damn it!
I always miss DN when it's hot!
www.democracynow.org
First ecuador, now bolivia...que se vayan todos! the only question that remains is, what is going to come of all of this in the end?? us intervention like in haiti? more neoliberals utilizing coercive/clientelistic means to secure power? more shady quasi leftist populists a la chavez? although jim scultz made a good point:
"...this is not over because the demands that sent people into the streets beginning three weeks ago was never just 'We want a new president.' The demand has consistently been 'We want the country to (b) nationalize the gas and oil, and we want this constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution.' And so, while the country, I think, is less tense this morning because we have been relieved of the possibility of this potential dictator, essentially, coming in and taking over, these two demands are still the demands from the street, and I don't think you are going to see a let up in the pressure until we see some sort of commitment by the government, some sort of an agreement that those two issues are going to be resolved in one way or another."
If that is not democracy in action, what is? Call me naive, but this gives me hope.
i could subsist on this stuff alone...i want to go back to south america!!
interesting cafta debate also...
www.democracynow.org
First ecuador, now bolivia...que se vayan todos! the only question that remains is, what is going to come of all of this in the end?? us intervention like in haiti? more neoliberals utilizing coercive/clientelistic means to secure power? more shady quasi leftist populists a la chavez? although jim scultz made a good point:
"...this is not over because the demands that sent people into the streets beginning three weeks ago was never just 'We want a new president.' The demand has consistently been 'We want the country to (b) nationalize the gas and oil, and we want this constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution.' And so, while the country, I think, is less tense this morning because we have been relieved of the possibility of this potential dictator, essentially, coming in and taking over, these two demands are still the demands from the street, and I don't think you are going to see a let up in the pressure until we see some sort of commitment by the government, some sort of an agreement that those two issues are going to be resolved in one way or another."
If that is not democracy in action, what is? Call me naive, but this gives me hope.
i could subsist on this stuff alone...i want to go back to south america!!
interesting cafta debate also...
posted by Brynne at 11:18 AM
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