Reply #26: A healthy development in Bolivia! [View All]

[Voltaire99]

When you've seen your silver and your guano trade stolen from you as Bolivia did in the 19th and 20th centuries, you aren't about to let go of your natural gas, too. Bravo, Bolivians!

You know, Bolivia currently exports $1.2 billion in natural gas. Its whopping return on that? $90 million. Bone crushing poverty exists in a land rich with this valuable resource.

Note also that the IMF was eager to have Bolivia deliver this natural gas to the US for a song. Big surprise, that. The IMF is our pimp, and the Bolivias of this world are meant to be our tireless whores.

Here are two primers on the issues that are a far sight better than the National Post's mewlings:

1.
"IMF and Bolivia"
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=52&ItemID=4359

2.
"Q&A on Bolivia"
http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=52&ItemID=4364