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Uprising/Revolution in Bolivia Breaking RIGHT NOW?!!!
Me | October 14, 2004 | Chicago Hebrew

Posted on 10/14/2004 4:17:07 PM PDT by ChicagoHebrew

I'm writing this from an internet cafe in La Paz, Bolivia. About fifteen minutes ago, I started to hear what I think was gunfire and cannon fire from right outside the cafe. It was shortly followed by bullhorns booming and people chanting. The gunfire is intermittent now.

I have no idea what's happening.


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KEYWORDS: bolivia; lapaz; southamerica
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To: nicollo
You need a little adventure in your life, keyboard jockey?

I appreciate that offer of a bit of OJ.

I have had a lot of adventures over the years and always I am interested at the potential for more excitement. Perhaps I should consider South America as I have already seen a lot of the northern continent.

141 posted on 10/14/2004 7:21:05 PM PDT by Radix (What turns orange in Sept., is carved up in Oct., and is thrown out in Nov.?)
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To: marron

Extremely interesting post, thanks.


142 posted on 10/14/2004 7:21:28 PM PDT by Constitution Day (Burger-Eating War Monkey)
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To: Mount Athos

Hey, I was in Tiananmen Square in Beijing shortly before the massacre. I know.


143 posted on 10/14/2004 7:37:32 PM PDT by TommyDale
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To: ChicagoHebrew

Uh. Wouldn't it be better to become Amish, get a nice buggy and settle down with a nice Amish girl on a big old farm and have a bunch of kids - in Pennsylvania? You could wear neat outfits with wide brim hats and suspenders. - R U O K?
Uh. Why are you in such an unruly place?


144 posted on 10/14/2004 7:38:34 PM PDT by Twinkie
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To: ChicagoHebrew

Isn't the internet amazing? Keep safe and thanks for the post! Going native is pretty exciting, no? ;)


145 posted on 10/14/2004 7:43:37 PM PDT by Libertina (10 Little Lying MSM Networks. CBS & ABC went down, soon there'll be none!)
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To: ChicagoHebrew
I'm writing this from an internet cafe in La Paz, Bolivia. About fifteen minutes ago, I started to hear what I think was gunfire and cannon fire from right outside the cafe. It was shortly followed by bullhorns booming and people chanting. The gunfire is intermittent now. I have no idea what's happening.

Maybe it's the futbol game against Argentina ...

146 posted on 10/14/2004 7:49:52 PM PDT by 11th_VA (John Kerry - America's first European ruler since King George)
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To: 11th_VA

Sounds like a typical futbol celebration.

I'm in Buenos Aires and if I wasn't so lazy right now I'd go check the bar scene down the street.

Anyway they played Chile last night so I doubt they are playing Bolivia tonight.


147 posted on 10/14/2004 8:42:18 PM PDT by estjohn
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To: marron

You can thank Chavez for this whole thing. One of Bush's worst decisions - actually, one of Colin Powell's worst decisions - was not to let the Venezuelan generals who had Chavez at the airport after the attempted rebellion either shoot him or fly him off to exile in some place like Antarctica.

He'll be causing or aiding and abetting trouble throughout Latin America as long as he's alive.


148 posted on 10/14/2004 8:46:46 PM PDT by livius
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To: marron

Will somebody please dig up Simon Bolivar, reanimate him, and give him enough troops to pacify the South American continent? We need that gas up here in the USA.

BTW, there's a town called Bolivar in upstate NY. Supposedly an impressive statue of Simon Bolivar in the local museum. Wonder what the connection is?


149 posted on 10/14/2004 8:57:16 PM PDT by Ostlandr (Nationalist, small-r republican, fiscal conservative, social liberal, pagan. NOT a Bush partisan!)
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To: Ostlandr

did anyone see kerry's sister down there ?


150 posted on 10/14/2004 9:17:55 PM PDT by kingattax (FreeRepublic leads...others follow)
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To: ChicagoHebrew

God bless you and keep you safe dear. We were all worried about you!


151 posted on 10/14/2004 9:19:15 PM PDT by dandelion (http://johnkerryquestionfairy.blogspot.com/)
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To: ChicagoHebrew

Be careful...youth is not always immortal....course I thought I was too.

They still have that primitive ski slope near La Paz at 17K or so with the rope tows?


152 posted on 10/14/2004 9:20:43 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: ChicagoHebrew

Its the Chavistas on the march with their Bolivarian Revolution

or a holiday

153 posted on 10/14/2004 9:35:29 PM PDT by GeronL (I was gone for about 2 months. I was depressed and sad. I am back now and am trying to get my wings)
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To: ChicagoHebrew

Not surprised by it. Gees, Bolivia has the most coups in the world. They had over 300 coups since its existence. Many South American countries are corrupt and unstable like Argentina and Paraguay.


154 posted on 10/14/2004 10:06:16 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Proud rabbit hater and killer)
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To: ChicagoHebrew

You should get out of Bolivia if the revolt is happening. Not a safe place.


155 posted on 10/14/2004 10:07:01 PM PDT by Ptarmigan (Proud rabbit hater and killer)
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To: ChicagoHebrew

My wife and I used to sponsor a child there; he grew up and left the program. I hope he and you stay safe! I'd tell you to get back here to the Land of Lincoln, but there's probably more shooting in Chicago than Bolivia.


156 posted on 10/14/2004 11:01:22 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (John Kerry will make Triumph the Insult Comic Dog his Secretary of State)
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To: Shermy
I'm thinking Venezuela funded it with the political organizational help of Cuba.

I think you're right. Chavez longs to be a made member of the "axis of evil".

157 posted on 10/14/2004 11:04:07 PM PDT by marron
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To: livius
He'll be causing or aiding and abetting trouble throughout Latin America as long as he's alive.

I'm afraid you're right. Things seem to be quiet since the referendum, I think its starting to really sink in that he is not leaving office alive. That takes a lot of the wind out of the hoopla, since any action taken now must be thought through in deadly seriousness. Either that, or get ready to keep your head down for the next couple of decades.

Its gut check time in Venezuela, and I wouldn't presume to tell them what to do about it. In the words of the immortal philosopher, "this ain't no disco".

158 posted on 10/14/2004 11:13:28 PM PDT by marron
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To: ChicagoHebrew

I assume this means we don't have rush guns,money and lawyers to you.


159 posted on 10/14/2004 11:18:46 PM PDT by razorback-bert
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To: Squantos
Squantos said: "Either deslyxic cows........Oooom vs Moooo or Guerilla Gregorian sect of monks that have their nickers in a bunch about the price of wool's my guess ! "

ROFLOL!

160 posted on 10/14/2004 11:22:52 PM PDT by bd476
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