Category: Resource Wars

Bolivian Government Falling Apart: The Autumn of “El Gringo” Lozada?

Bolivian Government Falling Apart: The Autumn of “El Gringo” Lozada?

October 18 / 19, 2003 By Benjamin Dangl After a more than a month of intense protests against the exportation of Bolivia’s gas to the US through a Chilean port, many protesting sectors are focusing their demands solely on the resignation of their president, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. Bolivia’s president is currently left with support…

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Thirty Killled in Bolivian Gas War

Thirty Killled in Bolivian Gas War

By Benjamin Dangl and Kathryn Ledebur October 13, 2003 In the past three days, in the city of El Alto, a prolonged confrontation between security forces and protesters resulted in thirty dead over one hundred wounded, the great majority from bullet wounds. Protesters in El Alto have been maintaining the most intense road blockades in…

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Divisions Deepen in Bolivia’s Gas War

Divisions Deepen in Bolivia’s Gas War

October 04, 2003 By Ben Dangl An intense series of road blockades, protests and strikes continue to gain momentum across Bolivia as new sectors enter the movement against the exportation of the country’s gas to the US. The geographical and political diversity of the groups involved in the movement makes it difficult for them to…

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Bolivia’s Gas War: Seven Dead in Big Protests

Bolivia’s Gas War: Seven Dead in Big Protests

By Benjamin Dangl September 29, 2003 A new cycle of conflict has developed in Bolivia as worker unions, coca farmers and ordinary citizens unite to prevent the sale of the nation’s gas reserves to the United States through a Chilean port. In a country whose economic identity has been strongly shaped by U.S. pressure in…

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U.S. Military in Paraguay Prepares To “Spread Democracy”

U.S. Military in Paraguay Prepares To “Spread Democracy”

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