Iran-Bolivia Investment Deal

First posted September 8 2008

Perhaps amid the war cries and the warmongering, and amongst the condemning and condoning, the blockheaded blockaders and the desperate defenders of Bolivia will meet on one single point: is this the right time to introduce Mahmoud Ahmadinejad into the political mix? The energy sector is a violently dissentious issue in Bolivia – stirring US ambassador to Bolivia Phillip Goldberg to announce “US institutions should interfere in Bolivia’s internal affairs.” Subsequently energy is what Morales’ undemocratic opposition want to target, with aims to interrupt oil exports into dependent neighbours like Brazil. (continue)

Bolivia no longer has Shell to pay for

First posted August 13 2008

Latest figures on Venezuela Analysis show that Morales’s result in Sundays recall referendum topped 63.1%, over 10% more than he scored in the December 2005 presidential election. The result has prompted surprise calls from the US for other Bolivian parties to launch a ‘unity of dialogue’hoping to score a role in relaxing the political tension present in Bolivia. (continue)

Victory for Morales

First published August 11 2008

A concerted effort to destabilise the government of Bolivia’s socialist president Evo Morales looks to have failed after the indigenous leader took on opponents in recall referendum.

In June, after the departments of Beni and Pando backed greater regional autonomy in illegal votes Morales told his supporters ‘I am not afraid of the people, that they tell the truth and judge us’. (continue)