Bolivia may be just the start [View All]

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After two decades of *democratic* reforms Bolivia remains the poorest country in South America, 20% of indigenous children die before their first birthday and 14% more die before they reach school age. Meanwhile, indigenous people across Latin America are beginning to revolt--not a good sign for US economic hegemony.

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Much of Central and South America ripe for leftist revolutions

Wracked by deep social and racial divisions and plagued by profound economic problems, Bolivia has just passed through its worst crisis in two decades.

But it is the rest of Latin America that should feel uneasy.

Weeks of deadly clashes between government troops and indigenous peoples, leftist labour leaders and student groups saw Bolivia's streets barricaded, its capital placed under siege and its elected president forced to flee.

While Bolivia's revolution may be rooted in poverty, it is also anchored in racism and has a distinctly undemocratic leftist flavour.


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