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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe ebbing Latin American tide
The "virtuous decade" of progressive governments in Latin America is ending. But, as Vice President of Bolivia...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaOperation Condor: A transnational criminal conspiracy, uncovered
The recent guilty verdict for the criminal pact between Latin American dictatorships in the 70's reminds us that the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMiddle classes in Latin America (6). Between political instability and authoritarianism in Bolivia
A context of economic crisis could send many people back to poverty in Bolivia, fueling a situation of discontent...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLatin America 2000-2015: an interim assessment
The great shortcoming of the messianic leaders was their failure to understand the root of their so Latin American...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIs Bolivia outsourcing too much to China?
Bolivian president Evo Morales has cultivated a close relationship with China since taking office in 2006, but many...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBolivia’s lithium boom: dream or nightmare?
Bolivia stores around 70% of the world’s lithium reserves, but the environmental impacts of extracting it represent...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAn answer to the “end of cycle” prophets in Latin America
The historical successes of progressive governments are undeniable, according to Atilio Borón and Álvaro García...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBolivia and the new Andean Right
As with Macri in Argentina, Capriles in Venezuela or Rodas in Ecuador, the Bolivian right is growing stronger. A...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe end of the progressive narrative in Latin America
Protests against President Dilma Rousseff are a turning point in the breakup between government and citizens in...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaBolivia: how many more dead women are needed for us to change?
With cases of women killed piling up, Bolivian society finds itself at a crucial turning point: to change and leave...
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Published in: Home“I, too, could be here”: Pope’s benediction in Bolivia’s most overcrowded prison
What happens when a visit from His Holiness sheds a light on a ‘no go area’ for the Bolivian state in which there...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaIs this the end of the Latin American 21st century socialisms?
Public support for the Latin American governments of so-called “21st century Socialism” in Venezuela, Bolivia and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPodemos: Latin America exports political ways and means
Together with the economic good times linked largely to rising exports, we are currently witnessing an unusual...
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Published in: HomeLatin American progressives and environmental duplicity
What governments must do, now more than ever, is decisively leave resources in the ground, reject mining projects,...
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Published in: HomeHow to be a rogue superpower
It hardly matters under what label - including American “safety” and “security” - such a governing power is built;...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Why European air space was closed to the Bolivian President
While European leaders have expressed outrage about the US eavesdropping on the communications of its citizens, for...
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Published in: openGlobalRights-openpageHuman rights in the vernacular
The road to greater ownership of human rights by emerging powers is a bumpy one. But it will lead to a more real,...
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Published in: HomeBolivian democracy vs the United States
The elusive truth of on armed raid in eastern Bolivia leads Matt Kennard into a major investigation of the efforts...
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Published in: HomeBolivian highway: omen of an emerging new regional and world order
A highway to be built through a national park and indigenous lands has sparked protests in Bolivia. The author...
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Published in: HomeThe new Andean politics: Bolivia. Peru, Ecuador
A "pink wave" across three Latin American states has lifted to power radical presidents committed to a...