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Posted in Pro–Santa Cruz Commitee, UJC, assassination plot, medialuna, opposition, stupid on Apr 18th, 2009
Intrepid journalist Jean Friedman-Rudovsky has a Time article up (already!–nice to see a mainstream U.S. publication so quick on the draw; but that can happen when the correspondent actually spends some time in the country) that nicely sums up what is know so far. Basically, in the early hours of Thursday morning, Bolivian police raided [...]
Posted in Pro–Santa Cruz Commitee, UJC, opposition on Feb 4th, 2009
A while ago I posted that the Santa Cruz Youth Union (UJC) and the Pro-Santa Cruz Cruz Committee (PSCC)had started up a webzine aimed at camba youth to promote their autonomy movement. Shortly after I received that missive from those organizations, their webzine, Jóvenes Ahora, went up, and then, mysteriously, went down. Now it appears [...]
Posted in Pro–Santa Cruz Commitee, new constitution, opposition on Jan 30th, 2009
Santa Cruz prefect Rubén Costas is considering a possible meeting with Bolivian president Evo Morales, four days after a new consitution was approved by over 60 percent of Bolivian voters. (In Santa Cruz department, the consitution was rejected by nearly 65 percent of voters.) In order for the meeting to take place, Costas is demanding [...]
Posted in Pro–Santa Cruz Commitee, UJC on Jan 20th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago I recieved an email from “Jóvenes Ahora,” an obvious front for the Pro–Santa Cruz Committee (PSCC)/Cruceño Youth Union (UJC). Alas, I should have posted it then, because they were promoting a webmag, Jóvenes Ahora, whose account is inexplicitly suspended as this moment. (Side note: The header for the mag showed [...]
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