Bolivia

Posted by: John Phoenix The portents were ominous following the election in November of a new right-wing president of Bolivia, Rodrigo Paz, and the humiliation of the Movement for Socialism (MAS), which had dominated the country’s political landscape for the past 20 years: “Even before the new president was sworn in, in the House of Deputies the bible and cross were re-instated, even though the constitution defines the plurinational state as secular. The multi-coloured wiphala flag, one of the country’s three official flags, representing indigenous peoples, was removed from outside the presidential palace. Public bodies have replaced the chakana, the Andean cross, on their letterheads with the national shield” (Bolivia Information Forum, Bulletin 63, 1 December 2025). Su...

As in Bolivia, the people are resisting a US-backed coup that has removed their elected president and replaced him with a fascistic comprador. Party statement Subscribe to our  channel Once again in Latin America, an elected leftist presendent has been removed via a US-inspired coup. The Peruvian people, meanwhile, continue to protest, demanding an end to the bloody suppression of their protests, the resignation of Boluarte, the closure of the corrupt Peruvian congress, fresh elections, the convening of a new assembly to replace the Fujimori-era constitution, and the release of Pedro Castillo. The following joint statement was initiated by the Peruvian Communist party and signed by the CPGB-ML in Caracas. ***** The political parties meeting on the occ...

Posted by: John Phoenix Bolivia’s leftist President Luis Arce used his platform at the United Nations General Assembly to propose a revolutionary 14-point program to transform the world. By: Benjamin Norton Luis Arce (Se puede leer este artículo en español aquí.) Bolivia’s President Luis Arce used his platform at the United Nations General Assembly to propose a revolutionary 14-point socialist program to transform the world. “Today we find ourselves facing a wide-ranging, systemic capitalist crisis that increasingly endangers the life of humanity and the planet,” he warned. https://youtu.be/Kqzrvo_vC68 Arce continued: “We should not only reflect on the economic, social, food, climate, energy, water, and trade crises, but also identify with ...

Reem Zubaidi Download PDF flyer Photo: Nov. 11, 2019 demonstration against the coup in Washington, D.C. Credit — ANSWER Coalition Powerful U.S. figures are rushing to the defense of former Bolivian dictator Jeanine Añez after she was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her involvement in a 2019 U.S.-backed military coup. Añez declared herself “interim president” following the ouster of democratically-elected president Evo Morales by far-right paramilitary gangs and the armed forces.  Now, right wing political forces in Bolivia and around the world are outlandishly trying to portray her conviction as an act of political persecution. Major corporate media outlets are attempting to build sympathy for Añez, with the New York Times for instance reporting that her convictio...

The Law seeks to fight illicit profits and the financing of terrorism; however, trade unions consider it is an instrument to persecute the informal sector or allow arbitrarities. In Bolivia, representatives from President Luis Arce's government and trade union sectors set up a round table to discuss Law no. 1386, which seeks to establish a legal framework to combat illicit enrichment and terrorism.  RELATED: ‘We Won't Allow Another Coup’, Bolivian President Arce Warns Previously, Union sectors unleashed an indefinite strike in at least four cities in rejection of the law. They alleged that the new rule opens the possibility for using a discretionary strategy to persecute sectors such as the informal sector or arbitrarities from the Financial Investigations Unit (UIF...

The work of this Bolivian women’s group illustrates the long arc of Indigenous resistance to colonialism. A Bartolina Sisa march in Trinidad, Bolivia in 2010. (Soman, Wikimedia Commons) When Bolivian campesino movements took to the streets last year against the country’s coup government, they were upholding a centuries-old tradition. The road blockade campaign spanned the country, a strategy that recalled Túpac Katari and Bartolina Sisa’s rebellion against the Spanish in 1781, and upheld deep currents of historical consciousness in Bolivian Indigenous movements. Histories of resistance in Bolivia have empowered Indigenous movements for centuries through oral history and collective memory.Histories of resistance in Bolivia have empowered Indigenous movements for centuries...