Tag: Bolivia
Ending regime change—in Bolivia and the world
The triumph of democracy in Bolivia and the failure of the U.S.'s "regime change" efforts around the world.
Era of US domination of Latin America coming to an end
As U.S. empire fades, so might the Monroe Doctrine come to an end.
The Organization of American States is eroding faith in democracy
Under its pro-Trump secretary general, a politicized OAS has botched electoral missions across the hemisphere — and even precipitated a coup.
“They’re killing us like dogs” – A massacre in Bolivia and...
Writing this dispatch from Bolivia, the conflict here is spiraling out of control and I fear it will only get worse.
A return to feudalism? The aftermath of Bolivia’s coup
This coup is a disaster, and besides Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, no major North American politician has pushed back against it.
When an elected government falls in South America, as in Bolivia...
History shows us that U.S. antipathy towards independent progressive leaders generally results in U.S.-sponsored subversion and military coups.
Calling for an ‘end to violence,’ Bernie Sanders becomes first 2020...
“I am very concerned about what appears to be a coup in Bolivia, where the military, after weeks of political unrest, intervened to remove President Evo Morales.”
Indigenous organization demand action to halt the destruction of the Amazon
Devastating wild fires have destroyed nearly 1 million hectares in Bolivia.
Why Bolivian indigenous movements draw their power from oral history
Despite defeats both political and economic, despite everything, the “ayllus” endure.
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