Talk:2005 Bolivia protests

Is it clear that this is a seperate topic? I think this might be better folded into Bolivian Gas War?

Also, there are many, many countries with corporations that have interests in natural resource exploitation in Bolivia, including Spain, Argentina, Brazil. It's not just the U.S. DanKeshet 05:15, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Some of the language used here is way to biased.

"At issue is Bolivia's large natural gas reserves and the prospect for their future sale and use, as benefitting the local economy or benifitting foreign investors."

This for instance seems POV. Also, the page fails to talk about Bolivians in the Eastern part of the country seeking more autonomy and the fact that the protesters also argued against that as well. The article also fails to show why these protests started in the first place. They began because of a new law which raised taxes on foreign gas companies from 18% to 32%, the protesters felt that this was inadequate and called for all out nationalization. Furthermore, it fails to point out that parties like MAS have toned down there populist approach with regards to this issue. Evo Morales, who wanted taxes raised to 50%, even called the new law "middle ground". I will make the needed changes, but please try and keep this NPOV and based on facts. Jersey Devil 17:19, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Gas reserves value
"Bolivia's reserves are worth over 1.2 billion USD".

It must be a mistake. I won't correct it because I don't know the correct value but it sounds definitely too low. I understand it as 1.2 E+9. Poszwa 01:31, 17 September 2005 (UTC)

Merged with Bolivian Gas War
The merge has been done but i don't know why the edit line doesn't work. Tazmaniacs 05:04, 10 March 2006 (UTC)