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Bolivia: ¿Cuánta revolución cabe en la democracia?
08/03/2007 By Cletus Gregor Barié
January 22, 2007, marked the first year of government of Evo Morales, the first “indigenous president” in Latin America.
It is worth then taking a critical stock of his administration, characterised by the “smart” nationalisation of hydrocarbons, the first measures to distribute land among communities and a political predicament over the autonomy of the Santa Cruz, Pando, Beni and Tarija Districts, the so-called ‘lowlands’.
The radical positions, both in sectors of the official party, the Movimiento al Socialismo, MAS, (Socialist Movement) and in elitist regional groups, could jeopardise the first Constituent Assembly with popular participation in history.
The Bolivian case is emblematic of whether changes required in a country of extreme inequality can be made under a traditional democratic regime.
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Bolivia Ideology Latin America & Caribbean Natural resourcesBio author: Cletus Gregor Barié
BA in Latin American Studies (UNAM, Mexico); MA in Human Rights (UIA, Spain); and specialisations in Judicial Anthropology (ENAH, Mexico) and Management of Development Programmes (DED, GTZ, Germany).
Cletus Gregor Barié is a researcher and political analyst, specialised in social conflicts, indigenous rights and intercultural relations. He currently works with the Fundación UNIR Bolivia (www.unirbolivia.org) as an expert from the German development cooperation (CIM/GTZ).
