Here again, human rights is paramount to any other directive by the country.
Bolivia Assembly To Vote On New Constitution (click on title to entry)
Once the assembly agrees on all the provisions of a new constitution it must go to a national referendum for approval.
The assembly rewriting Bolivia's basic law agreed to reconvene on Saturday to vote article by article on a draft constitution that has caused a deep split and violent protests in the poor Andean country.
Among controversial reforms the assembly could approve this weekend are allowing presidents to serve more than one consecutive term, turning the bicameral legislature into a one-house body, and granting Indian communities and provinces more autonomy from the central government.
The assembly's board of directors said in a news release that it called for delegates to meet on Saturday evening in Oruro city, two weeks after three people died in violent protests in Sucre, the assembly's original base.
The assembly is controlled by allies of leftist President Evo Morales who aim to empower Bolivia's poor Indian majority after centuries of discrimination. Its work stalled for months because of fear of violence.
But two weeks ago the delegates met under military guard and approved an outline of the constitution in a vote boycotted by the opposition. That vote sparked violent protests in Sucre and a general strike in six of the country's nine provinces.
Once the assembly agrees on all the provisions of a new constitution it must go to a national referendum for approval....
Influence peddling that leads to arming of militias anywhere in the world by any company needs to end. Sovereignty and the humane treatment of all the world's citizens needs to take place. Peace among any peoples are important while the political processes are reviewed internationally.
The world is a far, far smaller sphere in the year 2008. War is not an option and roving militias are simply more danger to any aspect of any ultimate freedom of people. Stability and the scrutiny of the international community, along with sustainability as per the UN efforts while human rights organizations seek better political processes that eliminate human suffering and cause instability rather than peace.
If the USA continues it's ambitions of spreading democracy to benefit it's 'wealth economics' then instability in any country only leads to the opportunity to cause war rather than settle it. Human rights in relation to political processes will find resolve in trade arrangements and economic infrastructure. The more citizens appreciate the aesthetics of their lives including educational systems for children, the more they will want to sustain their governments without violence and seek a political process which facilitates participation.
No war. No militia will bring back destroyed natural assets of a country. In the year 2008, Earth has to take precedent and educational processes of all people need to bring a focus to the value of peace over war and internal strife.
Alabama Coal Company Accused of Bankrolling Colombia's Killer Right-Wing Militias By Frank Bajak
The Associated Press
Friday 06 July 2007
Rafael Garcia, the former technology director of the DAS state security agency, says in an affidavit that he saw Jimenez give "a suitcase full of cash" to paramilitary commanders "to assassinate specific union leaders," naming Locarno and Orcasita. Garcia is in prison, convicted of erasing drug traffickers' names from DAS records.
Former paramilitary fighter Alberto Visbal says in an affidavit that he saw Jimenez pay his boss, who went by the alias "Julian," $200,000 in cash. Visbal, who has fled Colombia, said he understood from another fighter present that the money was in exchange for the killings. Visbal says he was later sent to confirm Locarno's death.
In a filing in an Atlanta circuit court Thursday seeking more time to gather depositions, plaintiffs for the union also alleged that former union treasurer Jimmy Rubio saw a Drummond official - they didn't specify which one - pay a paramilitary leader for the killings. Rubio went into hiding when his father-in-law was murdered just before he was to give a deposition in the case, they said.
Affidavits from Rubio, Visbal and Garcia have all been entered into the public record in Birmingham.
Drummond challenged the accounts. "We have evidence that some (of the witnesses) are being paid and/or offered assistance by the United Steelworkers Union," it said in its written response.
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