The billionaire is leading the scramble for Bolivia’s lithium resources under a coup government.
Continue readingBolivia: An Election in the Midst of an Ongoing Coup
On May 3, 2020, the Bolivian people will go to the polls once more. They return there because President Evo Morales had been overthrown in a coup in November 2019.
Continue readingWhat the Right Wing in Latin America Means by Democracy Is Violence
Former president of Bolivia Evo Morales made an audio recording in which he called upon his supporters to form militias.
Continue readingPrompted by Local Activists, Congressman McGovern Condemns the Coup in Bolivia
“The time for military coups, in Latin America or elsewhere, is over,” stated the congressman.
Continue readingThe Coup in Bolivia Has Everything to Do With the Screen You’re Using to Read This
The two largest sources of indium — an important component of an LCD screen — can be found in Canada and in Bolivia.
Continue readingAfter Evo, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia
The overthrow of the elected leader cannot be understood without a glance at the nation’s massive reserves of this crucial mineral.
Continue readingBolivia’s Evo Morales Is Riding a Political Wave to Re-Election 5 Centuries in the Making
An excerpt of Benjamin Dangl’s the new book, The Five Hundred Year Rebellion: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia
Continue readingHow Working-Class Movements Are Moving Beyond the Confines of Capitalism
We must rebuild the imagination of the working class and combat the capitalist narrative that has made it easier for us to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.
Continue readingWhy Bolivian Indigenous Movements Draw Their Power from Oral History
Despite defeats both political and economic, despite everything, the “ayllus” endure.
Continue readingThe Five Hundred Year Rebellion: Indigenous Movements and the Decolonization of History in Bolivia
“From the Maya of Mexico to the Mapuche of Chile, indigenous communities are still resisting.”
Continue readingNotes From the Streets of Venezuela—The People Are Resilient in the Face of Foreign Intervention
“If the government falls, we will be evicted. We—the Black, the poor, the working class—will lose what we have.”
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