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Morales to nationalize Bolivia oil, gas
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Morales to nationalize Bolivia oil, gas:
The winner of Bolivia's presidential elections has repeated his vow to nationalize oil and gas and said he will void at least some contracts held by foreign companies "looting" the poor Andean nation's natural resources.
Morales to nationalize Bolivia oil, gas:
The winner of Bolivia's presidential elections has repeated his vow to nationalize oil and gas and said he will void at least some contracts held by foreign companies "looting" the poor Andean nation's natural resources.
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Eyeing return, Ortega says Bolivia poll is US loss :
Former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a Cold War U.S. foe, hailed Bolivia's election of a leftist president and said on Wednesday it was part of a trend that will help him return to power next year.
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Eyeing return, Ortega says Bolivia poll is US loss :
Former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a Cold War U.S. foe, hailed Bolivia's election of a leftist president and said on Wednesday it was part of a trend that will help him return to power next year.
Bolivia to nationalise oil and gas
The winner of Bolivia's presidential elections has repeated his vow to nationalise oil and gas and said he will void at least some contracts held by foreign companies "looting" the poor Andean nation's natural resources. Indian coca farmer Evo Morales said he will not confiscate refineries or infrastructure owned by multinational corporations.Instead, his government would renegotiate contracts so that the companies are partners, but not owners, in developing Bolivia's resources, he said."We will nationalise (Bolivia's) natural resources," Morales said at a news conference Tuesday in La Paz. "Many of these contracts signed by various governments are illegal and unconstitutional."It is not possible that our natural resources continue to be looted, exploited illegally, and as the lawyers say, these contracts are legally void and must be adjusted."Gas reserves Bolivia's proven and potential reserves total 48.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, second only to Venezuela in South America, according to the US Department of Energy's Information Administration.Morales said his government would open talks with governments and company executives, working to strengthen relations with state oil companies.He has close relations with Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, who is also trying to change the role of foreign oil companies in his country.With 92% of polling stations officially counted, Morales had 54.1% of the vote in Sunday's election.He needs a bare majority to win outright and avoid having congress choose between him and conservative rival Jorge Quiroga in mid-January.Outgoing President Eduardo Rodriguez's administration said it was organising a transition team in anticipation of Morales' inauguration on 22 January.
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* Morales close to outright victory *
Bolivian socialist leader Evo Morales builds an insuperable lead to be named president, electoral officials say.
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Friday, December 16, 2005
Evo Morales Could Be a 'Nightmare' for U.S.
Bolivian Could Be a 'Nightmare' for U.S.
By FIONA SMITH
The Associated Press
Monday, December 12, 2005; 3:03 PM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/12/AR2005121200656_pf.html
or
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051212/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/bolivia_america_s_foe
or
http://www.ocnus.net/artman/publish/article_21918.shtml
or
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1102AP_Bolivia_Americas_Foe.html
CARACOLLO, Bolivia -- As a little boy in Bolivia's bleak highlands,
Evo Morales used to run behind buses to pick up the orange skins and
banana peels passengers threw out the windows. Sometimes, he says, it
was all he had to eat. Now, holding the lead ahead of Sunday's
presidential election, he's threatening to be "a nightmare for the
government of the United States."
It's not hard to see why. The 46-year-old candidate is a staunch
leftist who counts Cuba's Fidel Castro and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez
among his close friends. Moreover, he's a coca farmer, promising to
reverse the U.S.-backed campaign to stamp out production of the leaf
that is used to make cocaine.
With his Aymara Indian blood and a hatred for the free-market
doctrines known to Latin Americans as neo-liberalism, Morales in
power would not only shake up Bolivia's political elite, but
strengthen the leftward tide rippling across South America.
"Something historic is happening in Bolivia," Morales told The
Associated Press in an interview. "The most scorned, hated,
humiliated sector now has the capacity to organize."
At a recent campaign stop in the western highland town of Caracollo,
Morales and members of his Movement Toward Socialism party were
mobbed by crowds who kissed them, showered them with confetti and
draped necklaces of flowers and fruit around their necks.
The Movement Toward Socialism "represents not only hope for the
Bolivian people, but also a nightmare for the government of the
United States," Morales told the supporters.
"I have no fear in saying _ and saying loudly _ that we're not just
anti-neo-liberal, we're anti-imperialist in our blood."
Morales, whose leather key chain sports a portrait of communist
revolutionary Che Guevara, has already been involved in toppling two
presidents, has come close to winning the presidency once before, and
is now running strong against conservative former President Jorge
Quiroga and several other candidates. If no one wins an outright
majority on Sunday, Congress will choose between the top two
vote-getters in mid-January.
The latest poll by Ipsos-Captura shows Morales with 32.8 percent,
five percentage points above Quiroga, and gives a margin of error of
two percentage points.
"Symbolically, he would represent a fundamental change," said Jimena
Costa, a political science professor at Bolivia's Universidad Mayor
de San Andres. "It's not just the first time an Indian would win the
presidential elections, but he would be doing it with the support of
a sector of the white and mestizo community and urban populations."
Morales has been a problem for Washington since he rose to prominence
in the 1990s as the leader of the cocaleros, or coca farmers, in
Bolivia's tropical Chapare region, leading their often violent
resistance to U.S.-backed coca eradication efforts.
While the U.S. government insists that much of the Chapare's coca
becomes cocaine, farmers say they supply a legal market. Coca leaves
are sold in supermarkets and can be chewed, brewed for tea, and used
in religious ceremonies.
During the last presidential election, then U.S. Ambassador Manuel
Rocha criticized Morales, only to see him shoot up in the polls. This
time Washington has kept silent, though a statement two weeks ago by
the present ambassador, David Greenlee, urging Bolivia not to change
course on coca, was widely interpreted as a jab at Morales.
"I hope there aren't changes, because if there are changes for the
worse, the country that's going to suffer is Bolivia," Greenlee told
anti-drug rally in El Alto, a slum city next to La Paz.
Morales, more comfortable in black Wrangler jeans and sneakers than
suit and tie, still maintains coca fields and pledges an
international campaign to legalize the leaf and industrialize its
production. He insists he will fight drug trafficking, but maintains
that the plant has been wrongly maligned in the world's mind.
As a boy, Morales' family struggled to survive. Of seven children,
Evo was among only three who made it past infancy. He helped herd the
family's llamas and harvest their potatoes, played trumpet in a
traveling band and dropped out of high school. When he was 19 the
family joined the highland migration to low-lying Chapare in the
southeast. There he became a cocalero and in 1993 was elected
president of the local coca farmers' federation.
Meanwhile, the nation of 8.5 million was emerging from decades of
coups and dictatorships and joining the spread of democracy across
the continent. Morales founded the Movement Toward Socialism in 1995,
was later elected to congress, and in 2002 narrowly lost the
presidential race to Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.
The free market policies that have failed to pull Bolivians out of
poverty, coupled with the conflict over how best to exploit the
continent's second largest natural gas reserves, has empowered the
country's poor Indians to demand change. Morales became an important
figure in waves of protest that brought down Sanchez de Lozada in
2003 and his successor, Carlos Mesa, in June.
© 2005 The Associated Press
Saturday, December 10, 2005
On my way home.... so far
Got up at about 5AM this morning to catch the plane from La Paz... almost
did not get on... TACA Airlines... the carrier from La Paz to Lima asked
me to take a hotel room and a 24 hour delay... I guess they had over
booked... of course I said no... then they offered to check my bad through
to Toronto... so I hope I see it when I get there tomorrow...
I have only been at sea level for avout 5 hours and I am already breathing
a lot better... the altitude in La Paz was... so I thought... not
affecting me too badly... but I tell you this... when you get down to the
sea... you sure notice the difference....
Arrived in Lima at about 9;30am and have been hanging around ïntransit
imbo eversince... until my Air Canada flight at 9PM... at least I get a
hotel room in Toronto until my flight on Monday.. otherwise... of course
all is wellhave resisted contributing to the Pruvian economey as much as
possible (except for food & such here at the airport) Aparently Saturdays
are a really quiet day for international flights...
There was a AC flight to Toronto that left just around 11AM that I used to
confirm my booking (both for today and for Monday´s Toronto Edmonton to Ft
Smith flights)... I almost got on it but they could not promise that they
could get my bag on it.. so I thought the better of it...
Too bad my trip to Cameroon got cancelled... but it sounds to me that that
was probably a good thing as the client did not seem up to having me there
and I do not think that spending two months in the Cameroon doing nothing
would have been a good way to spend my time...
I have already been in touch with my boss at Aurora College in Ft Smith
and am already supposed to be doing several shifts over the lucrative
Christmas holiday season... so I am back earning some $$$ which is not bad
at all....
As soon as I get back I will have to get my phone properly connected and
reconnect my highspeed internet connection.... and generally get back into
life in Ft Smith... but I am looking forward to that...
That´s all for now... next message should be from the hotel in Toronto...
unless something happens here in Lima...
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Saturday, December 03, 2005
Blog from Bolivia & FOCUS ON BOLIVIA from The Democracy Center in Cochabamba
Blog from Bolivia
The Democracy Center, based in Cochabamba Bolivia and San Francisco California, works globally to advance human rights through a unique combination of investigation and reporting, training citizens in the art of public advocacy, and organizing international citizen campaigns. If you like the Blog, consider becoming a subscriber to The Democracy Center's free e-newsletter by clicking here.
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San Francisco, CA 94122
Tel: 415/564 4767 - FAX: 978/383 1269
Bolivia : Casilla 5283, Cochabamba, Bolivia
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FOCUS ON BOLIVIA
Since 1998 The Democracy Center has used its base in Bolivia, in the heart of the Andes, as an opportunity to help educate people about the realities of life in a poor country. Some of that story has been about the realities of economic globalization, including The Center's landmark reporting on the Bolivian Water Revolt. Some of that has been just opening a window into the everyday life in an amazing country, through photographs and stories.
Below are links to some of these issues and stories.
An ongoing look at events and insights from The Center's executive director, Jim Shultz, based in Cochabamba.
In January 2000, just months after it took over control of the water system of Bolivia's third largest city, Cochabamba, a Bechtel subsidiary hit water users with enormous price increases. These increases forced some of the poorest families in South America to literally choose between food and water. The complete story.
Coming soon, The Democracy Center's new project looking in depth at the effects of economic globalization in South America's poorest country.
Slide Shows
Bolivia Stories from The Democracy Center On-Line
Media Stories about Bolivia from The Democracy Center
Bolivia Counry Profile:
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Dec. 17, 2004): Five years after water privatization raised water rates and sparked deadly riots in Cochabamba, Bolivia, another water war is brewing in in the country, in a city to the north.
Another Water Revolt Begins in Bolivia:
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Dec. 17, 2004): Five years after water privatization raised water rates and sparked deadly riots in Cochabamba, Bolivia, another water war is brewing in in the country, in a city to the north.
Behind Bolivia's Gas War
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Oct. 17, 2003): To Bolivians marching in the streets, "free" trade of natural gas or other resources from their impoverished country to California is just another name for theft.
Bloody Chaos over California Gas Deal
An opinion column in the Sacramento Bee showing the link between California and the Bolivian gas revolt in October 2003.
Bechtel Vs. Bolivia - Time to Open Up Secret Trade Courts
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Nov. 08, 2002): Two years ago, rioters protesting increased water rates forced a U.S. company in Bolivia to pack its bags and leave. Now, in a harbinger of the loss of local control through globalization, the corporation is striking back in secret proceedings.
Bolivia's 'Texan' President Does U.S. Bidding
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (March 20, 2002): High on the agenda at President Bush's meeting with Andean presidents will be free-market and drug policies, just the problems looming larger every day for Bolivia's boyish-looking new technocrat president, Jorge Quiroga. Also being charged with serious rights abuses, Quiroga's administration is breeding resentment where hope had reigned.
Leasing the Rain
The site for the July 2002 PBS film on the Cochabamba water revolt. For the transcript of the entire program click here.
Bechtel Puts Squeeze on Bolivia's Poor
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Dec. 19, 2001): Two years ago, Bolivians rioted when a subsidiary of corporate giant Bechtel tripled water rates in the country's third-largest city. Now, Bechtel is suing the Bolivian government for $25 million in damages and lost future profits.
Paying the Price of Privatization -- A Bolivian Town Goes to War Over Water
Bolivia Counry Profile:
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Dec. 17, 2004): Five years after water privatization raised water rates and sparked deadly riots in Cochabamba, Bolivia, another water war is brewing in in the country, in a city to the north.
Another Water Revolt Begins in Bolivia:
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Dec. 17, 2004): Five years after water privatization raised water rates and sparked deadly riots in Cochabamba, Bolivia, another water war is brewing in in the country, in a city to the north.
Behind Bolivia's Gas War
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Oct. 17, 2003): To Bolivians marching in the streets, "free" trade of natural gas or other resources from their impoverished country to California is just another name for theft.
Bloody Chaos over California Gas Deal
An opinion column in the Sacramento Bee showing the link between California and the Bolivian gas revolt in October 2003.
Bechtel Vs. Bolivia - Time to Open Up Secret Trade Courts
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Nov. 08, 2002): Two years ago, rioters protesting increased water rates forced a U.S. company in Bolivia to pack its bags and leave. Now, in a harbinger of the loss of local control through globalization, the corporation is striking back in secret proceedings.
Bolivia's 'Texan' President Does U.S. Bidding
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (March 20, 2002): High on the agenda at President Bush's meeting with Andean presidents will be free-market and drug policies, just the problems looming larger every day for Bolivia's boyish-looking new technocrat president, Jorge Quiroga. Also being charged with serious rights abuses, Quiroga's administration is breeding resentment where hope had reigned.
Leasing the Rain
The site for the July 2002 PBS film on the Cochabamba water revolt. For the transcript of the entire program click here.
Bechtel Puts Squeeze on Bolivia's Poor
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Dec. 19, 2001): Two years ago, Bolivians rioted when a subsidiary of corporate giant Bechtel tripled water rates in the country's third-largest city. Now, Bechtel is suing the Bolivian government for $25 million in damages and lost future profits.
Paying the Price of Privatization -- A Bolivian Town Goes to War Over Water
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Feb. 08, 2000): The doctrine of privatization moves so swiftly across the underdeveloped world that there is rarely a chance to see what is actually going on.
GROUPS petition Cameroon over 11 arrests
GROUPS petition Cameroon over 11 arrests
PlanetOut - San Francisco,CA,USA
PlanetOut - San Francisco,CA,USA
Several human rights groups sent a letter Thursday to Cameroon's minister of justice, urging him to free 11 men jailed on "sodomy" charges and to prevent a ...
<http://www.planetout.com/news/election/article.html?2005/12/02/5>
STUDENT Activists Arrested and Detained in Cameroon
STUDENT Activists Arrested and Detained in Cameroon
Voice of America - USA
Voice of America - USA
Security forces in Cameroon have arrested and detained the president and vice president of the Student Activist Movement at the University of Yaounde One, the ...
<http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2005-12-02-voa17.cfm>
CHILD malnutrition, obesity both rise in Cameroon
CHILD malnutrition, obesity both rise in Cameroon
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... The situation was particularly severe in half of Cameroon's 10 provinces: the Far North, North, West, East and South-West provinces. ...
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L0270981.htm>
CONDOM drive aimed at Cameroon's truckers
CONDOM drive aimed at Cameroon's truckers
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Yaounde - Some 28 000 long-distance truck drivers in Cameroon will receive
free condoms during the next five years in a bid to curb high Aids rates
in the West ...
Independent Online - Cape Town,South Africa
Yaounde - Some 28 000 long-distance truck drivers in Cameroon will receive
free condoms during the next five years in a bid to curb high Aids rates
in the West ...
<http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=qw1133365146721B243>
CAMEROON truckers to get free condoms for 5 years
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
YAOUNDE, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Some 28,000 long-distance truck drivers in
Cameroon will receive free condoms during the next five years in a bid
to curb high AIDS ...
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
YAOUNDE, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Some 28,000 long-distance truck drivers in
Cameroon will receive free condoms during the next five years in a bid
to curb high AIDS ...
<http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30270033.htm>
TRUCKERS in Cameroon get free condoms in fight against AIDS
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
In an attempt to curb high AIDS rates in the West African country of Cameroon,
long-distance truck drivers will receive free condoms during the next
five years ...
News-Medical.net - Sydney,Australia
In an attempt to curb high AIDS rates in the West African country of Cameroon,
long-distance truck drivers will receive free condoms during the next
five years ...
<http://www.news-medical.net/?id=14759>
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Radio in Bolivia featured on Media Network Weblog
Media Network Weblog
Latest media news and musings from Radio Netherlands - the Dutch international service.
Latest media news and musings from Radio Netherlands - the Dutch international service.
See entry for Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
George's Bolivian Pictures
All my Bolivian Pictures
or
La Paz Municipal Zoo Pictures
Wayna Tambo Community Centre, Radio Station and Music Producer
Radio ERBOL, a nation wide coop radio network
Radio Illimani
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GEORGE LESSARD
CESO/SACO VA# 11799 http://www.ceso-saco.com
Information & Media Specialist
6402135 Canada Inc.
60°00'N, 111°58' W
P.O. Box 456
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CESO/SACO VA# 11799 http://www.ceso-saco.com
Information & Media Specialist
6402135 Canada Inc.
60°00'N, 111°58' W
P.O. Box 456
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
X0E 0P0, Canada
Voice 867 872-3455
http://www.Skype.com P2PNetPhone: themediamentor
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." (Gandhi)
"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." (Max Depree)
"Try? There is not try. There is only do or not do." (Yoda)
"Life is fatal, but not serious" (Oscar Wilde)
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." (Gandhi)
"We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are." (Max Depree)
"Try? There is not try. There is only do or not do." (Yoda)
"Life is fatal, but not serious" (Oscar Wilde)
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Jaguars at the La Paz Municipal Zoo...
CESO has a pair of volunteers helping the La Paz Municipal Zoo... When they arranged a tour of the facility for the other volunteers, I offered to go along and take some pictures for them. To few the full set of photos... please click on the link above....
ERBOL Radio Network
A very progressive, coop radio network of at least 75 radio stations across Bolivia... You can see their website at the link above or copy the one that follows into your browser..
http://www.erbol.com.bo/
http://www.erbol.com.bo/
Casa Juvenil de las Culturas Wayna Tambo
... and a very effective community radio station... that changes lives in El Alto... to learn more about them.. please visit them on the web at the link above.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
La Paz, Bolivia from El Alto
In this composite panorama, you can see almost the entire city of La Paz from the edge of one of the mountains that surround the city. The region where the shots are taken is called El Alto... where the poorer people live
Sunday, November 13, 2005
A evening panorama of La Paz...
... from my hotel window... but you have to be quick... because the mountains are so high... the sun disappears in a twinkle... no long sunsets here.... but then the sight of all the lights at night are great too... I will try to get some night shots if I can..
From my hotel window
Not a perfect shot... the windows are a little dirty.. there is some reflection... but as this is what I saw the first time I looked out my windows... I thought that I should show you the view...
George's First images of La Paz, Bolivia
Well I arrived.. after a long day waiting for the plane to La Paz at the airport in Lima...in one piece and with all my baggage... Did not sleep much on the plane from Toronto to Lima.. so I spent most of Saturday trying not to fall asleep in the airport's food court (complete with McDonald's and an American donut chain)... Around 12:30Pm a couple of young lady students asked me if they could impose upon me to practice their English... Having been used to this in Beijing, I said sure.. and then had an enjoyable afternoon talking with them... It sure helped keep me awake....
The airport and customs in La Paz were no problem at all... and the folks from CESO Bolivia did find me right away as I left customs..
But what a drive to the hotel!
The road is quite wide.. four full size lanes... but the angle of descent... and I do mean to use "angle of descent" to imply one must certainly have excellent breaks... because it would make an "expert level" ski slope if it has snow on it... Wow... I wish I could have take some pictures....! ! ! !
As you will see from the pictures from my hotel windows... I am on the 9th floor of an excellent apartment hotel within walking distance of downtown La Paz....
It is obvious that as Montreal's traffic must deal with the bridges... so to La Paz must deal with the mountains... it is surrounded by and part of the mountains... and they are mountains... not hills.. with cliffs and all... then add to that that the Bolivian driver drives as badly as the Indian driver (minus the cows)... one's drives are very interesting..
The airport and customs in La Paz were no problem at all... and the folks from CESO Bolivia did find me right away as I left customs..
But what a drive to the hotel!
The road is quite wide.. four full size lanes... but the angle of descent... and I do mean to use "angle of descent" to imply one must certainly have excellent breaks... because it would make an "expert level" ski slope if it has snow on it... Wow... I wish I could have take some pictures....! ! ! !
As you will see from the pictures from my hotel windows... I am on the 9th floor of an excellent apartment hotel within walking distance of downtown La Paz....
It is obvious that as Montreal's traffic must deal with the bridges... so to La Paz must deal with the mountains... it is surrounded by and part of the mountains... and they are mountains... not hills.. with cliffs and all... then add to that that the Bolivian driver drives as badly as the Indian driver (minus the cows)... one's drives are very interesting..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/george-lessard/sets/1072623/
I will try and walk around and take some more images today.... as so far I am not suffering at all from the altitude... but I shall take at easy... the temperature is quite nice... like a nice cool sunny fall day in southern Canada...
I will try and walk around and take some more images today.... as so far I am not suffering at all from the altitude... but I shall take at easy... the temperature is quite nice... like a nice cool sunny fall day in southern Canada...
I had a little bit of problem connecting to the internet.... but a reset of the router in the room seems to have taken care of the problem and the connection is quite fast... so uploading pictures should be no problem...
George..
In La Paz Bolivia
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Malaria risk 'depends on house'
* Malaria risk 'depends on house' *
Living conditions may significantly increase a child's risk of malaria attacks, a study suggests.
Full story:
Monday, November 07, 2005
MORE Impetus To Cameroon's Media
MORE Impetus To Cameroon's Media
AllAfrica.com - Africa
The British High Commission in Cameroon on November 2 in Yaounde formally
presented equipment and books worth CFA 10 million to the Media House
in Yaounde. ...
http://allafrica.com/stories/200511040462.html
Friday, November 04, 2005
Mount Cameroon
Mount Cameroon is a poorly studied stratovolcano located in the nation of Cameroon, 180 miles west of the capital of Yaounde. This volcano is also known locally as Mount Faka and "Chariot of the Gods." It is one of Cameroon's main tourist attractions. Thousands of people participate in a race up its rocky slopes each year. It is the highest peak in West and Central Africa. Cameroon has erupted six times this century, most recently in the spring of 1999
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
JOURNALISTS form local anti-corruption group in Cameroon
JOURNALISTS form local anti-corruption group in Cameroon
International Journalist's Network - USA
International Journalist's Network - USA
[excerpt]
After a recent conference on media and corruption in Cameroon, 11 journalists formed the Media Network Against Corruption (MENAC), according to local news ...
Civil Initiatives for Development with Integrity, an NGO based in Limbe, Cameroon, organized the conference from October 19 to 21. The gathering featured lively discussion on how the local news media tend to overlook government corruption, the English-language Post newspaper reported.
MENAC intends to challenge corruption both in the press and in the government. These efforts will begin with a new Web site, which will publicize cases of corruption. The conference trainers used the three days to show the journalists ways to challenge the government through in-depth, objective reporting.
The new forum hopes to fight the apathetic attitude toward corruption in Cameroon by publicly exposing those who practice it.
MENAC intends to challenge corruption both in the press and in the government. These efforts will begin with a new Web site, which will publicize cases of corruption. The conference trainers used the three days to show the journalists ways to challenge the government through in-depth, objective reporting.
The new forum hopes to fight the apathetic attitude toward corruption in Cameroon by publicly exposing those who practice it.
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Monday, October 31, 2005
CAMEROON willing to further develop relations with China ...
CAMEROON willing to further develop relations with China ...
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
China has offered assistance and support to Cameroon in various fields
in the last few decades, Biya said while meeting Chinese Vice Commerce
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
China has offered assistance and support to Cameroon in various fields
in the last few decades, Biya said while meeting Chinese Vice Commerce
Minister Wei ...
CAMEROON, China in Business Contacts
CAMEROON, China in Business Contacts
AllAfrica.com - Africa
AllAfrica.com - Africa
It was time for franc talk last Tuesday at the Yaounde Conference Centre when the business delegation from China met with that of Cameroon to identify areas of ...
SOUTH West: The land of Marvels (Mount Cameroon)
SOUTH West: The land of Marvels
All Africa - Mauritania
All Africa - Mauritania
Cameroon's most significant mark on the globe, is the 4,070m-tall mountain (Mount Cameroon) lying at the West coast of Africa. History ...
ALCAN to Study Plan to Expand Plant in Cameroon
ALCAN to Study Plan to Expand Plant in Cameroon (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
Bloomberg - USA
26 (Bloomberg) -- Alcan Inc., the world's second- largest aluminum producer, and the Cameroon government signed a letter of intent to spend $900 million to ...
Cameroon Seeks Glory at Faso
CYCLING : Cameroon Seeks Glory at Faso
AllAfrica.com - Africa
AllAfrica.com - Africa
... from Japan. The African teams include: Togo, Benin, Cameroon, Senegal, Angola, Gabon, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger. Host Burkina ...
IMF to fund Cameroon's telecoms reforms
IMF to fund Cameroon's telecoms reforms
TeleGeography - Washington,D.C.,USA
TeleGeography - Washington,D.C.,USA
Cameroon's Finance Minister, Polycarpe Abah Abah, said yesterday that the country's plans to privatise and restructure state-run telco CamTel are to be ...
CAMEROON Is Still Extremely Corrupt - Brian Cooksey
CAMEROON Is Still Extremely Corrupt - Brian Cooksey
Ici Cemac - Cameroon
Ici Cemac - Cameroon
Despite Cameroon's slight improvement on Transparency International, TI, corruption perception index, from 2.1 last year to 2.2 on a score of 10 this year, Dr ...
"...The Post: As a member of Transparency International, TI, in Tanzania and having lived and worked in Cameroon some 35 years ago, would you want to assess Cameroon's position on the corruption chart?
Dr. Brian Cooksey: I was in Buea in 1970, where I taught in Government Bilingual High School Molyko. A couple of years later, I went over to Yaounde where I spent two years doing research in the education sector. During my stay in Cameroon, there were two things that caught my attention. One, there was very little in the way of open speech or public press, or civil society or competitive politics.
Since it was a one party state, people did not talk much about politics in public because they were scared somebody was listening. Today, I have seen a big change in that perspective. You have now got competitive politics; you have got a relatively free press; there are private TV and radio stations and people are much more prepared to talk openly about these problems. ..."
CAMEROON At Threshold of Fcfa 1.400 Billion Debt Cancellation
CAMEROON At Threshold of Fcfa 1.400 Billion Debt Cancellation
AllAfrica.com - Africa
AllAfrica.com - Africa
Cameroon is poised to gain an external debt cancellation of FCFA 1.400 billion, if it reaches the completion point of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ...
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Radio Fides La Paz
Radio Fides La Paz S.R.L.
NIT: 1020523021
Ciudad: La Paz
Dirección: Calle Jenaro Sanjinez Nro 799 esquina Calle Sucre
Teléfonos: Recepción 2406363, Cabina de locución 2409191 y 2167777
Fax: 2406632
http://www.radiofides.com/
Bolivia: for true democracy indigenous peoples must be included, says Kobia
World Council of Churches - News Release
Contact: + 41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org
For immediate release: 3 June 2005
Bolivia: for true democracy indigenous peoples must be included, says Kobia
The inclusion of Bolivia's "indigenous peoples in social and political life" is one of the requisite steps "for the construction of meaningful and true democracy" in the country, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia affirmed in a letter to the churches of Bolivia today, 3 June.
Referring to the ecumenical pastoral letter "Come to a common agreement", sent this week by the Catholic archbishop of La Paz together with the presidents and bishops of eleven Bolivian protestant and pentecostal churches, Kobia expressed "his pain at the suffering of the Bolivian people" but also his "joy at the confirmation that the churches have united to speak with a prophetic voice at this difficult time".
Kobia recalled the biblical mandate to "work for an inclusive society in which the most vulnerable and marginalized people, in biblical language the poor, deserve special attention". And, in conjunction with the message from the Bolivian Christian leaders, he emphasized that "the criteria which must guide future actions" must be "the defence of life in all its manifestations".
The Spanish text of the ecumenical pastoral letter is available on the WCC website at:
The inclusion of Bolivia's "indigenous peoples in social and political life" is one of the requisite steps "for the construction of meaningful and true democracy" in the country, the World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia affirmed in a letter to the churches of Bolivia today, 3 June.
Referring to the ecumenical pastoral letter "Come to a common agreement", sent this week by the Catholic archbishop of La Paz together with the presidents and bishops of eleven Bolivian protestant and pentecostal churches, Kobia expressed "his pain at the suffering of the Bolivian people" but also his "joy at the confirmation that the churches have united to speak with a prophetic voice at this difficult time".
Kobia recalled the biblical mandate to "work for an inclusive society in which the most vulnerable and marginalized people, in biblical language the poor, deserve special attention". And, in conjunction with the message from the Bolivian Christian leaders, he emphasized that "the criteria which must guide future actions" must be "the defence of life in all its manifestations".
The Spanish text of the ecumenical pastoral letter is available on the WCC website at:
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/regional/cartapastoral-05.html
The Spanish text of Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia's letter to the churches of Bolivia is also available at:
The Spanish text of Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia's letter to the churches of Bolivia is also available at:
http://www.wcc-coe.org/wcc/what/regional/carta-cmi-bolivia.html
Additional information: Juan Michel,+41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org
Additional information: Juan Michel,+41 22 791 6153 +41 79 507 6363 media@wcc-coe.org
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Indigenous Uprising: The Rebellion Grows in Bolivia
Friday, June 3rd, 2005
Indigenous Uprising: The Rebellion Grows in Bolivia
Rebellion is in the air in Latin America's poorest country, Bolivia. For weeks, indigenous-led protests have rocked the country and have brought the government to a near shutdown. The protests began as demonstrations calling for nationalization of the country's natural gas resources but that was just the spark for a much bigger war; a war over the rights of the country's majority indigenous population. We go to Cochabamba for a report from human rights activist Jim Shultz of the Democracy Center. [includes rush transcript]
Bolivia's US-backed President, Carlos Mesa, is scrapping to maintain control of the government and there are rumors in the air of coup plots.
Late yesterday, Mesa signed an emergency decree ordering a referendum on greater autonomy for the richest area of the country and a vote in mid-October to elect members for an assembly to rewrite the constitution. The protests have cut off the capital from the airport and blockades have shut down two-thirds of the country's highways.
More at:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=05/06/03/1347232
Language Rights And Guarani Renaissance In Bolivia
Language Rights And Guarani Renaissance In Bolivia
Human Rights Dialogue: "Cultural Rights" (Spring 2005)
Bret Gustafson
In much of Latin America the idea that Indian languages are fit for any modern purpose is seen as absurd, even subversive. The 60,000 Bolivian Guarani, like most other indigenous peoples throughout Latin America, have been fighting this prejudice as part of a wider struggle for political equality. In Bolivia, state reforms defined by "interculturalism" hold some promise for indigenous peoples. However, the quest for robust cultural rights is ongoing, and the history of native languages is particularly illustrative of that quest in Latin America.
The Guarani language flourished for several thousand years across South America and survived five hundred years of violent colonialism. With speakers in Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina, Guarani is still one of the largest indigenous language groups in South America. However, the language and its speakers find themselves increasingly displaced today. As Guarani land bases are reduced and communities are fragmented by migration and poverty, Guarani language has given way to Spanish, mirroring in some ways the fate of the people themselves.
The Guarani language flourished for several thousand years across South America and survived five hundred years of violent colonialism. With speakers in Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina, Guarani is still one of the largest indigenous language groups in South America. However, the language and its speakers find themselves increasingly displaced today. As Guarani land bases are reduced and communities are fragmented by migration and poverty, Guarani language has given way to Spanish, mirroring in some ways the fate of the people themselves.
In Bolivia, elites long shared the Western idea that the path to modern nationhood required the unification of one people occupying one territory and speaking one language. With the expansion of public schooling after 1955, the country pursued this monolithic vision for fifty years, seeking to eradicate native languages and to impose Spanish in their stead. Reinforcing racist ideas about "Indian-ness," the effort stigmatized native language use and promoted cultural assimilation. Most Guarani remember their two or three years of schooling as a time of violence, fear, and silence. Today a bilingual teacher recalls trembling at the sight of white teachers. An elder recalls that "speaking out, especially in Guarani, would bring the stick." The imposition of Spanish was thus not just about the acquisition of a national language as a useful instrument, but about the negation of the indigenous right to exist as culturally distinct peoples.
More at:
Carlos Mamani
Carlos Mamani
Country: Bolivia
Field(s) of Work: Human Rights, Civic Participation
Cultural Preservation, Community Involvement, Equality / Rights, Civic Participation
Cultural Preservation, Community Involvement, Equality / Rights, Civic Participation
Target Population(s): Indigenous Individuals, Communities / Residents, Ethnic Minorities, Communities / Residents
Organization: Centro de Estudios Andinos
Location: La Paz
Note: This profile was prepared when Carlos Mamani was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship in 1995.
Carlos Mamani reduces discrimination and social alienation among Bolivia's indigenous peoples by strengthening and legitimizing the traditional ayllu system of governance in the Andean highlands.
Indigenous peoples constitute 75 percent of Bolivia's population, but they are often excluded from the country's civil processes because of racial discrimination and because they have been politically sidelined.
More at
http://www.ashoka.org/fellows/viewprofile3.cfm?reid=97064
DECLARATION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF QULLASUYU
DECLARATION OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF QULLASUYU - BOLIVIA
ON THE PERMANENT FORUM FOR INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS
We, The Bolivian Rural Workers´ Trade Union Organisation (CSUTCB), Bolivian National Confederation of Settlers, National Council of Ayllus and Markas of Qullasuyu-Bolivia, Inquisivi Ayllus Council, Cochabamba Ayllus Council, South Oruro Ayllus Federation, Jacha Carangas Ayllus Western Council, Soras Nation, Ayllus Killkawi, Bolivian Rural Women´s National Federation "Bartolina Sisa", North Potosí Indigenous Ayllus Federation, Jach'a Suyu Pakajaqi, Potosí Indigenous Ayllus Council, Suyu Ingavi de Markas, Indigenous Ayllus and Communities, Aymara Educational Council, Quechua Educational Council, Indigenous People's Educational Council, Andean Agricultural and Livestock Development Centre, Aymara Women's Comprehensive Development Centre, Kechuaymara Foundation, Qullana, Aynikusun, Bautista Saavedra Provincial Federation of Quechas and Aymaras, Kollasuyu-OMAK Aymara Women´s Organisation, Qamasa Interinstitutional, CAADI, The La Paz Rural Workers´ Trade Union Federation "Tupaj Katari", Isalp-Potosí, Black Yunga Integration and Andean Oral History Workshop - THOA, have come together in Qullasuyu territory from 13th to the 15th March 2001, with the aim of raising our awareness about the process of inauguration of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and also to elaborate a strategy in order to participate actively in that process
More at:
http://www.aymaranet.org/thoa7english.html
A new dawn for native peoples
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS
A new dawn for native peoples
Communities take charge of their own development
by Víctor Hugo Cárdenas **
After centuries of existence at the margins of society, Latin America's indigenous peoples are now entering their countries' economic and political mainstream.
The population of indigenous peoples is increasing, and the territory they occupy is expanding. They are becoming full-fledged players in their nations' economies, and in some cases, the international economy. Their languages and cultures are not only surviving, but are becoming newly invigorated.
Many countries have made constitutional, legal and institutional reforms that are reshaping the traditional relationship between indigenous communities and the nation state. The constitutions of Bolivia, Ecuador, Mexico and Paraguay, for example, now recognize the multicultural character of states and the existence within them of indigenous peoples as unique entities with specific rights and distinct cultures and languages. In a number of countries, governments are granting indigenous communities the authority to manage their own affairs as well as the natural resources of the areas in which they live.
More at:
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/archive/stories/1997/eng/7d1.htm
Saturday, October 22, 2005
Itinerary for George Lessard from Ft SMITH, Canada -> LA PAZ, Bolivia -> DOUALA, Cameroon -> FT SMITH, Canada
Itinerary for George Lessard
FT SMITH, Canada -> LA PAZ, Bolivia -> DOUALA, Cameroon -> FT SMITH, Canada
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Sunday, October 09, 2005
Monday, October 03, 2005
Spanish, Quechua, Aymara and Guarani
I might be travelling within the next few weeks to La Paz Bolivia to do some media work...
I am seeking those in journalism, broadcasting and communications... etc...
who are interested in regional, multi-lingual and multi-ethnic programming ...
helping deliver a broad selection of content ...
Including: news, education, science, sports, entertainment, current affairs, music, indigenous content, reinforcement of democratic values etc. via existing media in the 3 official languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara and Guarani)
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I am seeking those in journalism, broadcasting and communications... etc...
who are interested in regional, multi-lingual and multi-ethnic programming ...
helping deliver a broad selection of content ...
Including: news, education, science, sports, entertainment, current affairs, music, indigenous content, reinforcement of democratic values etc. via existing media in the 3 official languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara and Guarani)
Message posted to some e-mail lists
Douala, Cameroon
Date Posted: August 10, 2005
La date postée : le 10 août 2005
Pays : Cameroun
Ville : Douala
But : Formation d’un réalisateur pour téléfilms et spot-tv
Durée : 87 jours
Industrie : Audio / visual équipements
Description : L’entreprise TV + Cameroun est à la recherche d’un réalisateur pour donner de la formation dans le domaine publicitaire spot-tv et téléfilms.
La date postée : le 10 août 2005
Pays : Cameroun
Ville : Douala
But : Formation d’un réalisateur pour téléfilms et spot-tv
Durée : 87 jours
Industrie : Audio / visual équipements
Description : L’entreprise TV + Cameroun est à la recherche d’un réalisateur pour donner de la formation dans le domaine publicitaire spot-tv et téléfilms.
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