Bolivien: Proteste gehen weiter
aktuelle Situation kritisch
The situation is critical in Bolivia, where the "Cocalero" peasant confederation and other social movements of Cochabamba (such as the Water Coordination) are being severely attacked. There have been several dozen
demonstrators killed recently by the army, 100 people have been arrested and the parliamentary immunity of Evo Morales has been lifted.
Bolivia : another aggression of US neo-colonialism
Under the pretext of a war on terrorism or on drugs, the US government, with the complicity of local politicians and financiers, is pursuing its longterm objective of a worldwide control over natural ressources and strategic territories. Today, it threatens to submit by force any
resistance to its hegemonic ambitions.
After the Plan Colombia, the major social crises provoked in Ecuador and the total destruction of the Argentine economy, the chaos generated by market neocolonialism is now destabilising Bolivia. In this country,
violations of human rights are multiplying, in particular against the peasant and indigenous population of the Cochabamba region.
Since several months, the Bolivian government has totally militarised this region in order to eradicate the traditional cultivation of the coca plant, a "war on drugs" whose real objective is the eviction of the peasants and
indigenous for the greater profit of the transnationals. The selling prices of the so-called "substitution" crops are so low that its not worth harvesting them. Thus the small family plots of coca are essential to the peasants' survival.
The numerous demonstrations of the farmers unions have been brutally repressed. Leaders have been shot in cold blood by the army. Their have already been dozens of dead, among whom there were recently four soldiers.
The government seized upon this pretext to arrest 60 union leaders. The Bolivian human rights organisations have already denounced the abuse that they have suffered: beatings and wounds, electric shocks on the teeth, etc.
Simultaneously, the Parliament voted, in extremely dubious conditions, the repeal of the parliamentary immunity of the deputy Evo Morales, one of the most popular deputies and foremost union leaders of the country. The leader of the "cocaleros" is accused of being the "intellectual author" of the soldiers' deaths. Evo Morales has been on hunger strike for the past nine days.
Moreover, Radio Soberania, which belongs to the peasant confederation of Cochabamba has been heavily damaged and closed down without apparent motive by the police.
The whole region suffers from a military occupation which seeks to repress all demonstrations, roadblocks, etc. Organisations of other social sectors in solidarity with the peasants are also brutally attacked. Thus the offices of the Cochabamba Water Coordination have been vandalised and their leader, Oscar Olivera indicted for "sedition"!
Denouncing these flagrant violations of human rights and democratic liberties, the organisations of several sectors, cocaleros, water coordination, health workers, organisations of retired people, ecologists,
etc., demand:
- The immediate liberation of the union leaders and other political prisoners.
- The rehabilitation of deputy Evo Morales.
- The reopening of Radio Soberania.
- The distribution of land, the protection of the pension system and a halt to privatisations.
- The long overdue instauration of a dialog in Bolivia.
These movements in resistance have called for a national campaign of demonstrations and roadblocks starting the 31st of January.
In Geneva, we will also manifest our solidarity with the Bolivian people struggling against an ever more violent and destructive process of globalisation.
Demonstration in front of the Bolivian Mission, Friday, February 8th from 17H to 19H (139 Rue de Lausanne)
weitere Berichte:
Strassenblockaden und Hungerstreik:
http://www.de.indymedia.org/2002/01/14479.html
Bolivien: 7 Tote, Regierung verweigert Dialog:
http://www.de.indymedia.org/2002/01/13949.html
Bolivia(Urgente): Combates de los explotados contra la Policia en Cochabamba:
http://brasil.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=16547&group=webcast
http://argentina.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=10553&group=webcast
En Ascenso las movilizaciones sociales en el pais, marchas en diferentes departamentos del pais, bloqueos relampagos en carreteras rurales y en ciudades, masificacion nacional de la lucha social y escalada de la represion.
The Illegality of State Continues: Evo Still on Hunger Strike:
http://www.narconews.com/hungerstrike1.html
The situation is critical in Bolivia, where the "Cocalero" peasant confederation and other social movements of Cochabamba (such as the Water Coordination) are being severely attacked. There have been several dozen
demonstrators killed recently by the army, 100 people have been arrested and the parliamentary immunity of Evo Morales has been lifted.
Bolivia : another aggression of US neo-colonialism
Under the pretext of a war on terrorism or on drugs, the US government, with the complicity of local politicians and financiers, is pursuing its longterm objective of a worldwide control over natural ressources and strategic territories. Today, it threatens to submit by force any
resistance to its hegemonic ambitions.
After the Plan Colombia, the major social crises provoked in Ecuador and the total destruction of the Argentine economy, the chaos generated by market neocolonialism is now destabilising Bolivia. In this country,
violations of human rights are multiplying, in particular against the peasant and indigenous population of the Cochabamba region.
Since several months, the Bolivian government has totally militarised this region in order to eradicate the traditional cultivation of the coca plant, a "war on drugs" whose real objective is the eviction of the peasants and
indigenous for the greater profit of the transnationals. The selling prices of the so-called "substitution" crops are so low that its not worth harvesting them. Thus the small family plots of coca are essential to the peasants' survival.
The numerous demonstrations of the farmers unions have been brutally repressed. Leaders have been shot in cold blood by the army. Their have already been dozens of dead, among whom there were recently four soldiers.
The government seized upon this pretext to arrest 60 union leaders. The Bolivian human rights organisations have already denounced the abuse that they have suffered: beatings and wounds, electric shocks on the teeth, etc.
Simultaneously, the Parliament voted, in extremely dubious conditions, the repeal of the parliamentary immunity of the deputy Evo Morales, one of the most popular deputies and foremost union leaders of the country. The leader of the "cocaleros" is accused of being the "intellectual author" of the soldiers' deaths. Evo Morales has been on hunger strike for the past nine days.
Moreover, Radio Soberania, which belongs to the peasant confederation of Cochabamba has been heavily damaged and closed down without apparent motive by the police.
The whole region suffers from a military occupation which seeks to repress all demonstrations, roadblocks, etc. Organisations of other social sectors in solidarity with the peasants are also brutally attacked. Thus the offices of the Cochabamba Water Coordination have been vandalised and their leader, Oscar Olivera indicted for "sedition"!
Denouncing these flagrant violations of human rights and democratic liberties, the organisations of several sectors, cocaleros, water coordination, health workers, organisations of retired people, ecologists,
etc., demand:
- The immediate liberation of the union leaders and other political prisoners.
- The rehabilitation of deputy Evo Morales.
- The reopening of Radio Soberania.
- The distribution of land, the protection of the pension system and a halt to privatisations.
- The long overdue instauration of a dialog in Bolivia.
These movements in resistance have called for a national campaign of demonstrations and roadblocks starting the 31st of January.
In Geneva, we will also manifest our solidarity with the Bolivian people struggling against an ever more violent and destructive process of globalisation.
Demonstration in front of the Bolivian Mission, Friday, February 8th from 17H to 19H (139 Rue de Lausanne)
weitere Berichte:
Strassenblockaden und Hungerstreik:
http://www.de.indymedia.org/2002/01/14479.html Bolivien: 7 Tote, Regierung verweigert Dialog:
http://www.de.indymedia.org/2002/01/13949.html Bolivia(Urgente): Combates de los explotados contra la Policia en Cochabamba:
http://brasil.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=16547&group=webcast http://argentina.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=10553&group=webcast En Ascenso las movilizaciones sociales en el pais, marchas en diferentes departamentos del pais, bloqueos relampagos en carreteras rurales y en ciudades, masificacion nacional de la lucha social y escalada de la represion.
The Illegality of State Continues: Evo Still on Hunger Strike:
http://www.narconews.com/hungerstrike1.html
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