by VIJAY PRASHAD Photograph Source: Senado Federal – CC BY 2.0 When you look at your computer screen, or the screen on your smartphone or the screen of your television set, it is a liquid crystal display […]
Police in Bolivia Pepper Spray Journalist ‘On Purpose’ During Live Coverage of Anti-Coup Protests “I hate to be the story because we are here to report on what is happening to the people in the […]
“State violence in Bolivia.” by: Eoin Higgins, Supporters of Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales clash with riot police during a protest against the interim government in La Paz on November 15, 2019. (Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images) […]
by OLIVIA ARIGHO-STILEs The sign reads: “RESIGN self-proclaimed President, Jeanine Añez.” Photo: Olivia Arigho-Stiles. La Paz, Bolivia Eight are dead and hundreds injured in a week of bloodshed after Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales was forced […]
by KATHLEEN WALLACE Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair “War is a racket. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.” This sounds like a modern day comment from […]
by JASON HIRTHLER Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair The risible tension between the tailored elitism of the Bolivian bourgeoisie and the restive pueblo of indigenous peasants was memorably captured in the 2005 film Our Brand Is Crisis. The documentary colorfully […]
by W. T. WHITNEY Image Source: Kingsif – CC BY-SA 4.0 Brighter days were ahead for Bolivia in early 2006. Elected overwhelmingly, Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, took office in company with Vice President Alvaro Garcia […]
While emboldening the right wing at home, the face of U.S. foreign affairs once again masks evil with indefensible hypocrisy for people all around the world to see. by: Angela Marino UTOP policemen are driving […]
“Anti-Indigenous racism is at the heart of what’s happening in Bolivia.” by: Eoin Higgins, staff writer A supporter of Bolivian ex-President Evo Morales waves white flags during clashes with riot police following a protest in […]
“Do you think we are ignorant?” by: Eoin Higgins, A Bolivian indigenous woman, supporter of Bolivian ousted president Evo Morales, holds a Wiphala flag—representing native peoples—during a protest against the interim government in La Paz […]