Bolivia is suffering its worst economic crisis in four decades amid fuel shortages and rising inflation. Bolivian social movements [labor, farmers, civil society, indigenous communities] are pressing neo-liberal President Rodrigo Paz’ centrist government to roll back austerity measures and address rising living costs. This has led to thousands in the streets and at road blockades around the country voicing their demands. Paz has responded with state violence targeting movements and former president Evo Morales.
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In our latest, we do a deep dive into Bolivian politics and recent history with Dr. Rodrigo Acuña
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Rodrigo Acuña (@rodrigoac7) works as an independent journalist on Latin America and for the NSW Department of Education. “Newsletter on latin america” He has been writing on Latin American politics for close to twenty years He made the documentary ‘Venezuela: The Cost of Challenging an Empire’ (2024) with journalist Nicolas Ford.
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