[EsclavoDeCristo]

Goni's out. What next?

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Stay safe.

[KantianBurke]

Socialism and Castroism. Whatever suffering the Bolivian people are about to endure, they brought it on themselves. Perhaps one day they'll cease from drinking the collectivist kool aid.

[FITZ]

It seems things never really change in some of those countries. Too bad instead of a millionaire, they couldn't find someone with a belief in having a middle class society.

[Peach]

Stay safe; keep us posted.

[avg_freeper]

I am not familiar with the situation there. Why are the protestors against the export of natural gas?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Stay safe!

[PJ-Comix]

I saw videos of the protests in Bolivia. What's the deal with the Indians there wearing derby hats? I remember seeing pics of them wearing those hats in geography class but I would like to know why they wear those derbys.

[BushisTheMan]

Has anyone noticed that where there are natural resources, such as oil and gas, there is great rebellion by the masses. My personal opinion is that there are underlying currents that are getting the people to protest leaders that provide oil and gas to the United States. Could the thinking be that without these resources, the power of the United States will falter? I think that is exactly what the "larger plan" is. And who runs these demonstrations? People with ties to the Communist and Socialist parties (MoveOn.org comes to mind). This organization and others like it are trying to bring down the United States.

[ConservativeMan55]

This is Hugh!!!

[Stultis]

The left is pushing a major resurgence in Latin America. For previous articles on Bolivia and related matters, see the following threads:

Bolivia's Poor Proclaim Abiding Distrust of Globalization (Socialist Resurgence in Latin America)

The Fire Down South...( Latin America--)

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Things are so incredibly fragile in Latin America.

Tourists stand in line to board a plane at the airport in El Alto, Bolivia on Friday, October 17, 2003. Hundreds of stranded travelers were airlifted out of the Bolivian capital Friday as a key member of the embattled president's ruling coalition quit the government amid renewed street protests. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Dozens of Australians stranded in Bolivian unrest*** Instead of some holiday bargain-hunting and snapping picturesque street corners, tourists have had to pick their way through the debris of pitched street battles and numerous road blocks in the four or five streets that make up the main tourist centre.***

[Cicero]

We've been through a period of relative democracy and stability in Latin America. It looks as if this is in the process of changing. There have always been endless cycles of political violence in South America. Right wing tyrants are followed by left-wing revolutionaries. Democratic governments open the way for unrest and discontent. And so forth. As I've said before, these cycles of capitalist exploitation and Marxist violence are brilliantly portrayed in Joseph Conrad's novel, Nostromo, written a hundred years ago.

[Truth666]

I predicted this at a time where there were more alternatives left.

[Travis McGee]

Take care!

[Beck_isright]

"Goni's out. What next?"

A Marxist takeover just like Venezuela and Brazil.

[DoctorMichael]

Simmering-on-the-back-burner Bump.