"Otro Golazo de Evoooooo!"Seems like your prescient Otto was spookily correct yesterday when writing "There comes a point when patience will run out" about the way the racist scum decided to break off negotiations with Bolivia's democratically elected government.
Just to recap, the fascists decided to throw a tantrum when one of their own was arrested for the trivial matter of state terrorism. Only in the warped minds of the separatists can a legal arrest made on someone who actually admits to the wrongdoing (i.e. the attack on gas pipeline installations in Tarija) but they said that it was a kidnapping, broke off talks and said they'd reconvene Monday 29th. Well today Evo just called their bluff; he's called this Sunday 28th as the deadline for any definitive agreeement. In the words of Doctor Morales;
"Sunday is definitive, I'm going to be there (in Cochabamba at the meeting place) on Sunday and hopefully the prefects will be there, too"
Other Evo zingers include, "Apparently the prefects are suspending dialogue in an attempt to protect those who committed acts of terrorism and common crimes during the protest of last September",
....and also, "(the talks) cannot be conditioned to certains claims that must be dealt with by the judiciary."
So Evo once again shows them who's boss. And as a reminder, what's in play is the contents of the new constitutional referendum. Morales has shown he is willing to adapt the draft resolution on some points with the media luna states (a policy expressly against the wishes of many indigenous organizations, it should be noted), but if the prefects from the rebel states don't agree to anything by Sunday's deadline, they get no changes. Zip, nada, zilch. The constitution goes to referendum as stands and Evo gets to say "Look, I tried to talk with the dumbasses....gave them a chance...they want to be idiots, that's fine."
Just to recap, the fascists decided to throw a tantrum when one of their own was arrested for the trivial matter of state terrorism. Only in the warped minds of the separatists can a legal arrest made on someone who actually admits to the wrongdoing (i.e. the attack on gas pipeline installations in Tarija) but they said that it was a kidnapping, broke off talks and said they'd reconvene Monday 29th. Well today Evo just called their bluff; he's called this Sunday 28th as the deadline for any definitive agreeement. In the words of Doctor Morales;
"Sunday is definitive, I'm going to be there (in Cochabamba at the meeting place) on Sunday and hopefully the prefects will be there, too"
Other Evo zingers include, "Apparently the prefects are suspending dialogue in an attempt to protect those who committed acts of terrorism and common crimes during the protest of last September",
....and also, "(the talks) cannot be conditioned to certains claims that must be dealt with by the judiciary."
So Evo once again shows them who's boss. And as a reminder, what's in play is the contents of the new constitutional referendum. Morales has shown he is willing to adapt the draft resolution on some points with the media luna states (a policy expressly against the wishes of many indigenous organizations, it should be noted), but if the prefects from the rebel states don't agree to anything by Sunday's deadline, they get no changes. Zip, nada, zilch. The constitution goes to referendum as stands and Evo gets to say "Look, I tried to talk with the dumbasses....gave them a chance...they want to be idiots, that's fine."
Evo: You are the man. And over 67% of Bolivians agree with me. And all of Unasur, come to think of it.