Evo Morales

Live Blogging from the UN General Assembly Debate

Joe Lauria | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: UN General Assembly, George Bush, Iran, Iraq, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Evo Morales, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Joe Lauria

Sarkozy is talking about markets and freedom with responsibility. He says markets instead of dealing with production had been captured by speculators. He says it began with hedge funds, not sub-prime mortgages.

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U.S. Intervention in Bolivia

Stephen Zunes | Posted 09.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bolivia, Intervention, United States, Debt, Usaid, Hugo Chavez, U.S. Agency for International Development, Right-Wing, Foriegn Aid, Organization of American States, Movimiento Al Socialismo, Foriegn Loans, MAS, Military, MNR, Leftist Movement, Military Intervention, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Juan Jose Torres, Evo Morales, Rightist, Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario, Politics News
Stephen Zunes

The alleged support by the United States... of the violent uprising in eastern Bolivia has led U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg's expulsion from La Paz.

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Bolivia: Can The Majority of People Vote for Change and Actually Get It?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 08.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bolivia Santa Cruz, Bolivia Recall, Natural Resources, Evo Morales Recall, Latin America, Economy, Bolivia Land Reform, Bolivia Media Luna, Bolivia Referendum, Evo Morales, Bolivia Conflict, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

The referendum this past Sunday shows that the Morales government has delivered on some of the changes that the electorate had voted for, and has offered Bolivians a realistic hope for a better future.

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Bolivia Racked by Political Divisions on the Eve of a Recall Vote

Medea Benjamin | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Latin America, Latin America Policy, Brazil, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Indigenous, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Foreign Policy, South America, Evo Morales Recall, Politics News
Medea Benjamin

A win at the polls is crucial for Morales, but it is not likely to stop the growing tensions that have polarized the country and led to increasingly violent clashes between supporters on both sides.

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Is Washington Undermining Democracy in Bolivia?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bolivia, Peace Corps, Fulbright, Evo Morales, Usaid, Ned, Oti, Politics News
Mark Weisbrot

This week's news that the U.S. Embassy in Bolivia has repeatedly asked to spy on people there is much more serious than it has so far been treated.

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US Caught Trying to Spy in Bolivia

Robert Naiman | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bolivia, Evo Morales, Fulbright, ABC News, Peace Corps, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Who needs reality TV? My favorite show is called, "Third World Nationalist Leader Makes Outrageous Charges Against the U.S." Like all such shows, ther...

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Conflict over fundamental change in Bolivia

Matthew Palevsky | Posted 01.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Guevara, Real News, Morales, Matthew Palevsky, Oil, Bolivia, Evo Morales, Socialism, Jean Paul Guevara, The Real News, Evo, Autonomy, Home News
Matthew Palevsky

Internal conflict continues in Bolivia between the government and the country's southern province. The oil rich South has demanded autonomy in respons...

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The Importance of Being Evo Morales

Roberto Lovato | Posted 09.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Evo Morales, Latino Politics, Politics News
Roberto Lovato

Morales strikes a 180 degree difference from other indigenous South American heads of state.

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