Is Bolivia on the edge of Revolution?

[Sandpiper]

Mass protests force president to resign
Is Bolivia on the edge of revolution?
June 10, 2005 | Pages 6 and 7

BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT Carlos Mesa was driven out of office June 6 following weeks of escalating protests demanding nationalization of the country’s natural gas resources.

Who would succeed Mesa was still uncertain as Socialist Worker went to press, but it was clear that the popular movement against transnational corporate domination of Bolivia’s natural resources and the country’s own native elite had scored a huge victory.

The upheaval in Bolivia is the latest flashpoint in a wave of struggle crisscrossing Latin America—from Ecuador, where the government of Lucio Gutiérrez was toppled in April, to Venezuela, with the sharpening of anti-imperialist sentiment in the face of renewed threats from the U.S.

Latin America has become a crucible, where Washington-backed free-market policies known as neoliberalism are despised by the mass of the population. Capitalism and political systems that serve only the rich may be dealt a series of crippling blows.

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http://www.socialistworker.org/2005-1/547/547_06_Bolivia.shtml

[katsy]

1. I hope to read a similar headline in the future, for instance...

Is America on the edge of Revolution?

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Which side is choosing to be called the "terrorists"? eom.

[IndianaGreen]

3. Bush will send troops now stationed in Paraguay

to assist the Bolivian military in crushing this popular revolution. Remember, Bush believes that banks and transnational oil companies are key democratic institutions!

[librechik]

4. why stop at 186?

I'm with the cholitas. But they should be with the strikers. Wish I could help!