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BOLIVIA'S MORALES ON QUICK VISIT TO CUBA

He will meet with President Raul Castro

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 (EDTA) – Today, Government official spokesman, Ivan Canelas, told local press President Evo Morales is expected to meet Wednesday with Cuban President Raul Castro as well as with his older brother Fidel.

Likewise, Cuban Granma newspaper reported that Evo Morales Ayma is to arrive in La Havana Wednesday afternoon on a working visit.

BOLIVIA READIES RECALL REFERENDUM

La Paz, May 13 (PL/BOLIVIA) The National Election Commission (CNE) of Bolivia began to arrange the recall referendum of the president, vice president and eight mayors.

After President Evo Morales announced the referendum law, the CNE began to work on the program approved by unanimous vote.

According to the timetable, registry will run from May 19 to June 1st, while information drive will start May 19 and six days later the list will be released on the media with license to issue election propaganda.

UN for Bolivia Consensus

United Nations, May 9 (Bolivia/PL) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon declared that he was closely following events in Bolivia and backed calls of the Organization of American States to achieve a consensus between the Government and opposition.

In a declaration released by a spokesperson from his office the UN chief praised diplomatic efforts by the OAS.

The declaration by Ban occurred after an electoral consultation in Santa Cruz that the government considered illegal.

US Warships Insult Region, Bolivia

La Paz, May 9 (PL/Bolivia) The Bolivian government condemned Friday the US announcement that warships will set sail on Latin American and Caribbean waters as of July 1 and termed it an insult to regional sovereignty.

According to Deputy Social Defense Minister Felipe Caceres, the aim is not to foster confidence among nations through security efforts, as US Navy operations chief Gary Roughead stated.

Bolivia's ex-president targeted in U.S. lawsuit over deaths at protests

Bolivia's ex-president targeted in U.S. lawsuit over deaths at protests
The Associated Press
Published: April 16, 2008

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/16/america/NA-GEN-US-Bolivia-Laws...

MIAMI: A group of 10 Bolivians is suing the country's former president and defense minister in a federal court in Florida over the government's response to protests in 2003 that left 67 civilians dead and injured 400 more.

A key month for the Evo Morales government

Tomorrow Evo Morales and the 6 opposing Governors (Prefectos) from 6 of the 9 departmentos of Bolivia will sit together in La Paz, trying to reach some kind of agreement. This is going to be certainly a dialogue amongst deaf persons. Each one having its own agenda, and each one trying to invalidate what the other party has to propose. We have seen this in the past, with a different correlation of forces.

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