Philip Goldberg
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Bolivia Rising: The Fun House Mirror: Distortions and Omissions in the News on Bolivia By Dan Beeton
Bolivia’s history, both recent and distant, is, of course, unique, complex, and worthy of careful analysis. When it pays attention to Bolivian politics, however, the U.S. press sometimes offers coverage that treats the current government of Bolivia as a threat, and one that perhaps lacks appropriate popular support. One can only hope other U.S. media… Continue reading
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U.S. reaps what it sows in Bolivia
While it appears too late for this White House to roll back the present tide of anti-U.S. sentiment in the region, the next U.S. president must embrace the irreversible changes that have taken hold among our neighbors to the south. Continue reading
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The United States and Bolivia By Stephen Zunes
With much of Bolivia’s natural gas wealth located in the east, and taking advantage of the endemic racism of its largely white and mestizo population against the country’s indigenous majority, now in positions of political power for the first time, these right-wing forces appear ready to either bring down Morales or secede from the country.… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 