Topic: Bolivia

Confrontation in Bolivia over Agrarian Reform
Roger Burbach, CENSA
December 18, 2006 - The government of Evo Morales and the indigenous social movements of Bolivia have won an historic victory with the passage of an agrarian reform law that calls for the 'expropriation of lands' that 'do not serve a just social-economic function.' According to Miguel Urisote, the director of the Land Foundation, an independent research center in La Paz, 'this is a blow to the latifundios, the large estates where many Indians often work in slave-like conditions.'

Land Occupation in Bolivia
Econoticiasbolivia.com
September 02, 2004 - The occupation of Bolivian oil field marks the beginning of a new wave of protests, which developed in the rural areas of the country. Further actions are being carried out in the south of the country, and marches to La Paz are being prepared by landless farmers from different regions. The landless movements explained that the occupation of the oil field was a direct action against the government for the acquisition of the just entitlements [ titulación ] to their properties.

To Fight for the Land and to Learn from the Struggle
Thierry Deronne, Translated by Greg Wilpert and Nathan Converse
October 16, 2003 - A Press Conference was held prior to the International Conference of Resistance and Solidarity of the indigenous peoples and peasants in Caracas on August 30, 2003. The transcript includes interviews with some confernce participants prior to the conference, which was held October 11-14, 2003 in Venezuela.