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After the coup, Bolivia’s Movement for Socialism returned to power in 2020 with Luis Arce winning the presidency. Photo: Aizar Raldes/AFP

The defeat of Bolivia’s left is a warning for South Africa

It carries lessons for the ANC in what happens when liberation movements fail to renew themselves, when leaders refuse to step aside and corruption goes unchecked

Luis Arce, Bolivia’s president, speaks during a press conference at La Casa del Pueblo in La Paz, Bolivia, on Thursday, June 27, 2024. (Marcelo Perez del Carpio/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Divisions threaten Bolivia’s MAS and its legacy of left-wing transformation

This is the first instalment in a series of articles on lessons for the left, and focuses on the case of Bolivia

After the coup, Bolivia’s Movement for Socialism returned to power in 2020 with Luis Arce winning the presidency. Photo: Aizar Raldes/AFP

Capitalism rotten to the cor(p)

Pushback from strong social movements have recovered democracy for the people of Bolivia and Chile

Supporters of Bolivia’s ousted president Evo Morales set fire to an American flag as they gather outside the US embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Reuters/Agustin Marcarian)

Noise or signal? Social media’s role in Bolivia’s coup

Narratives spread on social networking sites were used to justify military intervention in democratic processes

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From Zimbabwe to Bolivia: What makes a military coup?

When the military intervened against Mugabe in Zimbabwe in 2017, it wasn’t widely called a coup. New research shows that’s exactly what it was

There were clashes between people against the Evo Morales government and those in favour in Bolivia. (Manuel Claure/Reuters)

Bolivia’s Morales resigns after losing backing of security forces

As chanting Bolivians kept up demonstrations in the street, the 60-year-old called new elections, but this was not enough to calm the uproar

President Nicolas Maduro is embroiled in a power struggle with Juan Guaido, the man the United States and scores of other countries recognize as Venezuela’s legitimate interim ruler. (AFP)

How the world is reacting to Venezuela ‘coup bid

The world is giving its reaction to the attempted coup in Venezuela

Austria’s president denies searching Morales’s plane for Snowden

Austrian officials did not search Bolivia’s presidential jet for Edward Snowden, says Austria’s President Heinz Fischer.

Bolivia threatens to close US embassy

Latin American leaders have blasted the US for rerouting the Bolivian president’s plane under suspicion that Edward Snowden was aboard.

On Weekend 101 this week

Weekend 101: Mandela vs Mandela, Egyptians revolt

On Weekend 101 this week, Mandla and Makaziwe Mandela battle in court, Egyptians overthrow their president; and where the hell is Edward Snowden?

Bolivians condemn US ‘act of aggression’ after Snowden search

The decision to search the plane of President Evo Morales was an act of aggression and a violation of international law, Bolivia has said.

Bolivian president knees football opponent in groin

A knee to the groin may be more Vinnie Jones than Machiavelli, but it was no less effective for Evo Morales in asserting his presidential authority.

Bolivia nationalises four power companies

Leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Saturday he had nationalised four power companies, including a subsidiary of France’s GDF Suez.

Maverick trio scoff at the West at climate summit

Firebrand leaders Hugo Chávez, Evo Morales and Robert Mugabe turned up the heat at the United Nations climate talks on Wednesday.

Cholitas enter the ring

Bolivia remains patriarchal and girls and women still lag in literacy and opportunities compared to those in neighbouring Argentina and Chile, which h

Flood waters rise in Bolivia, Argentina, Ecuador

Torrential rains have caused widespread flooding in southern Ecuador, eastern Bolivia and northern Argentina, with nearly 50 people killed and thousands made homeless, triggering…

Bolivians haunted by Che Guevara’s legacy 40 years on

In the land of Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s last stand, Bolivians are preparing to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the revolutionary’s death with a mixture of honour and hatred.…

Che Guevara still inspires, four decades after death

Forty years after the death of Ernesto ”Che” Guevara, the turbulent life of Cuba’s revolutionary hero continues to inspire films and books, while his stoic image and…