2008.10.23: October 23, 2008: Headlines: COS - Bolivia: Safety: Service: PCOL Exclusive: Peace Corps comments on the PCVs who have decided to return in Bolivia on their own
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2008.10.23: October 23, 2008: Headlines: COS - Bolivia: Safety: Service: PCOL Exclusive: Peace Corps comments on the PCVs who have decided to return in Bolivia on their own
Peace Corps comments on the PCVs who have decided to return in Bolivia on their own
PCOL Comment: We contacted the Peace Corps Press Office and asked if they had any additional comment on the volunteers who have decided to return to Bolivia and Peace Corps Press Director Josie Duckett sent us this reply:
"Regarding the RPCVs you mentioned that closed service and may have gone back to Bolivia, I can't comment extensively on their activities since they're not currently serving Peace Corps Volunteers, but it does reflect what dedicated people the Peace Corps attracts. We hope to return and continue working with the Bolivian people."
Peace Corps comments on the PCVs who have decided to return in Bolivia on their own
Peace Corps comments on the PCVs who have decided to return in Bolivia on their own
Caption: Former Peace Corps volunteer Cooper Swanson, 24, teaches his students computer basics at the all-girls Catholic boarding school in Mizque. Swanson decided to return to Bolivia on his own after being evacuated by the Peace Corps due to security concerns because he wanted to finish the work he had started there as a volunteer. Photo: Evan Abramson-The Washington Post
Regarding the RPCVs you mentioned that closed service and may have gone back to Bolivia, I can't comment extensively on their activities since they're not currently serving Peace Corps Volunteers, but it does reflect what dedicated people the Peace Corps attracts. We hope to return and continue working with the Bolivian people.
The Peace Corps plans to re-assess the suspension when the security environment improves in Bolivia. Over 2,500 Volunteers have served with the Bolivian people, this was a very difficult but necessary decision.
Peace Corps suspended the Bolivia program because of increasing civil unrest, including blockading of major transportation routes, and escalating violence against Bolivian citizens.
The safety and security of all Peace Corps Volunteers is the agency's highest priority. Since January 07 in Bolivia, we've initiated our Emergency Action Plans 20 times at varying degrees including alerts, standfast, and volunteer consolidations.
During this period of program suspension, a core staff of five people will be left in place to manage the post until we can determine the approximate next steps. This staff would also be instrumental in reestablishing relationships with local, regional, and national partners for placement of Peace Corps Volunteers if the decision is made in 2009 to resume sending Volunteers to Bolivia.
Thank you, Josie
Josie Duckett
Press Director, Peace Corps
Our Original email
Do you want to give me any additional comment or a Press Release on the story in the Washington Post today about the 15 volunteers who have returned to Bolivia on their own to complete their projects?
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A story like this really resonates with returned volunteers especially volunteers who served in the 60's who remember the way that Peace Corps kept volunteers in the Dominican Republic even after the 1965 US intervention where they were welcomed by the citizens during the disturbances.
Best Regards,
Hugh Pickens
Publisher, Peace Corps Online
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| Peace Corps Suspends Program in Bolivia Turmoil began in Bolivia three weeks ago sparked by President Evo Morales' pledge to redistribute wealth from the east to the country's poorer highlands. Peace Corps has withdrawn all volunteers from the country because of "growing instability." Morales has thrown out US Ambassador Philip Goldberg accusing the American government of inciting the violence. This is not the first controversy surrounding Goldberg's tenure as US ambassador to Bolivia. |
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