Update on Bolivia - Nov. 30, 2001 - Thanks for your support!!! >Friday, November 30, 2001 > >Dear Friends > >Thanks to everybody for all the letters of support! We have >received well over 300 faxes and from organizations, students, >teachers, workers, and individuals, and they are still coming. > >Each one is very important to us. > >Already the government has started to retreat: Oscar no longer has >to present himself to the police station every 72 hours, and there >is a verbal agreement with the Minister of Government to drop the >charges against Omar, Samuel and Oscar. While we have verbal >assurances that the charges will be dropped, it will still take some >time to the sedition charges to be definitively dropped. Please >stay in touch, and we will keep you informed as things develop. > >A press conference was held this morning at which many local >organizations (peasants, irrigators unions, workers unions and >students) read resolutions giving all their support to Oscar, Samuel >and Omar. We also were able to show the local media the outpouring >of support we have received: we covered various panels with faxes >and emails. > >Once again we thank you for all your support. Your solidarity is >extremely valuable, and has already produced tangible results! > >In solidarity, > >Coalition in Defense of Water and Life -- **************** Yours in struggle, ****************