tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32492462.post5709211206454970228..comments2023-12-27T05:36:10.037+11:00Comments on Bolivia Rising: BOLIVIA: At least 21 injured in Santa Cruz autonomy referendumBolivia Risinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931217260294325442noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32492462.post-3723340801993484602008-05-05T12:59:00.000+10:002008-05-05T12:59:00.000+10:00The violence and turmoil is not surprising. All t...The violence and turmoil is not surprising. All the markings of a Western (i.e. U.S.) intervention are visible. USAID and National Endowment for democracy have funneled $120 million to the Bolivian separatist movement. It is highly probable that the CIA is organizing coup de'etat efforts. The potential for international economic sanctions is possible. There will likely be terrorist attacks in the near future. <BR/><BR/>For the people in Bolivia who are suffering and see the Morales regime as having a negative impact on their individual lives, and on the prosperity of the country, please be patient. The goal of the U.S., if it cannot overthrow the government or is not successful in dividing up Bolivia, is to do everything it can to make life miserable for the majority of people (for an example, see Haiti under Aristicide). While this is a horrible side effect of resisting Imperialism, it is the act of true patriots to resist foreign oppressors (via interference in Santa Cruz, etc). If you do not resist imperialism by remaining unified as a country, you are doomed to suffer under decades of western corporation's exploitation of Bolivian natural resources, polluting of indigenous lands, enslavement of the people, and eliminating any hope for participation in government by the common people. <BR/><BR/>I am a U.S. citizen and I encourage Bolivians to rise against this resistance movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com