[lbo-talk] Washington Post editors hysteria over social movements in Bolivia

Lance Murdoch lancemurdoch at gmail.com
Tue Mar 22 08:06:33 PST 2005


Found on leftist-trainspotters:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52528-2005Mar20.html

A Threat to Latin Democracy

Monday, March 21, 2005; Page A18

ANOTHER LATIN American democracy is on the verge of crumbling under pressure from leftist populism. The trouble comes this time in Bolivia, where a democratic president and Congress face a paralyzing mix of strikes and road blockades by a radical movement opposed to foreign investment and free-market capitalism. The insurgents, who claim to represent the country's indigenous population, drove one democratically elected president from office 18 months ago; now they are working on his successor, Carlos Mesa, who has searched valiantly but unsuccessfully for compromise. The populists ride a leftist wave of momentum in Latin America and have the rhetorical, and possibly material, support of the region's self-styled "Bolivarian" revolutionary, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The democrats could use some outside help, from their neighbors and the United States.

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