Thousands of Bolivian workers marched on the U.S. embassy yesterday to demand … A FREE TRADE PACT WITH THE U.S.

Now who knew that? For god sakes give them their free trade pact! We’ll all benefit if we can buy Bolivian goods! I lift my first cup of Trader Joe’s Bolivian Blend coffee to toast these Bolivians as I wake to this terrific news! Best kind! Long live free trade with Bolivia!

Source: Diario Correo del Sur

Now let’s face facts: Bolivians do not want communism. Most Bolivians do not want Evo Morales as their next president. Bolivians especially do not want Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez running their country as their newest satellite. Bolivia’s a nation in distress and they want to work their way out of it through free trade. Go see the local sentiment of Bolivians on Jim Schultz’s site – the tongue-lashing these local Bolivians give to the well-meaning left-leaning Berkeley gringo about his misreading of what’s going on in their country is unbelievable. Except when you realize that Bolivians also are marching in their thousands in the streets for free trade. The U.S.’s number one priority right now must be to extend a hand of equality, of better-living-through-free-trade to these gutsy Bolivians. There can’t be any more goofing off.

Next month, President Bush travels to Argentina for a Summit of the Americas – Andres Oppenheimer has done good coverage of this coming event – and he notes that the one thing the U.S. can offer Latin America is free trade. This impressive Bolivian workers’ demonstration shows it’s what they want.

And it costs us nothing! All we do is gain, too!

This is the revolution the U.S. media doesn’t tell you about. REVOLUTION.

Source: La Razon

EFE reports the unbelievable:

Bolivians march on U.S. Embassy demanding free-trade agreement

La Paz, Oct 22 (EFE).- A large number of Bolivian workers marched on the U.S. Embassy here on Saturday to demand Bolivia’s immediate entry into the free trade agreement the Andean nations are negotiating with the United States.

iCAFTA VIVE! iAFTA VIVE! iVIVA LAS AMERICAS EN TODOS!

UPDATE: Thanks for the Instalanche, Glenn!

UPDATE: More interesting commentary can be read at Salon, Tribe, Egoist, Hyllengren, California Conservative, Fausta, GatewayPundit, Club for Growth, MSNBC Clicked, Ciao!, Blog de Bolivia, Latino Issues, The Economist en su Laberinto, Ideazione, Red White & Blue Hens, Protest Warrior Chicago, This Blog Will Be Deleted By Tomorrow and Johan Norberg.

UPDATE: And from the news media, Investor’s Business Daily has an editorial leader on these Bolivians here.