaine trafficking.
Evo reiterated his commitment to nationalize the country’s gas and oil resources but also stretched out a hand to the private sector, stating that ‘all honest people can join us, including businessmen who want to work for the country."
But he would face huge challenges developing Latin America’s second-poorest country. This was reflected in miniature in Villa Tunari on Saturday as four teenage girls in an internet café loudly discussed plans to emigrate to Spain. Bolivia relies on money sent home by more than a million economic migrants for an estimated 8-10% of its national earnings.
He was also forthright about his international orientation: ‘Fidel is my friend and I respect the Cuban people. I respect Chavez because he talks of a big Latin American nation."
On Sunday night, exit polls say Evo has won with around 45% of the vote ... the celebrations have begun!
There remains the diminishing possibility that he will be blocked from power by a neo-liberal alliance in Congress, led by defeated candidate Jorge ‘Tutu’ Quiroga.
But Feliciano Mamani Quispe, the Mayor of Villa Tunari and a cocalero leader (who has 23 steel pins in his left leg after being shot by soldiers breaking up a meeting) was sanguine about this prospect.
"Tuto can make alliances," he warned, "but it wouldn’t be a stable government."
JOHN HUNT
* John Hunt is a freelance journalist who visited Venezuela earlier this year. You may email him at: huntjohnj@hotmail.com
[andend] - Story at - Url.: http://vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=47485
The news at Vheadline.com at - Url.: http://vheadline.com/main.asp
Bolivia: latest Google censored info - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/du4sz
Indymedia Bolivia in Spanish - Url.: http://bolivia.indymedia.org/en/
Morales Aware of US Interference:
Evo Morales, the leading presidential candidate, said if he wins Sunday´s elections in Bolivia, he will seek balanced relations with the US, without submission, although he recognized the risk of Washington´s direct intervention.
http://tinyurl.com/ag8rx
Colombian President to U.S.: Stop Meddling:
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, one of Washington's best friends in South America, told the United States to stop "meddling" in his country's affairs after the U.S. ambassador urged him to take steps against corruption in regional elections. - Url.: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051218/ap_on_go_pr_wh/colombia_us
Chavez and Uribe Put Aside Differences :
Presidents Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Alvaro Uribe of Colombia are diametrically opposed in style and ideology, but they have largely put aside their differences and overcome disputes over the years, building what appears to be an uncommon friendship.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/3533300.html
Castro's 'miracle' cures the poor of blindness :
The rich tourists whose luxury yachts once crowded the idyllic Marina Hemingway complex on the outskirts of the Cuban capital are shocked to find all Havana's hotel rooms fully booked until mid-2006. Most of them arrive nearly blind; but all will be able to see perfectly before they leave.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article333837.ece
FOREIGN PRESS FOUNDATION
http://forpressfound.blogspot.com/
Editor: Henk Ruyssenaars
http://tinyurl.com/amn3q
The Netherlands
fpf@chello.nl
* Help all the troops - of whatever nationality - to come back from abroad! - AND WITH ALL THEIR WEAPONS, WHICH WE WERE FORCED TO PAY FOR BY TAXES - [http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm ] - We need them badly at home in many countries to fight with us against our so called 'governments' and their malignant managers - Url.: http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/
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