鈥淭his was a debate on two models: nationalisation or privatisation,鈥 Bolivian President after being re-elected with a large majority on October 12. 鈥淣ationalisation won with more than 60 percent.鈥
Bolivia
"This win is a triumph for anti-imperialists and anti-colonialists," Bolivia's left-wing President Evo Morales told thousands of supporters from the balcony of the presidential palace on the evening of October 12 after a crushing win in that's day's presidential poll, .
Latest polls suggests Bolivian President Evo Morales will be reelected for a third term in a landslide victory on October 12.
One week before the vote, Morales' support hit 57.3%. The latest statistics from pollster Tal Cual Comunicacion Estrategica indicate a huge win for the left-wing Morales, first elected in 2005 on the back of huge protests against neoliberialism.
鈥淭he excessive focus on profits neither respects Mother Earth, nor takes human needs into account,鈥 Bolivian President Evo Morales said in his speech to Untied nationals climate summit on September 23. 鈥淭he continuation of this unequal system only leads to greater inequalities.鈥
that day that Morales called for incentives to respect Mother Earth and exhorted the developed countries to live up to their promises.
The Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoplke's of Our America (ALBA) released a statement on August 19 expressing its solidarity with the African descent communities of Missouri and with the familiy of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager shot dead by police on August 9.
ALBA is an anti-imperialist political and economic bloc formed by Venezuela and Cuba in 2004 that now also includes Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, St Vince and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and Saint Lucia.
When Evo Morales was elected president of Bolivia in 2005, he promised to 鈥済overn by obeying the people鈥.
The recent approval by the Plurinational Assembly of laws dealing with mining and children鈥檚 rights are two examples of the challenges and benefits of this radical approach to governing.
Breaking with the idea that legislating should be confined to parliament, the Bolivian government has made repeated efforts to involve broad 麻豆传媒 of society in rewriting laws.
El Salvador joined four other Latin American countries in recalling its ambassador from Tel Aviv in protest against Israel鈥檚 bloody attack on the Gaza Strip, International Business Times said on July 30.
Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Peru have all recalled their diplomatic representatives to Israel.
After the June summit meeting of the G77 + China leaders held in Santa Cruz, the Bolivian government and the Bolivian Workers Central (COB) sponsored an 鈥淎nti-Imperialist International Trade Union Conference鈥 in Cochabamba over June 30-July 2.
The conference was attended by representatives of unions in 22 countries who are affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).
Ecuador withdrew its ambassador from Tel Aviv on July 18 in protest at Israel's offensive, which has already killed more than 700 Palestinians. that Ecuador's foreign minister Ricardo Patino said: 鈥淲e condemn the Israeli military incursion into Palestinian territory, we require cessation of operations and indiscriminate attacks against civilians.鈥
Venezuela: Social programs expanded in poorest communities
The Venezuelan government has initiated its policy of expanding social programs in the country鈥檚 most deprived areas in a bid to eradicate extreme poverty, on June 30.
The initiative, called 鈥淩ed Sundays鈥, involves teams of social program workers visiting poorer communities every Sunday to diagnose which households are deprived of certain basic needs and which social programs are required to attend to these needs.
The Summit of the Group of 77 plus China, marking the alliance鈥檚 50th anniversary, closed in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, on June 15 with the adoption of a declaration entitled 鈥淔or a New World Order for Living Well鈥.
There were delegates from 104 nations out of the 133 from the global South that now make up the Group of 77 plus China. Bolivia is chairing the alliance this year, and its president, Evo Morales, hosted the summit.
At the G77 plus China Summit held in Bolivia that ended on June 15, several Latin American presidents gave public backing to Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. They called for regional unity against an bid for 鈥渃onservative restoration鈥 under way in the South American country.
The summit, held in Santa Cruz, eastern Bolivia, brought together 133 countries, about two-thirds of the member states of the United Nations.
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