Episode 28 - A People's Victory In Bolivia

In this episode, we discuss the recent presidential election in Bolivia following the US-backed right wing coup that threw the country into chaos for much of 2019. Ace returns to bring us up to speed on what exactly led us to this point, provides more context for the circumstances surrounding the election (including the US’s involvement) and what it means moving forward for the people of Bolivia.

Among the topics discussed are indigenous rights, agrarian reform, the history of US meddling in Latin American elections, the history of the Movimiento al Socialismo (aka MAS,) and more.

Further reading:

US and OAS help overthrow another government: Behind the coup against Bolivia’s Evo Morales: https://thegrayzone.com/2019/11/14/oas-us-coup-bolivia-evo-morales/

Bolivians Return Evo Morales’s Party to Power One Year After a U.S.-Applauded Coup: https://theintercept.com/2020/10/19/bolivia-returns-evo-morales-party-to-power-one-year-after-a-u-s-applauded-coup/

Silence reigns on the US-backed coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/18/silence-us-backed-coup-evo-morales-bolivia-american-states

Masterminds of 2019 Coup In Bolivia Denounced: https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Masterminds-of-2019-Coup-in-Bolivia-Denounced.--20201201-0019.html

Bolivia parliament approves charges against ex-interim president: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/30/bolivia-parliament-recommends-charges-against-jeanine-anez

And finally, some real interesting wording in this tweet from the New York Times, "Bolivia’s former president, Evo Morales, returned to the country on Monday, a year after his failed attempt to keep power tore the nation apart and sent him into exile. " https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1325868311482163202

Music: "Propaganda" by Peg & The Rejected. Licensed under CC NC-SA 4.0