Newsweek offers a sympathetic portrait of Bolivian presidential candidate Evo Morales as part of an upsurge in indigenous assertion of political rights in Latin America. (Newsweek)
Newsweek offers a sympathetic portrait of Bolivian presidential candidate Evo Morales as part of an upsurge in indigenous assertion of political rights in Latin America. (Newsweek)
Here's a more negative opinion of the guy. I'm not sure he's the best thing for Bolivia, but it will be nice to see a change of the dominant paradigm- that can never be too bad. I'm just worried that civil war is going to break out when he starts expropriateing property and nationalizing industry. Maybe the east will just succeed from the country...
ReplyDeleteIn the end Bolivians decide who is right for them, obviously. However, I don't approve of Evo's colleague saying Evo would win 'no matter what', indicating revolution, or of the US ambassador in Bolivia suggesting that the US would withdraw aid if Evo won (which obviously boosted his popularity immediately). Both of theseare artificial ways of influencing the electoral process, something we need to move away from.
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