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(160,516 posts)(This information covers events during the Bush occupation of the Presidency.)
Information on Washington's Interference in Bolivian Affairs
Written by Upside Down World
Monday, 22 September 2008 07:37
Gathered here is a collection of articles, letters, videos, reports, observations and resources regarding Washington's recent interventions in Bolivian affairs, attempts to undermine the country's social movements and embolden the Bolivian opposition.
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Undermining Bolivia: A Landscape of Washington Intervention
By Benjamin Dangl, The Progressive Magazine
Declassified documents and interviews on the ground in Bolivia prove that the Bush Administration is using U.S. taxpayers' money to undermine the Morales government and coopt the country's dynamic social movementsjust as it has tried to do recently in Venezuela and traditionally throughout Latin America.
U.S. Should Disclose its Funding of Opposition Groups in Bolivia and Other Latin American Countries
By Center for Economic and Policy Research
CEPR called on the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other agencies to release information detailing whom they are funding in Bolivia
Politics: U.S. Ties to Bolivian Opposition "Shrouded in Secrecy"
By Haider Rizvi, IPS News
Who in Bolivia is receiving millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars? That is what many Latin America policy analysts in Washington want to know.
Peace Corps, Fulbright Scholar Asked to 'Spy' on Cubans, Venezuelans
By Jean Friedman-Rodovsky and Brian Ross, ABC News
In an apparent violation of U.S. policy, Peace Corps volunteers and a Fulbright scholar were asked by a U.S. Embassy official in Bolivia "to basically spy" on Cubans and Venezuelans in the country, according to Peace Corps personnel and the Fulbright scholar involved.
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