Winds of rebellion in Latin America: Anti-capitalist social movements in the Republic of Bolivia
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Abstract
In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Latin America was agitated
by the organisation of various social movements which spread throughout
this vast continent. At the beginning, these collective actions resisted the brutal expansion of neoliberal capitalist policies, but later turned into forms
of political struggle which collided with the state. Social movements in the
Republic of Bolivia combine a people’s tradition, culture and identity, in
defence of rights. At this critical juncture of the state, the submissive role
usually assigned to the indigenous majority was disrupted by the coca leader
Evo Morales’ coming into power as president of the country.
