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By Andres Schipani
BBC News, La Paz
In the early 19th Century, Bolivian women fought alongside men for the country’s independence from colonial Spain. They stormed into battle on horseback, seized cities and were on the frontline.
But their presence on the battlefield did not translate into presence in the political life of their nation. [...]

Sometimes I have thought that I would not have to write the following day and that I could rather use part of the time to read and study, as I have often done. But, the significant events of the past few weeks related to the world economy and politics, and the developments in Bolivia have [...]

Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Network Forum Feb 21,2009.
Fred Fuentes speaks on the recent Constitutional changes in Venezuela.He has been a correspondent for Green Left Weekly in Venezuela for over 2 years and has worked for the International Miranda Centre in Venezuela.
Filmed by Direct Action Films www.youtube.com/directactionfilms

AUDIO El Salvador — Post election review from CISPES
North American Nestor, and Australian Nick Everett recall Sunday March 15 2009, the sweeping FMLN electoral victory (in spite of attempts at fraud) and their experience as international observers of the tense ballot. They assess what this significant and historic result could mean for El Salvador, [...]

By Marcus Pabian

On February 15 some 6.3 million Venezuelans, 54.86% of voters, approved a constitutional amendment that allows all public officials to be re-elected more than once, thus enabling Venezuela’s socialist President Hugo Chavez to stand in the next presidential election in 2012. Retired Cuban president Fidel Castro praised the vote as “a victory [...]