Month: October 2014

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Bolivia: Has Evo Morales proven his critics wrong?

Benjamin Dangl October 14, 2014 Benjamin Dangl

Source: Al Jazeera English

Originally published on Sunday, October 12th.

Evo Morales will most likely be re-elected today because he is a better alternative than his neoliberal predecessors and their contemporary counterparts.

Morales’ presidency is historic for a number of reasons. Consider the fact that before the 1952 National Revolution, indigenous people weren’t even allowed to enter the Plaza Murillo in front of the presidential palace because they were believed to be too dirty and unsanitary. Now an indigenous president and poor farmer without a college education sits in the presidential palace itself, and is likely to be re-elected to a third term in office today with a huge wave of support. read more

Elections in Bolivia: Interviews with Voters in the Streets and at the Polls

Benjamin Dangl October 14, 2014 Benjamin Dangl

Yesterday Bolivia went to the polls for a general election which granted victories to President Evo Morales and many other politicians in his Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) political party. Below is a collection of interviews conducted on election day with voters from middle and working class neighborhoods in La Paz, Bolivia on how they voted and what they think of the MAS government.