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	El Alto in La Paz
		El Alto and the nearby Garita de Lima, the neighborhood that leads to el Alto, are examples of the zone of In-Situ Accretion and Peripheral Squatter Settlements.
		El Alto was previously a shantytown suburb, comprised of many closely-packed barrios, but now it has spread towards the city, as the In Situ Accretion Zone has expanded out, connecting the two urban areas into one great city.
		El Alto was constituted in 1986 as a part of the La Paz urban region.
	www.macalester.edu /courses/geog61/amartin/elalto.html (371 words)

	El Palo Alto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		El Palo Alto is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree located in El Palo Alto Park on the banks of San Francisquito Creek in Palo Alto, California, United States.
		El Palo Alto is 110 feet (33.5 meters) in height (compared to 134.6 feet or 41 meters in 1951), 90 inches (2.3 meters) in diameter, and has a crown spread of 40 feet (12 meters).
		The tree is depicted on the city of Palo Alto's official seal and on the seal of Stanford University.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/El_Palo_Alto (271 words)

	Palo Alto, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Palo Alto’s sister city in Sweden is Linköping.
		The latter was the downtown of Mayfield, the former of Palo Alto prior to merging with Mayfield.
		Palo Alto is served by Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County, one of the busiest single-runway general aviation airports in the country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palo_Alto,_California (1397 words)

	Apaseo el Alto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		El español llegó, arrogante, usurpador y con la idea de no dejar huella de los testimonios de una cultura a la que tachaba de diabólica y politeísta, se dedicó a construir lo que seria una nueva vivienda y que con el paso de los años la historia lo recoge como bienes inmuebles de cada población.
		El Municipio de Apaseo el Alto se localiza en la cuenca del Río Lerma; todos sus ríos y arroyos pertenecen a la vertiente del Océano Pacífico y son tributarios del Río Querétaro, que a la vez descarga sus aguas en el Río Laja y éste sobre el Lerma, que las conduce al lago de Chapala.
		El 8 de noviembre de 1802 Apaseo el Alto fue fundado jurídicamente, motivo por el cual pueblo y autoridades han iniciado recientemente el acontecimiento, mediante desfile cívico-militar, eventos culturales y difusión del acontecimiento mediante conferencias en las escuelas.
	www.guanajuato.gob.mx /municipios/apaseoelalto.htm (6645 words)

	IRC Americas Program \| El Alto: A World of Difference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In El Alto, the principle player in the labor market is the family, both in its role as an employment-generating unit and in its contribution of salaried workers.
		Both the fact that the inhabitants of El Alto have built the city themselves and that they are largely self-employed has led to a very special relation between the people and their environment--they are aware that they have done everything themselves, resulting in a feeling of belonging and high self-esteem.
		By 2003, El Alto’s social movement, which had been fueled by the “water war” in Cochabamba in April of 2000 and the rural Aymara mobilizations in September of the same year, had become the principle actor in the country.
	americas.irc-online.org /am/1622 (4240 words)

	bolivia.indymedia.org \| Thirty Dead After Massacre in Gas War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At the peak of government repression in El Alto, the announcement was not viewed as credible by protesting sectors.
		Though many protesters across the country, including those in El Alto, are protesting the exportation of the nation’s gas to the US through a Chilean port, the demands of various sectors remain diverse.
		El Alto Mayor, Jose Luis Paredes, from the same party, denounced the violence in his city, and began to lead a crowd of angry protestors toward the government palace, stating that they would force Sánchez de Lozada to resign.
	bolivia.indymedia.org /es/2003/10/3225.shtml (1620 words)

	Toward Freedom - El Alto, Bolivia: A New World Out Of Differences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		El Alto is a precarious city of crooked, dusty streets, of adobe and brick dwellings, whose people live in temperatures that range on average from 10 degrees below zero Celsius (14 degrees above zero Fahrenheit) to 20 degrees (68 degrees F.) when the sun is shining at noon.
		The family is the dominant player in El Alto’s labor markets, being both the largest economic unit generating employment and the contributor of the largest number of wage earners.
		According to Patzi, the three elements that permit one to speak of community in El Alto that show the validity of the communitarian structure, are ties to the market, to land, and to education.
	towardfreedom.com /home/content/view/603/1 (4202 words)

	SOS Children
		El Alto has the highest demographic growth of any Bolivian town, more than 50% of its population is less than 19 years old.
		Numerous unemployed miners together with their families moved to El Alto and to the city of La Paz seeking jobs and for better living conditions.
		More than 70% of the families of El Alto live in poverty, life expectancy is only 62 years and more than 88% of the population is illiterate.
	www.grabitech.com /sos_children.htm (1055 words)

	Palo Alto Historical Association - About PAHA
		The Palo Alto Historical Association, a nonprofit organization, was established in its present form in 1948 as successor to an earlier organization founded in 1913.
		The Palo Alto Historical Association Guy Miller Archives are housed at the Main Library, 1213 Newell Road.
		The Palo Alto Historical Association holds general meetings the first Sunday of the month October-December and February-May at 2 p.m.
	www.pahistory.org /ap.html (373 words)

	Insurrection in El Alto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		One has to know how hard life in El Alto is to understand the strenuous effort and sacrifice this entails for the impoverished local toilers: many of them must walk as many as 60 or 100 blocks before dawn breaks.
		The slogan of 'civil war until the gringo is out' was taken up by thousands of people, ranging from the relatives of the victims of the repression, the leaders of the neighbors' juntas and those in a number of organizations that joined in the struggle, down to the humble rank-and-file men and women.
		In fact, two powers were colliding in El Alto: a battered state power on one hand, which lost control over a city of 800,000 inhabitants, except for some small strategic areas, and a nascent power flowing from the mobilization of the toilers and the people, which actively challenged the powers-that-be on all terrains...
	www.pts.org.ar /contenido/ingleslvo127Bolivia2.htm (1040 words)

	Alto de El Angliru -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Alto de El Angliru (alternative name: La Gamonal) is arguably one of the heaviest climbs in professional (additional info and facts about Road bicycle racing) Road bicycle racing.
		The El Angliru was discovered and was first part of the race in 1999.
		Since then the Angliru has been descended only 3 times, but it is nonetheless one of the most feared climbs in professional cycle racing.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alto_de_el_angliru.htm (269 words)

	Bolivia: Protests Oust Water Company : Thunderbay IMC
		The water and sewer system of El Alto and neighboring La Paz was privatized to Aguas del Illimani in July 1997 when the World Bank made water privatization a condition of a loan to the Bolivian government.
		El Alto residents say that by pegging rates to the dollar, the company raised water prices by 35 percent.
		On the morning of January 12, as El Alto remained paralyzed and the civic strike in Santa Cruz entered its second day, the government gave FEJUVE an unsigned decree, prompting the neighborhood associations to convene another assembly.
	thunderbay.indymedia.org /print.php?id=17987 (1727 words)

	Narco News: 1, 2, 3... El Alto Scores a Knockout Against Suez Company in Water Dispute
		El Alto, on its feet (“never on its knees”), at four thousand meters (13,000 feet) above sea level, is the highest point of social mobilization.
		The people of El Alto agreed to rejoin the dialog, unwavering in their demand that the company leave, but giving the government until December 20 to comply.
		During the month of December, as meetings with the government were being restarted, the El Alto neighborhood leaders began to report all of the failures and irregularities in Suez’s administration of their water.
	www.narconews.com /Issue35/article1151.html (2275 words)

	TRAVIS TRACKS
		El Alto is a city of 650,000--the fastest growing city in Bolivia.
		The elevation is 13,300 ft. Below El Alto in the "bowl" or canyon is La Paz, the administrative capitol of Bolivia.
		The population of El Alto is nearly 600,000.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Valley/1897 (2441 words)

	MABB: Images of El Alto's Strike
		Here are a few images of what happened in El Alto's demonstrations in the last few days.
		El Alto is radicalizing its stance to the point of becoming intransigent.
		The major question is whether just to kick-out Aguas del Illimani is to the advantage of the citizens of El Alto and in any case, is it to the advantage to the people of Bolivia.
	mabb.blogspot.com /2005/03/images-of-el-altos-strike.html (564 words)

	ZNet \| Activism \| International Solidarity for the Struggle for Water Justice in El Alto, Bolivia
		Their inspiring words helped to remind the residents of El Alto that they are not alone in the struggle to reclaim water from the grasp of transnational corporations.
		The Germans have also stuck their unwelcome noses into the democratic process that was underway in El Alto to define a what kind of new utility should replace the private company in the two cities.
		In La Paz-El Alto, tariff increases brought by privatization have not been dramatic enough to guarantee the participation of the small middle class of El Alto who already have water services (and failed to participate in the mobilization in March), and the residents of La Paz.
	www.zmag.org /content/print_article.cfm?itemID=7827&sectionID=1 (2201 words)

	BOLIVIA: Social conflict and resistance in El Alto
		El Alto — located 4000 metres above sea level and just 12 kilometres from the capital, La Paz — has grown from a shanty-town suburb of La Paz into the country's third largest city, with 700,000 inhabitants, 90% of whom identify themselves as “indigenous” according to government surveys.
		El Alto was the mainstay of the movement that sought to “recuperate gas for the Bolivians”.
		With shouts of “El Alto on its feet, never on its knees!”, and “Civil war now!”, the city's inhabitants served notice last October on an establishment that has systematically excluded the indigenous majority from the political and economic life of the country.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2004/586/586p20.htm (1371 words)

	bolivia.indymedia.org \| More deaths in El Alto and other news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The radio stations Pachacama and Waynatambo in El Alto have done live reports on the shooting and teargassing that took place at Ballivián by the freeway that connects the cities La Paz and El Alto.
		After learning of this new fatality and the renewed confrontations, the government announced the state of siege in El Alto, to “regain control of the city”.
		Journalists who had been in the area at midnight on Saturday, reported that “El Alto is now a no-mans-land” because because it was not under military control, although bursts of gunfire and teargassing had started again.
	bolivia.indymedia.org /en/2003/10/3136.shtml (586 words)

	Straight Outta El Alto (Promo) Benjamin Dangl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This fusion of languages is integral to the group's philosophy and adds to their appeal in El Alto, where a large section of the population speaks Aymara.
		El Alto was the site of strife and bloodshed in Bolivia's Gas War, which revolved around control of the country's natural gas reserves, and many of these songs reflect that.
		After hanging out with different hip-hop groups in La Paz and El Alto, she also decided she "didn't like to be controlled by a boy, or be someone else's lady.
	www.utne.com /issues/2006_139/promo/12411-1.html (755 words)

	Bolivia: General Strike in El Alto : Thunderbay IMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On March 2, 2005, a general strike began in the Bolivian city of El Alto, as the population demanded the resignation of the mayor and the immediate closing of Aguas de Illimani.
		As of March 5, the general strike in El Alto continues.
		In October of 2003, El Alto was a major force in the social insurrection that forced the resignation of president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada.
	thunderbay.indymedia.org /print.php?id=18984 (274 words)

	The NarcoSphere \|\| Comments \|\| Memory's Struggle Against the Labyrinth of Power
		Similarly to Cochabamba, the public water system of El Alto and nearby La Paz, the nation's capital, was privatized in 1997 when the World Bank made water privatization a condition of a loan to the Bolivian government, Shultz wrote.
		The Aymara and other people of El Alto and Bolivia cannot afford to have their last great natural resource sold cheaply, for the quick enrichment of those in power and those already rich.
		El Alto residents spent the afternoon in neighborhood assemblies deciding how to react to the government’s statement.
	narcosphere.narconews.com /comments/2004/12/21/18592/983/4 (668 words)

	www.myspace.com/elalto
		El Alto's Latest Blog Entry [Subscribe to this Blog]
		Chuck out this event: El Alto at Urban Glass (view more)
		have i mentioned that el alto is awesome?
	www.myspace.com /elalto (429 words)

	Santibañez el Alto Blog Santibañez el Alto GuGara.com
		El fenúminu la desaparición de luenguas s’acelero duranti las urtimas decadas del sigru XX y paici que duranti'l prehenti sinu se toman meias urhentis mas de la mitá las luenguas palrás ena atualiá van a esaparecel.
		El hechu e revaloranza y mantenimientu puen sel sostribás pol una gran mayoría peru nu es asina la recuperanza.
		El proyeutu Netu comu idi l’autol ena páhina es una aniciativa d’EstremaWeb pa facilital a to lus enteresaus el deprendizahi l’estremeñu, totarmenti e bardi pol mé simprimenti dun ordenaol y una persona que vieni a sel comu’n tutol pa deprendel la palra y paici que ay material y to preparau pal asuntu.
	santibaneju.gugara.com /tallu (1413 words)

	El Palo Alto Chapter NSDAR - History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Years later, during the depression era, a structure was built to house the homeless who rode the rails and stopped in the area.
		It also served as an animal shelter for fifteen years, and in 1974, a small grove of redwood seedlings from the original tree was planted and dedicated at the circular spot in the driveway of the Hyatt Hotel.
		The Stanford-Palo Alto chapter was retained as El Palo Alto, and the second chapter was named Gaspar de Portola and served the northern part of the Palo Alto area.
	www.californiadar.org /chapters/elpaloalto/history.html (340 words)

	El Alto \| Socially Responsible Outdoor Clothing
		El Alto produces outdoor clothing and equipment which has been ethically sourced and manufactured in Bolivia.
		As well as the emphasis on quality design and workmanship, the ethos behind our products has been to ensure that staff are fairly treated and a fair price is paid.
		El Alto has been formed as a partnership of Bolivian mountaineers, Bolivian tailors, British based designers and outdoor enthusiasts.
	www.elalto.co.uk (89 words)

	Raul Zibechi: Survival and Existence in El Alto
		In El Alto, the principle player in the labor market is the family, both in its role as an employment-generating unit and in its contribution of salaried workers.
		Both the fact that the inhabitants of El Alto have built the city themselves and that they are largely self-employed has led to a very special relation between the people and their environment--they are aware that they have done everything themselves, resulting in a feeling of belonging and high self-esteem.
		By 2003, El Alto's social movement, which had been fueled by the "water war" in Cochabamba in April of 2000 and the rural Aymara mobilizations in September of the same year, had become the principle actor in the country.
	www.counterpunch.org /zibechi10142005.html (4701 words)

	The NarcoSphere \|\| After a Truce, More Mobilizations in Bolivia
		In the altiplano, the highlands north of El Alto and surrounding Lake Titicaca, the indigenous Aymara peasant farmers’ first blockades appeared.
		In El Alto there was a mass workers’ march a few hours ago, which culminated in a demonstration in front of the demolished tollbooth.
		The assembly of neighborhood presidents of the Federation of Neighborhood Committees of El Alto ended a half hour ago, with a general decision: the general strike/civic shut-down, which up to today has been very decisive, will be maintained throughout the weekend.
	narcosphere.narconews.com /story/2005/5/27/17740/3054 (863 words)

	Pacific News Service > News > Another Water Revolt Begins in Bolivia
		Now, a new Bolivian water revolt is under way 200 miles north in the city of El Alto, a growing urban sprawl that sits 14,000 feet above sea level and is populated by waves of impoverished families arriving from the economically desperate countryside.
		As in Cochabamba, the public water system of El Alto and its neighbor La Paz, the nation's capital, was privatized in 1997 when the World Bank made water privatization a condition of a loan to the Bolivian government.
		In cities like Cochabamba and El Alto it is clear that poor water users cannot pay the full costs of water at the market prices demanded by private companies.
	news.pacificnews.org /news/view_article.html?article_id=f3311202b4be2c2aea1955b6bbc202fd (1134 words)

	El Salvador Projects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Her work has been carried out in San Salvador and in five new communities which were established as a result of the Peace Accords signed between the government and the rebel forces in the early '90s.
		We, the Palo Alto Friends Meeting El Salvador Projects Committee, and Carmen, are deeply concerned about assuring the continuity of her work in El Salvador.
		With this in mind, she is offering to provide room and board in her home (for $100 a month) to anyone who might like to work with her projects and who would like to explore ways to develop the proposed Quaker Center.
	members.aol.com /CarmenBroz (1130 words)

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