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Bolivian President airs criticisms of the COP26 process in Glasgow press conference… youtube.com/watch?v=GZ2txfG53YYPermalink On twitter.com
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1. Framework allows the continuation of a global capitalist system. 2. "Common but differentiated responsibilities" of rich and poor nations are being bypassed. 3. Possibliity of the process losing all credibility with the people of the world.Permalink On twitter.com
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Asked about Bolivia's carbon reduction commitments (INDC), Arce says these are incorporated in the country's development plan, which proposes a change in energy sources.Permalink On twitter.com
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This isn't true… the development plan calls for expansion of fossil fuel energy AND a much larger expansion of large hydroelectric dams, changing the renewable share of the total. woborders.blog/2015/11/30/bolivia-triples-down/Permalink On twitter.com
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Arce highlights the problem of Lake Poopó, which has nearly disappeared due to water management and climate change. theconversation.com/lake-poopo-why-bolivias-second-largest-lake-disappeared-and-how-to-bring-it-back-152776Permalink On twitter.com
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Arce: "the most affected [by climate change] are indigenous communities and indigenous people"; "The main focus of our policies should be indigenous people."Permalink On twitter.com
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Note that this press conference is not the widely circulated speech where Arce denounces "carbon colonialism" and the "new green capitalist system." msn.com/en-us/news/world/bolivia-denounces-carbon-colonialism-at-cop26/vi-AAQd4HzPermalink On twitter.com
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If you're curious about this overall argument, Arce's October 15 speech offers a more coherent vision. mronline.org/2021/10/21/luis-arce-an-anti-imperialist-climate-agenda/On twitter.com
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However, the substantive policies of the Arce government are simply not aligned with the promises of sustainable agriculture, ending deforestation, and living in harmony with Mother Earth made by Arce in such speeches. Bolivia's "30 environmental sins" woborders.blog/2015/07/08/cochabamba-op-ed-confesses-30-environmental-sins-as-pope-arrives/Permalink On twitter.com
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Luis Arce's economic model: Was the real purpose of his economic theories to put a revolutionary gloss on a conventional, development policy vision? Will the agricultural and extractive sectors continue to displace and marginalize Indigenous communities? woborders.blog/2020/11/08/luis-arce-economic-model/Permalink On twitter.com