US EditionPost-Morales era: Bolivia’s 20-year MAS cycle ends, rightward shift begins – Struggle – La Lucha
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The punishment vote, the desire for change and the urgency of facing an economic crisis without truce summarizes the cycle that ends in Bolivia. More than the victory of the right, what left on August 17 was the shocking defeat of the left and the fall of the most influential political phenomenon of the twenty-first century: the masism. What began with lights ended, after two decades in power, in immobilization, incapacity and corruption. Rows t…
Notes on the Political Tragedy in Bolivia
By Atilio Borón - Aug 19, 2025The image accompanying this note illustrates the profound changes in the National Assembly of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the catastrophic nature of the MAS's defeat in the August 17 elections. This marked the end of a cycle that began with Evo Morales'
The history of American independence did not begin at once. But there is a fact that is known as the First Libertarian Cry of America: we are talking about the Revolution of Chuquisaca, which took place on May 25, 1809. In what is now part of Bolivia, a popular rebellion ignited the fuse of what would then expand throughout the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata and, later, that of Upper Peru. For the first time, colonial authority was openly ch…
By Carlos Aznárez,* Latin American Summary, August 23, 2025. What mistakes were made? Of course, and of all dimensions. Errors that did not start only when Luis Arce Catacora took office nor when Evo Morales returned to the country and took a mass bath, nor when Arce and his surroundings sank his feet [...] La entrada Bolivia. Not everything is lost was first published in Latin American Abstract.
By: Miguel Angel Amonzabel Gonzales 🔊 Listen to this news The night of August 17, 2025, will be marked as an electoral earthquake in Bolivia. The results surprised citizens, analysts, and the candidates themselves: the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS), which governed the country for almost two decades, obtained a mere 3% of the vote. In contrast, the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) achieved an unexpected victory, with 32.06% in the first round.…
Throughout history, Bolivia fell in love with populism not by choice, but because necessity hurts; but in the end the fallacy of the false philosopher appears: solving complex problems with simple solutions... And yet here...
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