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from: http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature3.cfm?REF=874
Bolivians take on Big Oil

Campesinos who defeated water privatization at Cochabamba turn their sight
to nationalizing oil and gas deposits.

Dateline: Monday, November 29, 2004

by Will Braun

Bolivia on the move: Campesinos take on globalization goliath

They sent a water-privatizing multinational packing; they chased an
ultra-neoliberal president all the way to Miami; and now they have come
head-to-head with the ultimate goliath of globalization. The people of
Bolivia - stalwarts on the front lines of anti-globalizationare trying to
wrest control of the country's massive oil and gas reserves from the big
boys of fossil fuel.

But as Oscar Olivera - one of the most recognizable figures of the broad
based movement - tells it, the struggle is not so much against corporations
or politicians as it is for public control of decisions affecting everyday
life. People can change things, says Olivera. And a seemingly unstoppable
public momentum is building around this simple realization.

This momentum got a huge boost in 2000 when the people of Olivera's
hometown of Cochabamba de-privatized their water system to world-wide
anti-globalization acclaim. Now a similar conflict is brewing between the
people and the oil industry. This time, the stakes are even higher, as
Bolivia's oil and gas reserves are second only to Venezuela on the continent.

Olivera, a shoe factory worker by trade, says oil and gas are vital to the
sort of country the people are creating. "We want a different country," he
says, "and for that we need an economic base." He sees Bolivia's oil and
gas reserves as the obvious economic foundation. But where there is oil,
there is an excess of politics. Currently, Bolivia's oil is controlled by
foreign powers and revenues pour out of the country.

For most of a century, Bolivia has vacillated between nationalized and
privatized control of its oil. In 1996, president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada
signed privatization deals with various oil companies. Now, Olivera says,
for every $100 of oil extracted in the country, $18 stays in Bolivia and
$82 goes to the companies....

whole article at: http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature3.cfm?REF=874

Penney Kome, author and journalist
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Editor, Straight Goods, http://straightgoods.com

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