Tag Archive: South America/Bolivia

Why Bolivia’s Democratic Comeback Election That Overthrew a Coup Offers Hope for the U.S.

Released for Syndication: 10/31/2020

Bolivians faced a coup one year ago. But in recent peaceful elections, the power of democracy swept the socialist leadership back into power.

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Argentina’s Veteran Ambassador Makes a Stand for the Sovereignty of Latin America

Released for Syndication: 10/21/2020

Alicia Castro does not shy away from her views. She came to diplomacy from the trade union movement, where she was a leader when...

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Why U.S. Political Scientists Are Arguing That Evo Morales Should Be the President of Bolivia

Released for Syndication: 08/28/2020

Three political scientists from the United States closely studied allegations of fraud in the Bolivian election of 2019 and found that there was no...

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Why Cuban Doctors Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize

Released for Syndication: 08/24/2020

Five years ago, I read the story of Dr. Félix Báez, a Cuban doctor who had worked in West Africa to stop the spread...

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Will There Ever Be Elections Again in Bolivia?

Released for Syndication: 08/18/2020

On November 10, 2019, President Evo Morales Ayma of Bolivia announced his resignation from the presidency. Morales had been elected in 2014 to a...

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‘We Will Coup Whoever We Want’: Elon Musk and the Overthrow of Democracy in Bolivia

Released for Syndication: 07/28/2020

On July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a second U.S. “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of...

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Elon Musk Is Acting Like a Neo-Conquistador for South America’s Lithium

Released for Syndication: 03/09/2020

Elon Musk, the head of Tesla, wants to build an electric car factory in Brazil. He was supposed to meet Jair Bolsonaro, the president...

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Bolivia: An Election in the Midst of an Ongoing Coup

Released for Syndication: 02/10/2020

On May 3, 2020, the Bolivian people will go to the polls once more. They return there because President Evo Morales had been overthrown...

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What the Right Wing in Latin America Means by Democracy Is Violence

Released for Syndication: 01/22/2020

It was a curious exchange. Frustrated by the attacks on his party—the Movement for Socialism (MAS)—former president of Bolivia Evo Morales made an audio...

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Prompted by Local Activists, Congressman McGovern Condemns the Coup in Bolivia

Released for Syndication: 11/25/2019

Thirteen of us squeezed into Congressman Jim McGovern’s small office in Northampton, Massachusetts, far outnumbering the number of chairs available. At the head of...

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