by: OLIVIA ARIGHO-STILES Photo by Olivia Arigho Stiles. La Paz, Bolivia Last Thursday thousands of people descended into La Paz from El Alto carrying the caskets of eight people shot dead by police earlier that week. […]
by VIJAY PRASHAD Photograph Source: Sámediggi Sametinget – CC BY 2.0 Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup on November 10. He is now in Mexico. Before he left office, Morales had been involved […]
By Toluse Olorunnipa and Jennifer Epstein Bolivian president is longtime critic of U.S. policies Likely the harshest criticism of Trump by foreign leader Bolivian President Criticizes Trump to His Face at UN MeetingUnmuteBolivian President Evo Morales harshly condemns President […]
by; PAUL STREET A clash between pro-Zelaya protesters and the Honduran military. Photograph Source: Roberto Breve – CC BY-SA 2.0 However much they war on the domestic political front, Washington’s Democrats and Republicans are on the same […]
by JOE EMERSBERGER Drawing by Nathaniel St. Clair It would be hard to point to a country whose president has more democratic legitimacy than Evo Morales. Nobody can seriously dispute that he won the first round […]
by NINO PAGLICCIA Photograph Source: Canal 7 de Jujuy – CC BY 2.5 A coup took place in Bolivia on November 10. The fact that the president of the country, Evo Morales, resigned does not contradict the […]
Right-wing opposition forces, and their supporters in the U.S. government, benefited from the sheer ignorance of the electoral process in Bolivia, which was weaponized to further destabilize the country. by: Kevin Gosztola Moments after Trump’s […]
The media message from the Bolivia case is clear: A coup is not a coup if we like the outcome. by: Alan MacLeod His policies drew the great ire of the US government, Western corporations […]
The overthrow of the elected leader cannot be understood without a glance at the nation’s massive reserves of this crucial mineral. by: Vijay Prashad Supporters of Bolivian ex-President Evo Morales, take part in a march […]
While some may be surprised by its response to the Bolivia crisis, Human Rights Watch’s support for a U.S.-backed right-wing coup is no aberration. By Alan MacLeod Bolivia is currently in turmoil after President Evo Morales was deposed […]