Bolivia Will Choose a New President but Environmental Activists See Little Hope of Progress

Bolivia will choose a new president but environmental activists see little hope of progress

Bolivia heads into an Oct. 19 runoff between centrist Rodrigo Paz Pereira and right-wing ex-president Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga after nearly 20 years of socialist rule. Indigenous and environmental leaders say the race offers little prospect of easing the Amazon’s worsening…

Bolivia elections restore the old order, ending 20-year socialist experiment

Beginning in 2006, President Evo Morales and his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, victorious in elections the previous year, took Bolivia by storm.

The Bolivian Left’s Self-Destructive Path

By William Camacaro  –  Aug 18, 2025 The Bolivian political landscape is currently characterized by a deep, self-inflicted crisis within the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) which has culminated in a devastating electoral defeat yesterday. As the country approached the crucial presidential elections of August 17, 2025, the party’s leaders—specifically former President Evo Morales and President Luis Arce Catacora—engaged in a series of personal at…

Far right regaining power in Bolivia after collapse of Movement Toward Socialism (MAS)

The return to power of the far right in Bolivia proves once again that bourgeois nationalism only serves to disarm the working class.

Socialism Defeated in Bolivia, the Reign of Evo Morales’s MAS Party Ended

For the first time in nearly 20 years, Bolivian voters have rejected socialism.