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Clau O'Brien Moscoso
Black Agenda Report Interview with Former Bolivian President Evo Morales
18 Dec 2024
The recent attempted assassination of Evo Morales, former President of Bolivia, is part of a larger attempt by the U.S. to strengthen its control over the natural resources of the region. Clau O’…
Peoples Dispatch Staff
It’s Payback Time for Bolivian Socialists
02 Dec 2020
The newly elected MAS government has opened investigations against several members of the coup-regime that seized power last year.
Erica Caines
Black Bolivia and the Socialist Electoral Triumph
28 Oct 2020
Indigenous and Afro-Bolivians spent every day resisting the coup to complete the socialist aspirations of their party.
Vijay Prashad and Alejandro Bejarano
Elon Musk Is Acting Like a Neo-Conquistador for South America’s Lithium
18 Mar 2020
The billionaire is leading the scramble for Bolivia’s lithium resources under a coup government.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Pachamama and the Pope
18 Dec 2019
The violent coup in Bolivia may have been presaged by events at the Vatican, where right-wing Catholics rebelled against the Pope’s display of respect for the indigenous earth goddess.
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Ana Maldonado, Pilar Troya Fernandez, and Vijay Prashad
A Letter to Intellectuals Who Deride Revolutions in the Name of Purity
11 Dec 2019
Critics on the left in North America and in Europe gave the Chavez and Morales governments no time to breathe.
Netfa Freeman
Abstract Leftism Leaves Bolivia and the Global South in Imperialist Crosshairs
11 Dec 2019
The phony US Left specializes in finding excuses to betray victims of US imperialism.
Lucas Koerner
How the Global North’s ‘Left’ Media Helped Paved the Way for Bolivia’s Right-Wing Coup
11 Dec 2019
So-called progressives in the US can find every wart in foreign governments, but are blind to Washington’s regime change crimes.
Álvaro García Linera
Bolivia Coup: Hatred of the Indian
27 Nov 2019
How did the traditional middle class incubate so much hatred and resentment towards the people, leading them to embrace racialized fascism centered on the Indian as the enemy?
Vijay Prashad
After Morales Ousted in Coup, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia
20 Nov 2019
The main target in Bolivia is the nation’s massive deposits of lithium, crucial for the electric car.