The Democracy Center in the Media
Here is a partial list and links to some of the articles published by and about The Democracy Center in the media, in the US, Europe and elsewhere.
ABOUT THE DEMOCRACY CENTER
Ex-Area Activist Drawn Into Bolivia Water War
A June 2005 profile of The Democracy Center's executive director, Jim Shultz, in the Sacramento Bee.
Armed with Democracy
A June 2002 Profile of The Democracy Center's executive director, Jim Shultz, in the Sacramento News and Review.
Catchy Title, Solid Advice
An October 2002 profile of The Democracy Center's executive director, Jim Shultz, by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
Democracy for Dummies
A January 2003 Harvard Political Review article about The Democracy Center's policy and advocacy guide, The Democracy Owners' Manual.
ON GLOBALIZATION
IMF Policies Seen Firsthand in Bolivia
An interview in the Seattle Times with two Democracy Center volunteers, about their experiences helping research the Center's report on the International Monetary Fund in Bolivia, Deadly Consquences (April 9, 2005) .
The Politics of Water in Bolivia
Once again, World Bank water policy is challenged by the poorest. An editorial by Jim Shultz in The Nation (February 14, 2005) .
Bringing it all Back Home
Strategies for globalization with justice, an article by Jim Shultz in the UK's New Internationalist magazine (January 2002).
Talking About the Privatization of Water
An interview by the on-line business magazine, Business News Americas, with The Democracy Center's executive director, Jim Shultz (January 2005).
ON BOLIVIA
An overview of the country by Jim Shultz, published in the British Monthly, The New Internationalist (May 2004).
U.S. Threatens Bolivia in Effort to Secure Criminal Court Immunity
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz and Bolivian journalist Luis Bredow (March 3, 2005)
Another Water Revolt Begins in Bolivia
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Dec. 17, 2004): Five years after water privatization raised water rates and sparked deadly riots in Cochabamba, Bolivia, another water war is brewing in in the country, in a city to the north.
Behind Bolivia's Gas War
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Oct. 17, 2003): To Bolivians marching in the streets, "free" trade of natural gas or other resources from their impoverished country to California is just another name for theft.
Bloody Chaos over California Gas Deal
An opinion column in the Sacramento Bee showing the link between California and the Bolivian gas revolt in October 2003.
Bechtel Vs. Bolivia - Time to Open Up Secret Trade Courts
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Nov. 08, 2002): Two years ago, rioters protesting increased water rates forced a U.S. company in Bolivia to pack its bags and leave. Now, in a harbinger of the loss of local control through globalization, the corporation is striking back in secret proceedings.
Bolivia's 'Texan' President Does U.S. Bidding
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (March 20, 2002): High on the agenda at President Bush's meeting with Andean presidents will be free-market and drug policies, just the problems looming larger every day for Bolivia's boyish-looking new technocrat president, Jorge Quiroga. Also being charged with serious rights abuses, Quiroga's administration is breeding resentment where hope had reigned.
Leasing the Rain
The site for the July 2002 PBS film on the Cochabamba water revolt. For the transcript of the entire program click here.
Bechtel Puts Squeeze on Bolivia's Poor
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Dec. 19, 2001): Two years ago, Bolivians rioted when a subsidiary of corporate giant Bechtel tripled water rates in the country's third-largest city. Now, Bechtel is suing the Bolivian government for $25 million in damages and lost future profits.
Paying the Price of Privatization -- A Bolivian Town Goes to War Over Water
Pacific News Service article by Jim Shultz (Feb. 08, 2000): The doctrine of privatization moves so swiftly across the underdeveloped world that there is rarely a chance to see what is actually going on.
ON CALIFORNIA
A Noble Way to End the California Budget Crisis
A tounge-in-cheek article in the Sacramento Bee proposing that the gloden state auction off titles of nobility to raise ravenue (May 9, 2004).