The United States and Bolivia
2001; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 28; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/0094582x0102800503
ISSN1552-678X
Autores Tópico(s)Politics and Society in Latin America
Resumoattempting to accomplish a real and profound revolution which has as its stated objective a material improvement in the standard of living of the country's proletarian groups and the incorporation into the social, economic, and political life of the country of the Indian masses which constitute 90% of the total population. Such a revolution cannot be accomplished without injuring, perhaps fatally, those economic and political sectors which previously controlled the destinies of the country. Such transformations also exact a price whose justification frequently can only be determined by history. Such a balanced approach to a left-wing nationalist movement had rarely been expressed by an U.S. official, particularly during the era of McCarthyism. It was all the more striking in that, while the MNR leadership never envisioned a dramatic break with the West, the reforms it instigated were far more radical than those of such other populist nationalist governments as Mexico under Lazaro Cardenas, Peru under Juan Velasco, or Brazil under Getulio Vargas. Stephen Zunes is an associate professor of politics and chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco. He teaches courses on Latin American politics and revolutionary movements in the university's new Latin American Studies major. His books include Nonviolent Social Movements: A Geographical Perspective (1999) and Western Sahara: Nationalism and Conflict in Northwest Africa (forthcoming).
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