There is no indication that the terrorists associated with the Holders of the Black Banners have ceased their activities. <br />

A group calling itself "the Inevitables" detonated a bomb at the Bolivian offices of the Canadian Center for International Studies and Cooperation (CCECI).  CCECI is a firm that assists economic development throughout the world.  The bomb was detonated at night and caused significant damage but no injuries.  In a pamphlet, the Inevitables claimed to be fighting the forces of imperialism.  <br /><p><br />While lines such as "slayers, international players: Die before slaves live!" indicate that the group is radically leftist, there is reason to believe that the group was protesting America's Plan Bolivia, which aims at destroying coca fields through a combination of subsidized development of alternative crops as well as air sprayings of large coca fields.  The attack occurred in Caranavi, a city which began cultivating coca in 1999, and the Inevitables warn that if groups such as CCECI insist on "destroying" Caranavi, they will be attacked.  CCECI is involved in helping develop alternative crops to replace coca.  This, combined with the insistence on driving American interests out of Bolivia and changing American policy, indicates that the Inevitables is driven more by economic considerations and reliance on coca production than by any particular ideology.<br />

The Inevitables has only been responsible for one attack and is not a serious threat in the future.

The National Anti-Corruption Front first appeared as a terrorist group in May of 2005 with a small bombing at the Bolivian headquarters of Brazilian oil company Petrobras in Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The bomb, reportedly a small amount of TNT, exploded in the car of a Petrobras employee. No one was hurt and no damage was done to the building.  <P><br /><br />Shortly after the attack, the group presented a videotape to a local TV station claiming responsibility. On the tape, masked men demanded that then Bolivian President Carlos Mesa nationalize natural resource industries to stop their exploitation by foreigners. The group also threatened more attacks. Future bombings, they claimed, would be more substantial.  <P>