[Marxism] Bolivia going to the polls...

[dwalters@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

[With the turn-about by Morales now *opposing* the vote for "autonomy" the
upcoming elections have seen a sharper division between the eastern departments
dominated by the Oligarchy and the rest of Bolivia. The administration of Santa
Cruz has "rejected" the nationalization of May 1 st and stated it will
disregard anything that comes out of the Constituent Assembly other than full
"autonomy". It is clear that the European/NGO inspired "autonomy" movement has
totally backfired on the original sponsors of the concept.--David W.]

http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060629/3/2mi7x.html

 Thursday June 29, 8:17 AM
 Bolivians prepare for vote to rewrite constitution

 LA PAZ, Bolivia (Reuters) - Bolivians go to the polls on Sunday to
 elect a national assembly to rewrite the constitution, a project
 President Evo Morales says will give more power to the country's poor
 indigenous majority.

 Constitutional reform was a major election promise of leftist Morales,
 who took office as the South American country's first indigenous
 president in January vowing to end 500 years of domination by a white
 elite.

 Sunday's vote -- which includes a referendum on greater regional
 autonomy -- is his first electoral test and polls suggest his party
 will win a big majority in the constitutional assembly.

 Campaigning on behalf of assembly delegates from his party, Morales,
 who nationalised the energy industry in May, has pushed the
 nationalisation of all natural resources in the gas- and mineral-rich
 country, without saying exactly how.

[http://asia.news.yahoo.com/060629/3/2mi7x.html]



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